Al-Ahram Weekly | International

Great white hope
The Netherlands lost the rising star of its far-right wing when an animal rights activist assassinated populist politician Pim Fortuyn, reports Judit Neurink from Amsterdam

Trouble in FATA ; Chaos in Karachi
Iffat Malik from Islamabad examines the disturbing impact of US infiltration into the tribal areas of Pakistan in search of remaining Al-Qa'eda and Taliban fighters, and looks into the implications of Karachi's bomb blast

With an eye on June
Fighting crime, lowering taxes and preparing for the June parliamentary elections will be the priorities of the new French government, writes David Tresilian from Paris

Children first
Last week, the world's most powerful gathered to attend a landmark UN special session on children. The resulting declaration purports to improve the well-being of the world's smallest, most vulnerable citizens, reports Dahlia Hammouda from New York

A start of sorts
Thomas McDermott, UNICEF's regional director for the Middle East and North Africa region, speaks to Dahlia Hammouda about his assessment of the outcome of the UN special session on children -- the highlights, the achievements and the challenges that remain

Politik reigned
Children's interests were compromised in deference to real politik, writes Negar Azimi

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		Al-Ahram Weekly Online 16 - 22 May 2002 Issue No.586
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