 The fuse in this bomb (the 0 shape is the number five in Arabic) will get shorter in 2005. By Alaa Rustom in the Syrian paper Tishreen. |
 In the Egyptian daily Al-Akhbar, Mustafa Hussein's characters wait in line to vote in this month's elections in Iraq. "Who do you think will win?" "The undertaker of course." parent page (6 - 12 January 2005, issue #724) |