Al-Ahram Weekly Online   22 - 28 December 2005
Issue No. 774
Region
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Going plural
Ahead of elections slated one month from now, Fatah is fragmenting, with its candidate list divided and confused, reports Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank
Palestinian democracy at crossroads
The Palestinian elections show that the democratic process is constantly changing, writes Ramzy Baroud
Darfur dead beat
Real talks about Darfur's future are only just beginning, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Downward spiral
Iraq's national elections reveal how split the country has become along sectarian and ethnic lines. It is an alarming picture, writes Zaid Salah
The resistance will go on
Will Sunni participation in the political process put an end to armed resistance in Iraq? Omayma Abdel-Latif seeks answers
No differences, no agreement
The now-annual GCC summit is becoming more like a gesture of protocol rather than cooperation, Sherine Bahaa reports
Ministers' musical chairs
After the killing of Gibran Tueni, the Lebanese government's house of many mansions is slowly turning into a house of cards, reports Hicham Safieddine
Algiers afire
Questions of succession are raised following Bouteflika's illness, reports Eva Dadrian
Dark months for Syria
The latest political developments in the Lebanese file show that if anything, the upcoming "Syrian months" are going to be terrible for Damascus, writes Sami Moubayed

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