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From Seattle to Quebec
At the FTAA summit, while Washington preached democracy, the right to freedom of expression was drowned out by tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets, writes Faiza Rady

Too close for comfort
Washington has clinched agreement on having a Free Trade Area of the Americas in place by 2005. Few south of the Rio Grande are holding their breath, writes Hisham El-Naggar from Buenos Aires

Free trade with a conscience?
US President George Bush emerged as the main winner after the Americas Summit, writes Marc Munro, from Quebec City

People before profits
The international pharmaceutical industry has lost its legal battle to bar South Africa from importing cheap generic drugs. Poor people the world over can rejoice, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Putin pressures the press
Last week the editors and managers of Russia's last independent national TV station were ousted by a state-owned shareholder. Jasper Thornton asks what is happening

Abdel-Malek Khalil interviewed the head of the Assembly of Russia's Peoples, Dr Ramazan Abdulatipov and talked to Reda Shehata, Egypt's ambassador to Russia about bilateral trade relations
From Russia with friendship
The sky's the limit

End of the affair
Crouching tiger
Crunching the rules
Bump in the road

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		Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 26 April - 2 May 2001 Issue No.531
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