Al-Ahram Weekly Online   18 - 24 August 2005
Issue No. 756
International
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

A showdown beckons
The assassination of Sri Lanka's foreign minister threatens the fragile truce between the government and Tamil separatists, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Swift exit
Controversy surrounds moves by the British government to round up and deport so-called "preachers of hate", reports Ahmed Reda from London
Pakistan tests stealth missile
Claiming that cruise missiles were not covered by confidence-building agreements, Islamabad tests a new missile without informing India, reports Iffat Idris

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