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Mystery unsolved
Three months after the fall of his regime the mystery of Saddam's whereabouts still haunts Iraq, writes Salah Hemeid

Staggering to life
Israel is not interested in Palestinian reforms. It wants civil war, writes Graham Usher from Jerusalem

Stranded!
Life since the fall of Baghdad has been particularly difficult for certain people who have long called Iraq their home, Galal Nassar discovers at the border crossing to Iran near Basra

A strategic dialogue
A high-profile Egyptian delegation is in the US discussing strategic political and economic ties. Hoda Tewfik, in Washington, and Gamal Essam El-Din in Cairo, report

Dummy outposts
Settlers quietly re-establish outposts after Israeli army dismantles them. Jonathan Cook reports from the West Bank

Protests without borders
The last two weeks have been tense ones for Iran's Islamic leadership, writes Negar Azimi

Restructuring regional energy
A conference on the future of regional energy stressed the need for better integration between Eastern Mediterranean, Caspian and Black Sea energy markets. Eman Youssef reports from Istanbul

Egypt

He's back
Is Saadeddin Ibrahim looking for retribution? In an exclusive interview with Jailan Halawi , the embattled sociologist says he's more committed to both his teaching and his civil society work

Twists and turns
Legal complications concerning the Press Syndicate elections appear to be far from over. Shaden Shehab reports

International

Controlling the flow
The rapid rise in African migrants seeking refuge in Europe featured prominently at the European Union summit meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece, last week, writes Gamal Nkrumah

The other Fidel
After enduring 43 years of US embargo and terror attacks, Cuba has become a skilful survivor. Fidel Castro Diaz talks to Faiza Rady

Interview

Interwoven destinies
Let us rekindle the ancient ties between Ethiopia and Egypt -- boost trade and enhance cultural exchanges -- the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zennawi told Gamal Nkrumah in an exclusive interview in Addis Ababa

Culture

Forging ahead
A week of shows by independent troupes at Al-Tali'a gives Nehad Selaiha hope for the future

Badr Shaker Al-Sayyab
Amid nation-wide destruction this statue of Badr Shaker Al-Sayyab (1926-1964) in Shatt Al-Arab, in his home town of Basra, remains unscathed. One of Iraq's, and the Arab world's, greatest modern poets --caption--  


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Huntington and beyond

Nefertiti always and forever
Has the mummy of the beautiful Ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, really been identified? Nevine El-Aref investigates

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Dignity and solidarity
The struggle of the Palestinian people is now a byword for emancipation and enlightenment, except, perhaps, in the Arab world, writes Edward Said

A tangible beginning
Arab and Palestinian positions at the World Economic Forum reflect a new realism and responsibility, writes Ibrahim Nafie

The temperamental state
The true mystery of Saddam is not how he got the way he was, writes Abdel-Moneim Said, but how he managed to get away with it for so long

A virtual Palestinian state
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed argues that announcing the creation of a Palestinian state alone will not be enough to end the conflict

 
 

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