RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media in Moscow in the early hours of 15 March, 2004.. --see caption--

For whom the bell tolls
Spanish voters oust the right-wing government in the wake of the worst terrorist attack in the country's history. Serene Assir reports

Reading between the lines
A senior Spanish journalist talks to Al-Ahram Weekly about Spain's bloodiest terrorist tragedy

Scandalous
As revelations of torture emerge from Guantanamo Bay, the British government appears as chief accomplice, reports Alistair Alexander from London

All eyes on Spain
The world needs an Inquisition of the war on terror, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Howzat!
Indo-Pakistani cricket diplomacy brings the nuclear neighbours closer, reports Iffat Idris from Islamabad