 Mustafa Hussein's Al-Akhbar cartoon on Tuesday came out twice. In the first edition of the paper, Egypt is pregnant with political developments. One man asks the other: "Do you think it's a boy or a girl?" "Maybe it's a false pregnancy," read the reply. A few hours later, in the second edition of Al-Akhbar -- for undeclared reasons -- the wording is changed. In the newer version, the comment is: "Irrespective of labour pains, the newborn will bring joy."  The Lebanese daily An-Nahar mourns the loss of journalist Samir Kassir parent page (9 - 15 June 2005, issue #746) |