Al-Ahram Weekly

		Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 30 Nov. - 6 Dec. 2000 Issue No.510

Underlining 'a clear message' Describing his decision to recall Egypt's ambassador to Tel Aviv as "a clear message" of anger at Israel's "intolerable" violence against the Palestinians, President Mubarak continued his efforts to bring an end to the violence and resume peace negotiations. Nevine Khalil reports
Taking the shanty out of shantytowns AT A CEREMONY presenting 100 new homeowners with deeds to housing units in Al-Duweqa, Mrs Suzanne Mubarak said the site was the first fruit of an ambitious project to offset the social, economic and environmental repercussions caused by shantytowns.
Engineer faces spying charges An Egyptian will face trial by a state security court on charges of spying for Israel. Jailan Halawi fills in the background Taking the poll to the courts The new People's Assembly will face an avalanche of appeals contesting the legal status of many deputies when it convenes on 13 December. Gamal Essam El-Din looks into the case files	The need to modernise In a lecture this week, Kamal Abul-Magd argued that globalisation has thrown up some useful lessons for Muslim societies
In quest of Rafah Even a simple act of solidarity such as collecting food and medicine and delivering it to people who desperately need it is fraught with great difficulties. Fatemah Farag reports from as close to the Egyptian-Israeli border as she could get
Strenuous hunt for bank robbers Members of an armed group that robbed a bank in southern Egypt and fled with bundles of money are still at large and unidentified, reports Jailan Halawi
Death in a multi-purpose airport Rehab Saad, investigating the bizarre accident in which a child was killed by a landing aircraft, discovers that there is much more to Imbaba airport than flying
*Newsreel* Restoring monasticism's cradle Caught offshore Death on the roads

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