From the archives:
The full coverage of the 1995 elections
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 GUNS AND PRAYER: Israeli soldiers dawdle in front of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Technically it is illegal for armed Israelis to enter the grounds of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome though, like so many technicalities, it is endlessly flaunted by the city's de facto rulers --see caption-- |
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Back to the wall
In the wake of Camp David, Yasser Arafat is in a jam. Graham Usher in Ramallah writes on the ties that bind the Palestinian leader
Just ballots
Upcoming elections will not only be held under judicial supervision, but polling will take place in three phases, a first in Egyptian parliamentary history, writes Gamal Essam El-Din
Campaigning carefully
The illegal Muslim Brotherhood will participate in November's parliamentary elections. But its candidates, as Amira Howeidy finds out, will run individually, and not as a group
Storm in a teacup?
How seriously should Egyptians take a column, however offensive, in the New York Times? Nadia Abou El-Magd reports on a minor storm in Egypt-US ties
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Voices in the American wilderness
The plight of the Iraqi people after 10 years of devastating international sanctions continues to leave American policy-makers cold, writes Salah Hameid
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Scraping the barrel
Ehud Barak is in desperate need of allies, even among those who resort to the worst forms of anti-Arab racism and theological anti-Semitism, Graham Usher reports from Jerusalem
In the shadow of death
After more than 20 years of unbearable waiting, Lebanese families whose relatives were kidnapped or went missing during the civil war must confront a new reality, writes Ranwa Yehia in Beirut
Their brother's keeper
The reported release of political prisoners in Syria is not the only reform measure President Bashar Al-Assad took since he was elected last month, Mahmoud Abdel-Wahab writes from Damascus
Closing Sana'a
Mediation efforts by Yemen's president did not end the confrontation between Islamists and intellectuals over a 28-year-old novel considered by extremists as "blasphemous," Nasser Arrabyee reports from Sana'a
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No beating around the Bush
As the US presidential race commences, the focus is on the candidates' personalities, not the issues. Thomas Gorguissian reports from Philadelphia
Firing rainbow ammunition
Colin Powell, Norman Schwarzkopf, and soul diva Chaka Khan asked Americans to "Buy Republican" last week. It was all about presidential packaging, writes Kareem Fahim
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Solid support
PALESTINIAN President Yasser Arafat was in Egypt yesterday for the third consecutive Wednesday since the Camp David talks failed to achieve a breakthrough towards a comprehensive Palestinian-Israeli settlement, reports Nevine Khalil
Not a panacea
The reaction in Cairo to Egypt's inclusion in the Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Index was unexpectedly cool, reports Sherine Abdel-Razek
When the hills are alive
Lubna Abdel-Aziz returns from the Karlovy Vary film festival fully rejuvenated, and without the help of a spa
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The latest investigation of the 1994 Rwandan genocide accuses the international community of having allowed the horror to happen, writes Faiza Rady
