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Counting the cost
If Ehud Barak returned to Israel relatively upbeat about
the talks with Syria, it is because he knows the prize for
peace goes far beyond Israel's mere withdrawal from the
Golan Heights and southern Lebanon. Graham Usher
in Jerusalem totes up the bill
And on the sixth day...
Civil servants and daily commuters have good reason to celebrate:
Thursday will continue to be a day off throughout the year.
Mariz Tadros observes general elation
A different village
Uneasy calm is said to have been restored to Al-Kosheh. But does this mean things are back to normal? And does normal mean that the causes of the sectarian clashes are over? Nadia Abou El-Magd reports from the scene of tragedy
Reform lobbyists seek stronger backing
The opposition's Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
is activating an ambitious agenda for the year 2000. Amira
Howeidy reports
The tide is turning?
Chechen forces launched a valiant counterattack against
the Russian army, writes Abdel-Malek Khalil from
Moscow
Keeping up a gentle simmer
Unlike other emerging markets, the Egyptian stock exchange
has not been overheated by foreign capital inflows, writes
Yasser Sobhi
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