Issue No. 716
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Update 12 November:
A people’s funeral Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was buried Friday 12 November in a highly charged emotional scene of grief and gunfire at the Ramallah compound where he spent his final years encircled by the Israeli army and powerless to realise his dream of a Palestinian state
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History of a siege
Arafat's political death has been announced as often, and as prematurely, as the real thing, writes Azmi Bishara Who killed Yasser Arafat?
The blame, writes Ghada Karmi , is shared by many Back with a vengeance
The US army is back in Falluja to complete unfinished business  As the bloodbath continues
Death in Falluja does not need a reason. Being in Falluja is reason enough. Nermeen Al-Mufti reports as US and British forces storm the ravaged city Trying to talk
On the eve of the American presidential elections, US President George W Bush extended sanctions against Sudan for yet another year even as Sudanese protagonists try to talk peace, writes Gamal Nkrumah Moving on two explosive fronts
Dina Ezzat looks at Egyptian diplomacy's efforts to deal with confusing situations in both Palestine and Iraq  Terrible message, but who's the sender?
Can the state be resorting to gangster-style violence to silence "outspoken" journalists, asks Shaden Shehab Testing the ties
George W Bush's re-election inspired a heated debate at the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt on the future of US-Egyptian relations. Gamal Essam El-Din reports  Licence to kill
George W Bush seems likely to spend the "political capital" of his reelection on more wars, reports Khaled Dawoud from Washington Getting the vote out
More than seven hundred people worked to turn out as many Democratic votes as possible in Broward County to try to swing Florida for Kerry. Bonnie Cediel was one of them
Holding steady
For the first time in four years, bankers are confident about the Egyptian pound holding its ground against further depreciation. Niveen Wahish reports Infertile for liberalisation
Liberalisation seems to have sidestepped Egypt's fertiliser industry. Wael Gamal explores the sector's peculiarities  Every breath you take
Every time you inhale these days, you are subjecting yourself to possible health risks. Jennifer Evans reports
 Seven up
Ahli's comprehensive victory over Zamalek has ushered in a new era in local football. Mohamed El-Sayed examines what the win -- and the loss -- meant  Weekly guide to Cairo: Cinema, theatre, music and dance
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"Today I have come bearing an olive branch and a freedom fighter's gun. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand." Arafat in his first address to the UN General Assembly in New York -- 13 November 1974
With an eye on the future
Palestinians need to examine the options open to them in the post-Arafat phase, writes Ibrahim Nafie History of a siege
Arafat's political death has been announced as often, and as prematurely, as the real thing, writes Azmi Bishara The Bush prophesy
Gamil Mattar voices hopes, and fears, for the second Bush term Reconciliation or confrontation?
After the presidential elections, is a nationwide reconciliation in America possible? asks Mohamed Sid-Ahmed Democratised brutality
Lawless violence is equally abhorrent, whether conducted by dictators or elected representatives of the people, writes Haim Bresheeth  |
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