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Barak's last throw of the dice
Ehud Barak's acceptance of early elections in Israel may have been unexpected but there is reasoning behind the apparent mayhem, writes Graham Usher from Jerusalem
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
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Walking in Gaza
It's not easy to walk in Gaza. It has become an act of national resistance. Graham Usher takes a stroll along the strip
No stopping the Intifada
Israeli claims to be concerned about the death toll among Palestinian civilians are belied by its continued use of indiscriminate lethal force. From the West Bank Khaled Amayreh reports on the Palestinians' steadfast determination to resist the occupation
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Lyrical lanterns
Intifada, Internet, and mesahharati mobiles: Fatemah Farag explores a very modern Ramadan
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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 |
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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
 Seeking a way out
NEW IDEAS for ending the violence in the occupied territories and jump-starting peace talks were discussed at a meeting of the foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan and Palestinian officials, reports Dina Ezzat. --read on--
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International:
All
hat and no cattle
Even
after the secretary of state for Florida certified Governor George
Bush as the winner in the Florida and national elections, the
Democrats refused to concede defeat, writes Mohamed Hakki
from Washington
Bushestan
defeats Gorestan
Following
a drawn-out haggle over vote hand counts, George W Bush has been
confirmed as a lack-lustre president-elect, but Al Gore thinks
otherwise, writes Ervin Hladnik-Milharcic from Washington
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One tomb, many men
The big turnaround