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Crusaders and Mongols
Mohamed Hakki fears that a US invasion of Iraq will provide Israel with the cover it needs to forcibly transfer the Palestinians from their homes
"Don't look beyond March"
The United States will attack Iraq when its troops are ready, regardless of the Security Council vote, reports Khaled Dawoud from Washington
Think pink
Since US President George W Bush made war against Iraq his primary objective late last year, nearly every major American city, and dozens of small towns, have witnessed anti-war rallies that have seen the participation of hundreds of thousands of people in total...
Testing the waters
Incoming Turkish Premier Tayyip Erdogan is handed a poisoned chalice as the US begins establishing military bases in Turkey despite parliament's refusal to authorise a US troop deployment, reports Gareth Jenkins in Istanbul
Mission to Baghdad
Dina Ezzat looks at the aims of a high level Arab delegation to Iraq
As the world turns
Has the US stance on Iraq doomed the United Nations to "irrelevance"? Nyier Abdou asks UN Information Centre Director Dysane Dorani about the quixotic mandate of the real Big Brother
Beating about the Bush
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder tries to take a stand against the war -- and keep the American door open, reports Tom Schimmeck in Berlin
Letting it ride
After the fireworks of the Arab summit, the tense wait for the attack on Baghdad resumes. But, as our correspondent in Doha discovers, the Qatari capital hardly feels like a town poised for war
Russian refusal
Russia's solid diplomatic manoeuvering keeps the ground firm under Russian President Vladimir Putin, reports Shohdy Naguib from Moscow
At the eleventh hour
With military action now almost certain, Britain's anti-war movement faces an urgent challenge: how to follow up the biggest demonstration in British political history. Alistair Alexander reports from London
The lesser of all evils
Why war in Iraq now? Veteran Middle East analyst Anthony Cordesman says that sooner or later, now has to come. He spoke to Khaled Dawoud in Washington
Flashback: A full moon in March
Today is Ashourah, the 10th day of Muharram, which is the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar...
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