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Sweet revenge
Victory belonged to three forces in Israel and the occupied territories this week -- Binyamin Netanyahu, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and Hamas, writes Graham Usher from Jerusalem

The Egyptian Museum
A century on: The opening of the Egyptian Museum in 1902 was a glittering event, attended by Abbas Helmi II and a host of dignitaries. And to mark the museum's centenary, the Ministry of Culture last night replayed that legendary occasion, lending it a thoroughly modern twist, reports Nevine El-Aref

Opinion

Ibrahim Nafie:
In the face of reason

Osama Al-Ghazali Harb:
The triumph of moderation

Hassan Abu-Taleb:
Time for action

Mohamed Sid-Ahmed:
A pitfall to be avoided

M Shahid Alam:
What went wrong?

Marwan Bishara:
American fatalism

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Egypt

Tough session ahead for Ebeid
The prime minister is a leading target of the criticism being levelled at the government by parliament this session. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Breaking the silence
Cairo is set to host the region's biggest anti-war conference. Amira Howeidy reports

Preacher on the run
The recent ban on popular Islamic preacher Amr Khaled has triggered a plethora of rumours and reactions, as well as a boom in his tape sales. Gihan Shahine reports

What red lines?
Out of jail and awaiting his retrial, sociologist Saadeddin Ibrahim shares some of his prison memories with Jailan Halawi

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Region

To reveal or conceal?
Now that Iraq has made a lengthy declaration on its weapons' programmes, the burden is on the US to prove that Baghdad is lying, Khaled Dawoud reports from Washington

In the service of empire
Lamis Andoni, in the first of a series on America's war hawks, looks at the views of the man who coined the phrase "clash of civilisations"

Israel's eid gift
Taghreed El-Khodary visits the aftermath of an Israeli massacre in Gaza

Turkey's bait
What price is Ankara willing to pay to ensure that it remains on the US's good side? Gareth Jenkins reviews reactions to Turkey's decision to open its airbases to the US

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International

An act to follow What is the significance of African ministers meeting to consider amendments to the African Union Constitutive Act, wonders Gamal Nkrumah	A cloned Arab? A controversial Italian embryologist claims to be about to clone the first human -- an Arab baby, reports Samia Nkrumah from Rome
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Focus

Economy

'Hard days ahead' As a military campaign against Iraq grows daily more likely and fears grow throughout the region over Washington's real intentions, Al-Ahram Weekly played host to John Sawers the United Kingdom's ambassador to Egypt, who spelled out the position of America's closest ally in a roundtable discussion. Omayma Abdel-Latif sums up the salient points	Financial reforms revisited A 'third-generation' set of reforms may be needed down the road for Egypt's financial sector, Doha Abdel-Hamid argues
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Farouk Abu Eissa:
Democrat at heart
Profile by Gamal Nkrumah

Fishy business
Gamal Nkrumah angles for a meat-free finish to Ramadan

Lubna Abdel- Aziz
Babes in Toyland
By Lubna Abdel-Aziz

Plain Talk
By Mursi Saad El-Din

The calamari syndrome
By Nabil Shawkat

Culture
The clichés of sobriety Drugs? Don't do them or else they'll dig up your alleyway. Mohamed El-Assyouti disentangles a cinematic moral	Fill the halls And if not with boughs of holly, then at least with an audience, writes Amal Choucri Catta
>i< An all-inclusive guide to goings on around Cairo >i<

Features

Living

No sugar coating, just tea please
The medical profession in the Arab and Islamic worlds is looking beyond the narrow scope of pills and injections onto the wider horizons of alternative medicine. Amira El-Noshokaty considers the options

Battling the blues
As the winter hours fall upon the city, many people may find their moods hang low. Yasmine El-Rashidi finds that SAD is not sad

Travel

Heritage

Barefoot in the sand
When life in the city becomes overwhelming a simple life appeals. Rebekah Logan finds peace at an ecolodge in Sinai

Restoring the written word
Will 50 restorers be able to revive Egypt's huge and invaluable heritage of rare manuscripts? Reham El-Adawi visits the Restoration, Conservation and Microfilm Centre

Sports

Lucky number seven?
In the absence of Zamalek -- which has been preparing for its meet with Rajaa of Casablanca in the final of the African League Champions Cup -- all national league matches this week ended in a victory. Inas Mazhar reports

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