Too true to be good?
Coalition forces say a newly discovered memorandum outlines plans to destabilise Iraq and points to Al-Qa'eda involvement in anti-Coalition attacks, reports Ramsey Al-Rikabi from Baghdad

Blood and ashes in Arbil
The last year was a good one for Iraqi Kurds. It ended in carnage, writes Graham Usher in Arbil

Rulers no more
The Sunnis feel they are the big losers in the new Iraq. Graham Usher in Baghdad reports on a community divided, disempowered and fearful of the future

No sir, Yasser
An internal crisis that rocked the Palestinian movement Fatah this week highlighted its dire need for reform. Khaled Amayreh reports

Cowboy without a horse
His credibility in question, US President George Bush is struggling to patch up his image in time for the November elections. Khaled Dawoud reports from Washington

'I, for one, am not voting'
With the Iranian elections set to take place within a matter of days, the country has been thrown into its worst political crisis in 25 years, Roshanak Taghavi reports