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Towards a safer world
Libya's decision to abandon WMDs should focus attention on the Israeli nuclear arsenal, writes Ibrahim Nafie
Reforming the league
As the West puts more pressure on the Arabs, the latter's reaction seems somewhat erratic. Gamil Mattar says the Arab League can formulate a sensible response
Does Saddam still have cards to play?
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed explores the features of post-Saddam Iraq and wonders whether the deposed Iraqi leader can still affect the course of events
The other face
Mustapha Kamel El-Sayed explores alternatives to conventional views of relations between the Muslims and the West
Chutzpah: an avoidance strategy
From the soap opera trial of O J Simpson to Herzliya: Azmi Bishara traces the death of the liberal Jew
Reducing the Palestinians
The Palestinian people cannot be legislated out of existence, writes Joseph Massad
The week before
The capture of Saddam Hussein near the end of 2003 has by no means decided the US presidential race in 2004, writes James Zogby
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Editorial:
Friends old and new
The decision by Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi to open up facilities in his country for inspection by international experts is a wise and welcome one...
Reflections:
The first year of the second century
Year one of the "new American century" seemed to end on a propitious note. Saddam Hussein...
By Hani Shukrallah
Close up:
Coming clean
Libya's announcement that it is giving up its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) was greeted with levels of joy in the US and UK...
By Salama A Salama
Soapbox
Strategies of avoidance
Let us not fool ourselves: 2003 should not go down as the year of Arab disappointments...
By
Magdi Mehanna
Coptic Egypt
At Christmas it is good to remember the Coptic period of Egyptian history...
By Naguib Mahfouz
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