Al-Ahram Weekly Online   19 - 25 January 2006
Issue No. 778
International
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Striking terror
The US bombing of tribal territory has further accentuated Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's dilemma, writes Iffat Idris from Islamabad
Washington eyes Egypt
US Congress stands poised to challenge Egypt in 2006, writes David Dumke
Extraordinary renditions
Jeff Sommers, Khaled Diab and Charles Woolfson explore the dynamics between playwright and president
Weapons and easy money
Serene Assir writes on Spain's controversial yet massively lucrative arms deal with Venezuela
Fit to govern?
Corruption tops the agenda of Canada's 2006 federal election, reports Robert Farnan
A woman at the helm
On Sunday, self-described leftist Michelle Bachelet was voted in to the presidency in Chile, sweeping over half of the Latin American country's votes...
The harder they fall
The Republican Party starts off an election year on the wrong foot. Paul Wulfsberg reports from Washington
Plus ça change
Eva Dadrian reviews the most pressing issues in the global French language press

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