Sharon's winding road
Last week Sharon said he was prepared to make "painful concessions" for peace. Nothing could be further from the truth, writes Graham Usher in Jerusalem

Beware the ides of March
How far can Washington push the Security Council? Ayman El-Amir looks into the maths

A harmonious protest
Have the large government-sanctioned anti-war rallies of the past week managed to calm the tension between the government and political activists? Gihan Shahine gauges the mood

Exile fury
Calls for Saddam Hussein to resign cause a diplomatic incident in Doha. Dina Ezzat reports

The other war for Iraq
Most of the world is awaiting the war to come. In Gaza, it has already arrived, writes Graham Usher in Jerusalem

A prize catch
Pleased as punch with its most recent crack-down on "terrorists", the Musharraf administration is tightening the noose on Al-Qa'eda fugitives. Iffat Idris reports from Islamabad
 

Tens of thousands gathered yesterday before Cairo's International Stadium to join a huge march organised by the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) to protest an American- led war against Iraq...--photo caption--  

15th Arab summit