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A Landless People representative arrives at the Steve Biko Room in Johannesburg for the 10-day Earth Summit

Earth Summit blues
Development concerns have proven a veritable minefield at the Earth Summit in South Africa, reports Yehia Ghanim from Johannesburg

Opinion

Hussein Ahmed Amin:
Living by the sword

Mohamed Sid-Ahmed:
History and post-history interrelated

Hani Shukrallah:
Phantoms of liberty

M Shahid Alam:
Extending the boycott

Amr Elchoubak:
Super puppeteer

GOLDEN JUBILEE OF THE 1952 REVOLUTION

Full steam ahead
America's war debate has grown in intensity, dominating the agenda to the exclusion of everything else, writes Mohamed El-Sayed Said from Washington

Egypt

Hoping wisdom prevails
President Mubarak stressed that wisdom is the prerequisite to defusing tensions in the region, writes Nevine Khalil

Defying Al-Azhar
A critic of Al-Azhar's grand imam has received a one-year sentence for libel. Mona El-Nahhas reports

Another appeal
The lawyers of human rights activist Saadeddin Ibrahim began preparing for an appeal against the latest ruling in his case after the full details of the seven-year sentence were released on Sunday. Jailan Halawi reports

Shaken, not stirred
In the aftermath of the earthquake that shook the capital this week, Fatemah Farag sorts out the dimensions of collective panic

Region

Iran: threat or victim?
A US strike against Iraq seems imminent, but who's next? Galal Nassar argues it will be Iran

The cycle continues
The Israeli army betrayed the "Gaza-Bethlehem First" agreement before it could begin, reports Khaled Amayreh from Jerusalem

Estranged allies
The Bush administration's increasingly hostile attitude towards Saudi Arabia since 11 September is threatening to undermine a 70-year-old friendship, writes Michael Jansen

The Arab Council for Foreign Ministers is to convene next week. Dina Ezzat looks at some of the issues that will figure high on its agenda --read on--

International
Saving Mother Earth Industrialised nations, the developing world and NGOs have conflicting perspectives on what constitutes sustainable development, reports Cornia Pretorius from Johannesburg	Crossing swords with the Shari'a The promulgation of Shari'a in 12 northern Nigerian states has ushered in a period of testing times for the nascent Nigerian democracy, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Interview

Economy

Swimming against the current

On the eve of the meeting of the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Reverend Philip Potter, former head of the organisation, spoke to Omayma Abdel-Latif about social activism in the aftermath of 11 September

Industrialisation's "winners" and "losers"
A recent UNIDO report has heralded Egypt as an economic "winner" despite the country's severe economic problems. John Sfakianakis investigates

...another downgrade
Fitch Ratings' recent downgrade of Egyptian credit has come as no surprise, in fact some experts believe it is rather belated. Niveen Wahish

Soheir Kansouh:
The tenacity of jasmine
Profile by Fatemah Farag

Lonely table just for one
Injy El-Kashef takes her profession seriously

Limelight
By Lubna Abdel-Aziz

Culture
>i< An all-inclusive guide to goings on around Cairo >i<	A philosopher in extensio Hassan Hanafi offers versions of Abdel-Rahman Badawi, 40 days after the philosopher's death
	Boring loyalty Youssef Rakha sits through Heneidi's latest

Travel	Features
Bringing the house down Ras Al-Barr may have lost its smart clientele but not all its charm -- and at least it still exists, as Jenny Jobbins finds out
	Days under fire It was during the Israeli invasion of the West Bank last spring that the world first found out about "the Internationals": private individuals from different parts of the world for whom solidarity with the Palestinians meant being there. Two British "Internationals", Claire Theret and Peggy Henderson, returned recently from the occupied territories. Below are selected pages from their diaries

Living	Sports
To marry or not to marry? Is pre-marital health care vital to a happy marriage? Reham El-Adawi investigates	Going for the three-peat Egypt's mentally handicapped athletes can make it three in a row but appear willing to forfeit the opportunity. Abeer Anwar explains and talks to a leading official about why there is less emphasis on winning

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