20th century
Special issue
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IN DEFIANCE of a court order prohibiting the staging of street protests in Davos, on 30 January demonstrators, braving arctic conditions, stormed through the plush Alpine resort, pelted chic store fronts and sports cars, and eventually vented their rage at McDonalds, the symbol par excellence of American globalisation.
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'Talk social, act brutal'
The rich and powerful made showy gestures, but anti-globalisation activists were not won over in Davos
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But what comes after
Diminished optimism about both a final Arab Israeli settlement and prospects for the post-peace outlook emerged in Moscow, Davos and the region
Gateways to IT
Deregulation, and then more. Information and Communication Minister Ahmed Nazif speaks to Amira Howeidy about his ambitious agenda
Freedom oases in Jordan
A new media zone could mean jobs, investment and guarantees on freedom of expression for the Jordanian communications industry. Lola Keilani in Amman, suggests that all of Jordan stands to gain
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Lots of Ps and queues: Cairo International Book Fair has reached its thirty second round. As many titles as ever, yet more seminars and cultural events, prizes, poets, the public and, more often than not, a general air of pandemonium.
A perennial event, destined, perhaps, to provoke the perennial list of complaints. Who is showing what, when and where? Inside, the programme for the remaining days, and reviews of seminars already gone. See what you missed, and what you can still attend. Culture page |
Who won
the tug-of-war?
The controversial procedural Personal Status Law is finally out, representing a political compromise that has satisfied neither opponents nor proponents, writes Mariz Tadros
Women's destiny, men's
voices
As the People's Assembly heatedly debated the
proposed amendments to the Personal Status law,
Fayza Hassan wondered why women's voices were
being drowned out
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Statehood bid
THE PALESTINE Liberation Organisation's policy-making body, the 129-member Central Council, convened yesterday in Gaza City for a two-day session. Members discussed a possible declaration of statehood in an apparent attempt to prod Israel in the slow-moving negotiations on the terms of statehood. read on
EU showdown
A SHOWDOWN loomed between Austria and its 14 European Union partners yesterday as Austrian President Thomas Klestil held consultations on whether to approve the far-right Freedom Party joining a conservative coalition government, at peril of an unprecedented EU veto and international quarantine read on
Arms downed
ALGERIAN President Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika has said that some 6,000 Islamic militants have surrendered under the terms of an amnesty that came into effect last month. read on
Pharaohs win
IN A THRILLING come-from-behind victory, Egypt beat Burkina Faso 4-2 to end top of their group at the African Cup of Nations (ACN).
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