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The road taken
After three years George Bush has thrown his weight behind the roadmap. Where will it end, asks Graham Usher
Driving along the roadmap trail
The first US-Arab summit set the stage for the long road to peace, but the pace of progress depends on how long Bush retains his hands-on approach. Nevine Khalil, in Sharm El-Sheikh, reports on Tuesday's happening, and picks at some sticking points
Back in Sharon's court
An agreement may pave the way to end attacks inside Israel. Khaled Amayreh reports from Jerusalem
Democracy's oasis -- a mirage
Israeli war crimes go unpunished as human rights reports blast Israeli practices. Jonathan Cook writes from Nazareth
Displaced yet again
After being forced from their homes, Palestinian refugees living in Iraq find themselves in a living hell, while Palestinian volunteers suffer the after-shocks of fighting on the Iraqi front. Rasha Saad reports from Baghdad
The killing fields
Survivors of the 1991 Intifada are finally able to search for their dead, but as volunteers continue to uncover mass graves in southern Iraq, evidence that could be used in future tribunals is slipping away, reports Nyier Abdou in Hilla
Poor show at Evian
With conflict at home and the fall-out from the war on Iraq, initiatives to reduce debt in the South and to advance African development slipped off the G-8 summit's agenda, writes David Tresilian from Paris
A meeting of minds
US President George W Bush came, saw, and conquered St Petersburg. Shohdy Naguib reports from Russia
Turning up the heat
Tony Blair is being increasingly cornered on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, reports Alistair Alexander from London
Egypt
'The solution is dissolution'
A Cassation Court order declaring the 2000 parliamentary election result in an East Cairo district invalid has opened up a Pandora's box of questions about judicial supervision of elections. Gamal Essam El-Din reports
Ardent advice
A talk by US Ambassador in Egypt David Welch seemed to have broken new ground in diplomacy last week. For many Egyptians, the ambassador's tone recalled the long-defunct post of British high commissioner. Gamal Essam El-Din reports
A preacher's journey
Controversy seems to follow Muslim televangelist Amr Khaled wherever he goes. Gihan Shahine investigates the motives behind the recent cancellation -- and return -- of his popular satellite TV show
Culture
Varieties of madness
Nehad Selaiha is caught in an orgy of violence at the French Cultural Centre
The caged bird sings
Art provides many outlets for the children of Aida refugee camp, finds Amina Elbendary
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