Al-Ahram Weekly Online   9 - 15 February 2006
Issue No. 781
Egypt
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Taking charge
To shift from armed resistance to political governance is not easy, but Hamas, holding talks in Cairo, knows it must, reports Sherine Bahaa
When noble verdicts are not enough
The former Malaysian prime minister was the presiding judge in a mock trial of Bush, Blair and Sharon. Gamal Nkrumah covered the not so normal proceedings
Old guard surrounded
The NDP's influential Policy Secretariat and its Chairman Gamal Mubarak are back in the limelight after a high-level ruling party reshuffle. Gamal Essam El-Din reports
Cause and effect
Will the death of almost 1,000 passengers in the Red Sea ferry disaster break the cycle of negligence and corruption? Probably not, writes Shaden Shehab
Waves of anger and loss
In Safaga, Mohamed El-Sayed and Magda El-Ghitany witness the tragic ramifications of the sinking of Al-Salam Boccaccio 98
Bad company
It would be a vast understatement to say that Al-Salam Company for Marine Transportation has had a checkered safety record...

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