Al-Ahram Weekly - International

Stop gap
Joseph Kabila has taken over the Congolese presidency in the wake of his father's assassination. Gamal Nkrumah wonders whether he is strong enough to become anything more substantial than a transitional figure

A friend in need
Demonstrations and high-profile defections have made a pauper of the man who was everyone's favourite buddy. Nyier Abdou charts the dramatic rise and fall of ousted Filipino President Joseph Estrada

Progressing towards the abyss
In a keynote address to the first World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Noam Chomsky took issue with widely propagated ideas regarding globalisation

Could have done better
Now Bill Clinton's term in office is over, Mohamed Hakki, in Washington, assesses what most commentators have already labelled his "mixed legacy"

No honeymoon for Bush
Will a conservative Texan with the dubious distinction of winning the presidency by the third narrowest margin in American history manage to unify a divided nation, asks Thomas Gorguissian from Washington

Cleaning house
Informed counsel
Out with the old
Bidding war

		Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 25 - 31 January 2001 Issue No.518
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