Al-Ahram Weekly Online
10 - 16 January 2002
Issue No.568
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Voices for peace
Cairo's sustained call for the rapid implementation of the Mitchell and Tenet recommendations may be falling on deaf ears, reports Soha Abdelaty

Prayer for peace
Prayer for peace: It may have been a particularly cold Christmas for Copts this year, but that certainly did not detract from the festive atmosphere --read on--

Under siege
A decree levying exorbitant duties on imported garments has triggered a confrontation between Port Said traders and the government. Gihan Shahine visits the angry city

Heading for a schoolbook revolution
Mrs Suzanne Mubarak opened on Thursday the 18th Cairo International Children's Book Fair at the Fair Grounds in Nasr City.. --read on--

Judging the polls
The government rallied this week behind a new legislative amendment aimed at limiting judicial supervision in the forthcoming municipal elections. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Trying times for Islamists
The military prosecutor called for the maximum penalty to be given to 94 people on trial for plotting to assassinate top officials and smuggle weapons to Hamas. Khaled Dawoud reports

Mohters' vigil
Monday night's chilly weather did not stop some Egyptian women from standing for more than an hour in front of the Arab League's headquarters in downtown Cairo, Rana Allam reports

Newsreel
EU for peace
Comparing notes
Pleading innocent
Gamaleddin wins
Mahfouz stands
Osiris uncovered
Circus tragedy
Euro winds


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