Al-Ahram Weekly Online   24 - 30 August 2006
Issue No. 809
International
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Kabila in question
Violence breaks out in Kinshasa as the Congo's incumbent leader fails to win an overall majority in questionable presidential elections, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Not so clear skies
London Heathrow is still reeling from last week's foiled terrorist plot to blow up planes on trans-Atlantic flights, reports George Richards from London
Mission improbable
Taliban fighters escalate attacks on foreign troops in Afghanistan as NATO bolsters its presence in a bid to bring the situation under control, Sahar El-Bahr reports
How long the reprieve?
Can the French-US-drafted ceasefire between Israel and Hizbullah last? Eva Dadrian looks for answers in Lebanon's French press

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