Al-Ahram Weekly Online   23 - 29 September 2004
Issue No. 709
Region
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Stalled Palestinian talks
Egypt plays down political rifts as the reason for postponing this week's intra-Palestinian talks. Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank and Rasha Saad in Cairo report
Comment: New rules, new game
Syrian-United States relations are at an all-time low, writes Anwar Al-Bounni
Not another day in Nablus
Graham Usher visits Nablus, a city under permanent Israeli siege and teetering on the brink of internal collapse
Strategic collapse
A year and a half after its "liberation", Iraq appears to be coming apart at the seams. Hassan Hamid reports from Baghdad
Push and pull
While expressing anger at calls to halt its uranium enrichment activities, Iran still found a way to keep the door open for dialogue. Rasha Saad reports
Make or break?
Sudan is giving the UN the runaround and the patience of the US is fast running out, writes Gamal Nkrumah

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