Al-Ahram Weekly Online
21 - 27 February 2002
Issue No.574
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"Get out of the territories"
The Israeli peace camp is united that Israel should leave the occupied territories. The debate is whether it should be with or without an agreement with the Palestinians, writes Graham Usher from Tel Aviv

Steeled by despair
As violent Israeli-Palestinian exchanges continue unabated in the occupied territories, even hard-liners in the Israeli government are being forced to rethink Sharon's strategy of repression, writes Khaled Amayreh from the occupied West Bank

Immunity or impunity
Why is the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) decision to annul an arrest warrant for a former Congolese minister viewed as a political pretext to end the case against Sharon's pending trial in Belgium? Amira Howeidy finds out

On shaky ground
A closely guarded investigation of high-level corruption in Jordan has the former intelligence chief in its grip and the business community on edge, reports Al-Ahram Weekly's correspondent in Amman

All eyes on Iraq
In the wake of the 11 September attacks against America, voices advocating "dealing with" Iraq have increased in US corridors of power. Anayat Durrani reports from Washington

New proof too late?
The judges at the Lockerbie appeal in the Netherlands are considering their verdict. But, with new information surfacing, criticism of both the prosecution and the defence is growing. Judit Neurink writes from Camp Zeist


From emirate to kingdom
With the stroke of a pen, the Emirate of Bahrain has become a constitutional monarchy. Sherine Bahaa reports

One step ahead
Yemeni authorities are trying to keep on top of US demands to hunt local Al-Qa'eda suspects, but confrontations with powerful tribes may be the price, reports Nasser Arrabyee from Sanaa


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