KILL THEM TWICE: Young Palestinians, fleeing for cover from another Israeli attack, cut through a cemetery badly damaged by previous strikes. --see caption--

Sharon takes aim
Ariel Sharon's objective is the destruction not only of Yasser Arafat, but also of US envoy Anthony Zinni's peace mission, writes Jonathan Cook from Jerusalem

Arab dilemmas
Arafat's pleas for an Arab summit conference have met with little response, reports Dina Ezzat

Egypt

The kiss of death?
Foreign Minister Maher, paying a visit to the US, expressed Egypt's 'extreme concern' over the escalating Israeli attacks against the Palestinians. Hoda Tawfik reports from Washington

An 11 September connection?
Defendants on trial before a military court for allegedly plotting to assassinate top government officials say they were only seeking to support the Palestinian uprising, reports Khaled Dawoud

Opinion

WAR COVERAGE

INTIFADA IN FOCUS

War

A push and a shove
Compromise was hard won among Afghan delegates hashing out a post-Taliban scenario, but the final accord may set the foundation for a happy ending in Afghanistan, reports Abdel-Azim Hammad from Bonn

Soul-searching in Bonn
The UN-sponsored talks in Bonn are a show of mind over muscle as Afghan leaders try and hash out a deal for a future government, writes Iffat Malik

Final target, Kandahar
Though the military campaign in Afghanistan seems to be drawing to a close, the final push to Kandahar is a war on its own, reports Anayat Durrani from Washington

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So long Geneva, hello Kandahar
Have we lost sight of the Geneva Conventions? Nyier Abdou tracks the atrocities left in the wake of Afghanistan's Northern Alliance

Interview

Region

'The tunnel at the end of the light'
Prince El-Hassan of Jordan was guest of honour at the Arab League's conference on 'Civilisations: Dialogue Not Confrontation' last week. Amina Elbendary met the prince the morning after

The noose tightens
As Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon harrows the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat grows increasingly embattled. Khaled Amayreh reports from the occupied West Bank

Farewell to arms
Last week, Druze leaders staged their first ever convention against compulsory military service in Israel. Jonathan Cook reports from Yirka, a Druze village in northern Israel

Economy

Looking for the right answers
Recommendations by the Central Bank of Egypt -- and their subsequent withdrawal -- are causing confusion in the Egyptian business world. Niveen Wahish and Mona El-Fiqi investigate

IT

New recruits
The staff of online recruitment companies may soon be in need of jobs themselves. Niveen Wahish reports on the efforts of online recruitment companies to stay afloat in times of economic trouble

IT Panorama by Tarek Atia
A byte of fresh air
Hatching success
Virtual vacation

Living

Features

Keeping the momentum
Alaa Shahine follows the campaign to build a new children's cancer hospital and finds that nothing less than the best will do

Travel

Sports

Luck of the draw
Alaa Shahine looks at how Arab and African countries are expected to fare in the World Cup

Alone at the top
Now in first place in the league football standings, Zamalek is sitting pretty. Nashwa Abdel-Tawab reports on the club's latest victory