Opinion

WAR COVERAGE

INTIFADA IN FOCUS

No room for defiance
On the eve of a meeting between Arab foreign ministers to discuss the situation in Palestine the gulf between diplomats and popular opinion is wider than ever, reports Dina Ezzat

Egypt

Mission aborted
Sharon's policy is a recipe for "disaster and chaos" in the region, warned President Mubarak. Nevine Khalil reports on Cairo's response to the unprecedented deterioration in the situation in Palestine

Pilgrimage tragedy
The families of 52 Egyptian pilgrims who died in a horrific bus accident in Aqaba, Jordan, spent the first day of Eid Al-Fitr trying to identify the bodies of their loved ones. Lola Keilani reports from the scene of the tragedy

Region

Destroying Arafat
The army is acting in the occupied territories because Yasser Arafat refuses to act, says Israel. But Israel's military actions go way beyond that. Graham Usher reports from Salfit in the West Bank

War

The fugitive
As the US-led coalition consolidates its military hold over Afghanistan, the war is shifting down to a full-scale hunt for Bin Laden, reports Absar Allam from Islamabad

Heir apparent
Hamid Karzai, who is slated to take the reins of power in Afghanistan this week, is a seasoned politico equally at home among his tribesmen and on the international political stage, writes Absar Alam in Islamabad

Vying for clout
India and Pakistan, as if not content with their dispute over Kashmir, are now battling for influence in Afghanistan. So far, India is doing better. Iffat Malik writes from Islamabad

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Who listens to Bukhari?
A suicide attack on India's parliament building has brought the "war on terror" to the heart of the subcontinent. Meanwhile, India's 140-million Muslims are refusing to be drawn in, reports Mukul Devichand

No rest for troublemakers
Germany is cracking down on its Islamist groups. Gamal Nkrumah looks into the implications

Cultural losses of the war
An unsung casualty of the Afghan civil war has been the country's cultural heritage, writes David Tresilian, 80 per cent of the Kabul Museum's treasures having now been either looted or destroyed

Economy

Third time lucky?
Once again, the Egyptian pound is being devalued. Niveen Wahish reports

Features

In the dark valley
Faced with a growing and politically-loaded African refugee crisis, Egypt struggles to accommodate those who seek refuge. Gamal Nkrumah writes on the challenge and the hope

The one who got away ...
and the one who didn't

Open arms, tight-fisted

Living

Off their guard
Can kids from around the world shirk the burdens of diplomats and gung-ho advisers to talk amongst themselves? Nyier Abdou looks at a dubious plan gone right

Orphans at the feast
Jasper Thornton discovers charity can't always begin at home

Travel