Palestinian anger rising
It was not just American pressure that forced Yasser Arafat to resume negotiations with Israel. It was fear of the alternative. Graham Usher reports from Gaza
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Jordan's political feud eases
King Abdullah's meeting with Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood leaders confirmed that the historic relationship between the two sides remains intact and cohesive despite ups and downs. Lola Keilani writes from Amman
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Price of reformist victory?
The attack against Saeed Hajjarian, the "heart and mind" of Iran's reformist movement, was seen as a possible hard-line retribution for the former's resounding electoral victory, Azadeh Moaveni reports from Tehran
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Dangling the oil carrot
The US policy of trying to contain the Iraqi regime has become a fragile strategy increasingly captive to domestic manoeuvres, UN Security Council consensus and Saddam Hussein's tactics, writes Salah Hemeid
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Erbakan on a razor's edge
The one-year jail term issued against former Turkish Islamist premier Erbakan might end his political career and open the door for conflict within Islamist ranks, reports Gareth Jenkins from Ankara
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Al-Bashir's enemies in disarray
Exiled Sudanese opposition parties are reacting differently to Khartoum's overtures, writes Gamal Nkrumah
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The Arab predicament
The study of "those who rule" in the Arab world provided the focus of a new research project recently launched in Amman. Omayma Abdel-Latif witnessed fiery debates
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