Imploding Palestinian Authority
Israel's assassinations policy is lethal not only for the lives it takes, but for the ramifications it is having on Palestinian society. Graham Usher reports from Gaza

Towards national reconciliation
A visit by the Maronite patriarch to the Druze-controlled Chouf is being hailed as the beginning of genuine national reconciliation. Zeina Abu Rizk reports from Beirut

Back to the drawing board?
With an emphatic affirmation of his government's commitment to Shari'a, Sudan's Al-Bashir has threatened to derail the Egyptian-Libyan initiative for peace in Sudan, writes Gamal Nkrumah

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