Al-Ahram Weekly Online
1 - 7 November 2001
Issue No.558
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Revival unlikely soon
President Hosni Mubarak does not believe that Palestinian-Israeli negotiations can resume soon and opposes linking terrorism to Islam. Khaled Dawoud and Soha Abdelaty report

Tunnel opened
On Sunday, President Hosni Mubarak inaugurated the new Al-Azhar tunnel that has been three years in the making, Gihan Shahine reports

'Not in Ramadan'
An adviser to President Hosni Mubarak has reaffirmed Egypt's support for the US campaign against terrorism, but said that Cairo would like to see a halt to military attacks during Ramadan, reports Khaled Dawoud

Parliament and the war on terror
Deputies from the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, and possibly others, are expected to take the United States to task for its strikes against Afghanistan when the People's Assembly opens its new session next week. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Lofty causes
Mrs Suzanne Mubarak re-opened Monday night the Alexandria Centre for Creativity, which has seen some major renovation and development work, Dahlia Hammouda reports

In the name of peace
Breaking down stereotypes and fostering inter-faith dialogue were among the topics that fuelled a well-attended seminar on religious dialogue this week. Gihan Shahine samples the Muslim-Christian discussions

Egypt's most-wanted pressed
Following the 11 September attacks, some European countries have begun to re-inspect suspected terrorists living on their soil. Jailan Halawi reports

Newsreel
Spanish visit
Hetata retires
Deviant sect
El-Filali again
Environment challenge
Act of cruelty
Book thief


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