Al-Ahram Weekly

Fending off the 'final solution'
A bloody week in the occupied territories has many wondering if the Sharon administration will press ahead with a second Nakba, reports Khaled Amayreh from Jerusalem

Can it get any worse?
In the face of Israel's onslaught Palestinians are united -- in rage, pain, fear and grief. Graham Usher reports from Nablus

Human wrongs
Israeli democracy? Ask a Palestinian. Jonathan Cook, in Nazareth, writes on the case of Abed Al-Rahman Al-Ahmar

The assassination of right-wing Lebanese Christian leader, Elie Hobeika, evokes memories of the country's ugly civil war, Zeina Abu Rizk reports from Beirut, and Amira Howeidy explores the assassination's impact on the case pending against Ariel Sharon in the Belgian courts

The butcher's assistant
Taking evidence to the grave

Maan Crisis
Jordan's King Abdullah moved quickly to end rioting in the troubled city of Maan, following a young man's death while in police custody. Al-Ahram Weekly's correspondent reports from Amman

The end of the honeymoon
There are several signs of unease in US-Saudi relations despite official denials, Anayat Durrani reports from Washington

Lockerbie file reopened
Things seem to be looking up for Abdel-Basset Ali Mohamed Al-Megrahi, a Libyan national who is serving a life sentence for the bombing of a Pan-Am airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie --read on--

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		Al-Ahram Weekly Online 31 Jan. - 6 Feb. 2002 Issue No.571
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