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Rites of passage
A symbol of national pride and independence, the Suez Canal has seen better days. On the 45th anniversary of the nationalisation of the Suez Canal Company, Sherine Abdel-Razek looks at the canal then and now

Paying for air
What happens when a nation of football buffs is deprived of the opportunity to watch the year's most important matches? Alaa Shahin heads for the neighbourhood coffee shop

Back to the dust
Who wants to push paper for a pittance? Fatemah Farag probes the revitalised appeal of a government job

Development, not unemployment
In an exclusive interview, Minister of Administrative Development Mohamed Zaki Abu Amer clarifies some basic distinctions

End of the line
Another factory shut down, more workers thrown out on the street. Dena Rashed joins the workers of Gangari on their quest for justice

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		Al-Ahram Weekly Online 26 July - 1 August 2001 Issue No.544
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