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 Statehood at a price
Arafat is eager to secure US recognition of an independent Palestinian state, even if at the cost of forfeiting basic Palestinian demands, writes Lamis Andoni from Boston
Return when you die
In 1948, the Palestinians of Ikrit and Birem were told they would have to wait "two weeks" before returning to their villages. They are still waiting. Graham Usher reports from the northern Galilee
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The year of living boldly
Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika has not achieved miracles. But who really expected him to? A year into his presidency Amira Howeidy reviews the audacious Algerian leader's attempt to revive his war-torn nation
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Clamp down on Bin Laden band
The trial in Jordan of 28 Islamists allegedly linked to Saudi-born dissident Osama bin Laden, is part of the kingdom's continuing clamp down on militant Islamist groups, Lola Keilani reports from Amman
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Bargaining chips
ISRAEL's cabinet said on Tuesday that it would abide by a High Court order and free 13 Lebanese detainees held without trial for more than a decade as bargaining chips for missing Israeli soldiers allegedly held by the Lebanese resistance. --read on--
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 Trying circumstances
As proceedings for the trial of 13 Iranian Jews accused of spying for Israel begin in Shiraz, Azadeh Moaveni charts the anxieties of the city's Jewish community and the country's reformists
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Encounter with a deadly heritage
An Arab League-sponsored seminar tackling the issue of land-mines in the region may be a positive step towards collective Arab action to eradicate the buried menace. Rasha Saad attended
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Anti-normalisation in the Gulf
A group of Kuwaiti and Arab Gulf intellectuals announced last week the creation of the first organisation in the Gulf region aimed at resisting normalisation of relations with Israel, reports Sherine Bahaa
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Secularism with an iron fist
Turkey's powerful military last week stepped into the debate over the successor to President Suleyman Demirel -- who is due to step down next month, Gareth Jenkins writes from Ankara
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'Flying carpet' to Yemen and back
Unprecedented visits by groups of Israeli tourists to Yemen were sharply criticised by opposition groups who accused the government of seeking to normalise ties with Israel, Nasser Arabyee reports from San'aa
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