Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
28 Oct. - 3 Nov. 1999
Issue No. 453
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Issues navigation Current Issue Previous Issue Back Issues

Carnage in Grozny
Its denials notwithstanding, Moscow cannot wash its hands of the civilian blood spilt in Chechnya, writes Abdel-Malek Khalil from Moscow
Of war and exile
As tension threatens to flare up on the Azeri border, Armenia played host to its first ever diaspora conference. Thomas Gorguissian reports from Yerevan
Global parliamentarians on the move
The world's parliamentarians meet for the last time this century and focus on the state of the world economy and human rights, writes Sami Metwalli from Berlin
Discontent all round
The US Senate's rejection of the nuclear test ban treaty has dealt a severe blow not just to world security and well-being, but also to a universal sense of justice, writes Gamal Nkrumah from Washington
Time to pay for torture
As the hour of judgement draws near for an unrepentant Pinochet, Sameh Naguib reviews the career and retirement prospects of America's most-favoured terrorist
A week in the world
Staying the course
It was not a good week for high-profile right-wing torturers hoping to evade justice and live out their twilight years in the peace ..read on..

 
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