Opinion

WAR COVERAGE

INTIFADA IN FOCUS

Mission to Baghdad
A ground-breaking visit to Baghdad by Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa is in the works. Dina Ezzat reports

Egypt

Trials aplenty
The Supreme Military Court resumed this week trials of Muslim Brotherhood leaders and suspected militants charged with "plotting to assassinate top figures," reports Khaled Dawoud

Changing their tune
A decision by Sweden to extradite two Egyptian militants marks a shift in attitude among Western nations on political asylum in the wake of 11 September, reports Jailan Halawi

Region

A hawk in flight
Against the backdrop of US efforts to resume peace talks, Sharon has been aggressing Palestinians on all fronts, writes Khaled Amayreh from Jerusalem

A spineless partner
When Sharon declared Arafat and his Palestinian Authority "irrelevant" last week, the Israeli leader could just as easily have been referring to his main coalition partner -- Peres and his now increasingly confused and dissolute Labour party. Jonathan Cook, in Nazareth, writes

War

To the bitter end
The ongoing hunt for an ever-elusive Osama Bin Laden and the latest round of US bombings prove one thing -- the war in Afghanistan is far from over, as Absar Alam writes from Islamabad

Going through the motions
India and Pakistan are noisily beating the war drums, but actual warfare may not be in the cards, writes Iffat Malik from Islamabad

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Elementary, my dear Musharraf
The second "war on terror" in the space of a few months is gaining momentum, drawing in nuclear arch-rivals India and Pakistan. Beneath the rhetoric lies a classic murder-mystery. Who did it? Mukul Devichand puts on his detective hat

Not too late
Pakistan's ambassador to Cairo, Anwar Kemal, said his country was willing to talk with India to solve their problems. But New Delhi should give up its language of threats and ultimatums first, he told Khaled Dawoud

International

The fire this time
The resignation of Argentina's new president after barely nine days in office suggests Argentines are in no mood to be taken for granted by politicians, writes Hisham El-Naggar from Buenos Aires

Economy

To the rescue
OPEC is slashing its oil exports in a desperate bid to shore up crude oil prices and major non-cartel exporters, including Russia, are also pledging support. Gamal Nkrumah reports

Travel

In the company of scholars
On a well-earned break from a heavy work schedule, Nevine El-Aref headed south to Aswan and beyond and found that Kalabsha and Abu Simbel are perfect places to relax

Living

Sports

Dangerous tastes
Fayza Hassan samples the spices of life

Nothing to write home about
A big question mark hangs over their performance as Egyptian footballers prepare for the African Nations Cup. Nashwa Abdel-Tawab reports on a less than impressive trial