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Race to Durban
In the first of a series of articles, Helmy Shaarawy reviews some key conceptual issues raised at preparatory meetings for the first World Conference Against Racism soon to be held in Durban, South Africa

Double Dutch
A Moroccan imam's homophobia has rocked the Netherlands. Judit Neurink reports from Amsterdam

Sleeping tiger
As federal executions resume in the United States, so too does the debate on capital punishment. Nyier Abdou follows the controversy left in the wake of high-profile executions

Milosevic in The Hague Gone for a president's ransom
Slobodan Milosevic is now in a cell at the international tribunal in The Hague. But why isn't he joined by other leaders who should be on trial for similar crimes, asks Gamal Nkrumah

A case of déjà-vu
A case of throwing the baby with the bath water? Egged on by the US, the Colombian army is spraying coca fields with poison and decimating adjoining villages and food crops along the way, writes Faiza Rady

International Briefs

Gladiator
Shadow of doubt
Plot twist
Fighting words
Looking for questions

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		Al-Ahram Weekly Online 5 - 11 July 2001 Issue No.541
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