Al-Ahram Weekly   Al-Ahram Weekly
27 April - 3 May 2000
Issue No. 479
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Issues navigation Current Issue Previous Issue Back Issues

Vietnam Vietnam's bitter harvest
When the US pulled out of Saigon in 1975, it was a historic turning point for Communism on the world stage. But the legacy of Vietnam still haunts this rising nation, writes Faiza Rady
All's well that ends well
The dramatic climax this past week in the five-month-long drama of Elian Gonzalez has got Americans thinking about the last of America's Cold War policies, writes Lamis Andoni
The demon within
Unacceptable historical injustice has turned farm killers into national heroes in Zimbabwe, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Israel won't play fair
The credibility of the regime for the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons is put to the test
Stock amok
A bust always follows a speculative boom, explains Ahmed Abushadi
Chechnya won't fall
Despite recent heavy losses, the Chechan resistance has made a comeback, writes Abdel-Malek Khalil from Moscow
Their backs to the wall
When Chechen official Islam Halimov visited Egypt last week, Jamaal-ud-deen Musallam interviewed him on Chechyna's fight for independence
Too little, too late
The world's richest nations failed to heed warnings of famine gripping the Horn of Africa. Now, leaders and organisations are starting to point fingers, writes Mohamed Khaled

 
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