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14 - 20 June 2001
Issue No.538
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Islands in the Nile
IN RESPONSE to persistent reports that the government is planning to evict some, if not all, inhabitants of the Nile islands of Al-Warraq and Al-Dahab to make room for private developers, Housing Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Soliman told Riad Tawfik, in an exclusive interview, that "we have neither investors nor investments." --read on--


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A symptomatic approach 		Ibrahim Nafie
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Spots, but still a tiger 		Hani Shukrallah
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The Palestinian war of independence		 Osama El-Ghazali Harb

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The American connection
Yasser Arafat has accepted a US brokered cease-fire agreement. Now he will have to accept the judgement of his people, writes Graham Usher from Jerusalem

Bidding for dinosaurs
Rushdi Said examines the publicity maelstrom surrounding the Bahariya find

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Former minister faces corruption charges
The prosecutor-general is taking legal action against two former officials as well as a member of parliament and others on allegations including financial irregularities and forgery. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Acquittal on a legality
A State Security Court yesterday acquitted Sherif El-Filali of spying for Israel on a point of law. A Russian standing trial in absentia was given life imprisonment, Khaled Dawoud reports

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Thwarted expectations
Confounding predictions, the stock exchange has sustained a slowdown in foreign buying activity and a lack of interest in the offered cement sector stakes. Sherine Abdel-Razek reports

'It's that warmth'
The past three and a half years, during which Daniel Kurtzer served as US ambassador to Egypt, have not been the best of times for Egyptian-American relations. Before leaving Cairo for Washington next week, Kurtzer spoke exclusively to Aziza Sami

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The struggle for Mitchell
There is no cease-fire in Gaza. Graham Usher speaks to Palestinian political leaders about the implications should there be one

A second, cleaner sweep
Iranians turned out in droves to secure President Khatami a victory greater than his first. Azadeh Moaveni follows the commotion in Tehran


New team, old faces
New Labour wins the election, but not without a warning, writes Gavin Bowd from London

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Pushing back frontiers
Profile by Fatemah Farag

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Born free
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Flat as a pancake
Injy El-Kashef rediscovers the simple things

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TV meets the madding crowd
Are the new breed of political talk shows on Egyptian television opening up a space for freedom of expression, asks Amina Elbendary

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Procession
Demonstrations of affection
Processions aren't what they used to be. Pascale Ghazaleh finds the chaos at the heart

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Smoking is a sin
Tobacco, exposed
Campaigns against smoking and tobacco companies have never been fiercer, writes Amira Howeidy

Globalised world
All work and no play
Many of us have to work like demons to keep pace in a competitive, globalised world. Jasper Thornton asks what it is doing to us

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God HapiBetween legend and reality
A fuller story of the lost Mediterranean city of Heracleion is coming to light. Nevine El-Aref attended a revealing conference in Alexandria

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