Issue No. 767
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Constituency combats
The first round of parliamentary elections will witness some hard fought battles, predicts Gamal Essam El-Din Treading a tightrope
Detlev Mehlis returns to Beirut amid fears that Security Council Resolution 1636 may pave the way for sanctions against Syria, report Dina Ezzat and Serene Assir
Reform without reformers
Is the influence of the NDP's pro-reform wing ebbing, asks Omayma Abdel-Latif A willing contestant
What are the chances of a Coptic woman winning against the ruling party and 10 men in the working class district of Shubra? Mona Makram Ebeid tells Fatemah Farag that whatever the odds, it is worth the try  Taking their chance
Mohamed Habib, deputy supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, talks to Amira Howeidy about the group's parliamentary elections tactics The business of taking over politics
Magnates versus tycoons, and businessmen versus politicians: Gamal Essam El-Din looks at the key money-based races in the forthcoming parliamentary elections  Sharm fence, sharp controversy
Is the fence being built around the popular Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh meant to keep the Bedouins out? Amirah Ibrahim talks to officials, tourism insiders, and local residents about the barrier's potentially positive and negative impact Too late for denials
A calm week in Muharram Bek does not necessarily mean the tension between Alexandria's Muslims and Copts is over. Mustafa El-Menshawy reports The tragic continuum
Caging up the Palestinians in the occupied territories is not a temporary but a permanent Israeli policy, writes Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank Smoking gun or smokescreen?
A biting UN report on the manipulation of the oil-for-food programme may be a cover-up for a much bigger problem, reports Serene Assir  Musharraf's Islamist challenge
Pakistan's Islamic groups have been at the forefront in providing relief to its earthquake victims -- but do they constitute a threat to President Musharraf, asks Graham Usher in Balakot, northern Pakistan Patriotic act unlimited
It was created as an emergency tool to fight "terror", but the Patriot Act is headed for renewal as the law of the land for Americans, reports Hicham Safieddine  Theatre degree zero
Nehad Selaiha on a fruitless hunt for theatre in Ramadan Half way
Ahli took a step closer to winning the African Champions League after their scoreless draw with Tunisia's Etoile Sahel in the first leg of the final. Inas Mazhar attended the game in Sousse |
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WHILE SCENES such as those in the picture may be around all year round, their meaning changes during Ramadan, which ended yesterday...
Standing by Syria
Hassan Nafaa assesses the likely repercussions -- and necessary reactions -- to the Mehlis report Theory of entrapment
Pitfalls in international relations often come from misperceptions and a reluctance to admit to mistakes, writes Abdel-Moneim Said International justice
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed discusses the new notion of international justice Why the US will lose
The occupation is doomed in Iraq because whole countries cannot, short of the complete annihilation of their societies, be seized, bought or traded, writes Abdul-Ilah Al-Bayaty Rolling back the years
Rafik Al-Hariri's death is now for Israel what 9/11 became for the US: an opportunity, writes Ramzy Baroud Free at last!
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