A ripple before the storm
The UN-sponsored environmental conference in The Hague was hijacked by transnational corporations and the US, writes Faiza Rady

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

Big is beautiful
Japan's African ambassadorial meeting in Cairo last week stressed that African economic integration was a prerequisite for potential Japanese investors in Africa who are put off by small market size, reports Gamal Nkrumah

Chronicle of a collapse foretold
The streets of Lima have been full of demonstrators cheering the decision to impeach Peru's Alberto Fujimori. It was a momentous event, but hardly an unexpected one, writes
Hisham El-Naggar

Like a bad penny
Welcome to the party
Talk is cheap
The comeback kid