Issue No. 704
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Allawi's greatest gamble
As Iraq convenes its first post-Saddam national conference amid blasts echoing across Baghdad and a raging revolt in Najaf, all eyes turn to interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, writes Salah Hemeid City of death
From Sadr City, Ahmed Mukhtar reports on a battleground that has failed to appear on Western TV screens Questions of legitimacy
After weeks of internal political turmoil, Palestinians have been struggling to arrive at a consensus regarding a plan of action based on conducting municipal, presidential and parliamentary elections, writes Lamis Andoni Hunger strike
Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails protest prison conditions with a mass hunger strike, reports Khalid Amayreh from the West Bank Sudan in the dock
Fresh violence breaks out in Darfur as Africa seeks to end the continent's most serious political crisis, writes Gamal Nkrumah Dragging feet over Darfur
Egyptian NGOs have sent a fact-finding mission to Darfur. But to what end, asks Gamal Nkrumah The people's president
Though the referendum in Venezuela legitimised Chàvez's rule, Hisham El-Naggar writes from Buenos Aires, the opposition is not willing to step down Reaching south
Dina Ezzat monitors anxious Egyptian attempts to energise waning African ties Lacklustre conference on the way
Analysts are predicting that next month's second annual ruling party conference will not feature radical changes in terms of leadership posts or political reform. Gamal Essam El-Din reports Mystery charge haunts former football pro
Empty promises
American objections to Israel's West Bank settlements seem to be falling on deaf ears, Khaled Amayreh reports Arab, Turk or Kurd?
Nermine Al-Mufti traces the chequered past of an ethnically interwoven city Future wars
Bush announces a plan to withdraw troops from Europe and Asia in order to counter threats abroad and focus efforts on the Middle East, Khaled Dawoud reports from Washington To be alive
The lives of Darfur refugees in Egypt are harsh and, as Yasmine Fathi finds out, they feel at once grateful and guilty just to be alive What we eat
Bad eating habits are producing a generation of sickly Egyptians. Reem Leila reports on the harms of junk food |
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The hand of a Palestinian man grips the cage in which he is held in Hadariam Prison, north of Tel Aviv...  Israel's intentions are unaltered, but not unassailableby Azmi Bishara
A return to international justice
International law has suffered badly at the hands of imperial arrogance lately, but hope remains for reason and justice to win out, writes Gamil Matar Feeding terror
To understand the violence unleashed in Iraq since May 2003, one must understand the context of the country's invasion, writes Diaa Rashwan From Chalabi to Allawi
Can Iraq pass the democracy test, asks Mohamed Sid-Ahmed 
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