Al-Ahram Weekly Online   15 - 21 May 2008
Issue No. 897
International
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Swept apart
Derided as a pariah state, Burma is once again in the Western spotlight after Cyclone Nargis and must struggle with disaster capitalism, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Silent tsunami
Is there more than meets the eye in the sudden flurry of talk about a world food crisis, asks Eric Walberg
Disaster strikes
Rescuers continue to search for survivors of China's worst earthquake in over 30 years, in spite of tough obstacles...
Breaking up
The honeymoon lasted six weeks but Pakistan's two main political parties have decided to go their separate ways, writes Graham Usher in Islamabad
So who 'won'?
There appear to be no winners in Serbia's recent elections, bemoans Eric Walberg

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