Playing for time
The roadmap resembles the Oslo accords as a staged process and without outside intervention it will suffer the same fate, writes Graham Usher from Jerusalem
Spoils of war
Iraq will be divided between the "coalition of the willing" with Washington determined to quash any objections from neighbours, reports Khaled Dawoud from Washington
 A free liberal Iraq
Omayma Abdel-Latif talks to Adnan Bachachi on the future of Iraq
Pacifying foolishness
Colin Powell's visit to Syria and Lebanon was a clear message that Damascus was not being targeted, Imad Shoeibi, in Damascus, writes
Gun rule in Basra
Weeks after the battle for Basra ended, the city remains paralysed by lack of security, reports Judit Neurink from Iraq's second city
 Egypt
Young minds, open debate
From civil liberties to unpopular economic policies, Gamal Mubarak was happy to discuss several thorny issues at AUC this week. Nevine Khalil attended
MPs strike back
Two opposition MPs who were detained by security forces during anti-war demonstrations have decided to take their case to the heart of the assembly. Gamal Essam El-Din reports
 Region
A bloody beginning
An incursion into Gaza just hours after new Palestinian Prime Minister Abu Mazen was sworn-in put into grave doubt the intentions of the Israeli government. Khaled Amayreh, in Jerusalem, reports
Keeping the status quo
The US victory in Iraq and the subsequent withdrawal of US troops from Saudi Arabia is unlikely to push Saudi or American rulers toward a radical reassessment of the historic oil-for-security alliance, argues John R Bradley in Jeddah
In the eye of the storm
Nyier Abdou talks to Kurdish Prime Minister Barham Saleh about the end of an era -- and the storms kept at bay
 International
No "Non-Nein-Nyet"
Europe is edging closer to the American standpoint, but relations are still not quite back on track, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Olive branch over Kashmir
Following a tumultuous relationship it looks like India and Pakistan are enjoying a honeymoon of sorts. Iffat Idris reports from Islamabad
 Culture
The titan's voice
Amal Choucri Catta revels in the embodiment of myth
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