Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Assassinated politician Pim Fortuyn continued to be at the forefront of Dutch politics as voters gave the major Dutch political parties the thumbs down reports Judit Neurink from Amsterdam

Whose right to return?
Growing anti-Semitism in France has renewed calls for Jews of the Diaspora to emigrate to Israel. Iason Athanasiadis on the Zionist version of the right to return

A congruence of interests
The opportunity presented by former US President Jimmy Carter's unprecedented Cuba visit must not be quickly snuffed out by the Bush Administration, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Memories of Chechnya
With nearly 40 US casualties in Afghanistan and Taliban leader Mullah Mohamed Omar and Osama Bin Laden making defiant remarks in the media, the war against terror is far from over, reports Anayat Durrani from Washington