Al-Ahram Weekly Online   24 - 30 January 2008
Issue No. 881
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Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Inextricably linked
Paralysed by its own presidential crisis, Lebanon this week felt the reverberations of the torment of its Arab neighbours, Lucy Fielder reports
'A spark that may catch fire'
The Arab League's Hesham Youssef tells Dina Ezzat that closer Arab coordination is key for Lebanon
Another step back
Clashes over oil in the south may bring intra-confessional tensions again to the fore in Iraq, writes Nermeen Al-Mufti
Darkness, starvation and imminent death
As Gaza is completely cut off, Israel escalates its air bombing campaign in densely populated neighbourhoods, writes Saleh Al-Naami
Parochial calculations
Tragic events are laying the groundwork for Palestinian national unity, but can it happen, asks Khaled Amayreh
Still in crisis
The Palestinian Fatah movement will hold a general congress in March, or so one man says, reports Khaled Amayreh from Ramallah

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