Called to account
As the inquiry into the murder of 13 Israeli Arabs proceeds, additional Israeli officials are being summoned to testify. Jonathan Cook in Nazareth reports

Unending carnage
In the aftermath of the deadly blows inflicted on the Israeli army by the Palestinians, Sharon sent his troops into the refugee camps. Khaled Amayreh reports from occupied Jerusalem

The way home
For many, the Palestinians' right of return may be no more than a pie in the sky. Salman Abu Sitta begs to differ, as Sherine Bahaa reports

In two minds
UN chief Annan and Iraq's foreign minister will meet today amid mixed signals from Baghdad as to its readiness for a conditional return of weapons' inspectors, writes Michael Jansen

Whose ruffled feathers?
A car bomb explosion targeting the head of Jordanian intelligence's anti-terrorism unit sent shock waves across the kingdom, Al-Ahram Weekly's correspondent reports from Amman

A special kind of relationship
A landmark visit by Syria's president to Lebanon seems to indicate that Damascus is beginning to see Beirut as an equal, writes Zeina Abu Rizk from Beirut

Trooping across the world
Last week, it was confirmed that the United States will be sending troops to Yemen as part of its "war on terror." The governments of both countries faced opposition to the policy, reports Anayat Durrani from Washington

Deepening rifts
Morocco's King Mohamed VI visited the disputed Western Sahara on Tuesday, a week after Algerian President Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika toured refugee camps in his country housing "Sahrawis," the residents of the region, and vowed to continue to support their cause.

Seeking signs of consensus
Can the forthcoming Arab summit produce a strong consensus on the two topmost issues on the regional agenda: Palestine and Iraq? The signs, as Dina Ezzat reports, do not seem promising, though Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa may find some solace in the fact that his resolve to overhaul the regional organisation is already producing results

Meanwhile, back at the League
Can the forthcoming Arab summit produce a strong consensus on the two topmost issues on the regional agenda: Palestine and Iraq? The signs, as Dina Ezzat reports, do not seem promising, though Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa may find some solace in the fact that his resolve to overhaul the regional organisation is already producing results

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