Dusting off their suitcases
With a resumption of Israeli-Syrian negotiations apparently imminent, the occupied Golan Heights has become the site of a last ditch stand by the settlers and a quieter realisation among the Syrian Druze there that a return to "normal life under Syrian sovereignty" may be near. Graham Usher reports from Qazrin and Magdal Shams
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Closing ranks for final status
In their first meeting since the 1993 Oslo Accords, leading members of Arafat's Fatah and Habash's PFLP embarked upon an initiative aimed at realising Palestinian national reconciliation ahead of final status talks with Israel. Sherine Bahaa reports on the Cairo encounter
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A royal 'guardian
of the poor'
A week after he was enthroned, Morocco's new King Mohamed VI demonstrated his royal prerogative as the country's political and religious leader. Rasha Saad looks at the start of a new reign
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Domestic troubles, cross-border alibis
The dispute between Iran and Turkey is symptomatic of fundamental differences between the two governments, writes Gareth Jenkins from Ankara
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