Deadly retribution
Despite renewed contacts between Israel and the PA, there is little to suggest that Sharon is about to halt the carnage in Palestine. Khaled Amayreh reports from Jerusalem

Walls of indignity
Another Israeli checkpoint means more humiliation for the Palestinians. Annika Hampson visits Al-Izzariyya fence

Funding peace in Sudan
Arab countries and donor institutions have promised to channel much-needed developmental funds into southern Sudan. Dina Ezzat reports

Briefs
The deputy governor of Saudi Arabia's northern Jouf province, Hamad Bin Abdel Rahman Al-Wardi, was shot dead on Monday by an unidentified gunman, a Saudi Interior Ministry official said...