Al-Ahram Weekly Online   4 - 11 June 2009
Issue No. 950
International 		 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875
Testing taboo
North Korea's nuclear test last week sparked international condemnation, but why is Pyongyang so maligned? Gamal Nkrumah probes this puzzle
Calling the shots
In Swat the Pakistan army has shown it can take on the Taliban -- as long as Washington is nowhere in sight, writes Graham Usher in Mardan
'Almost a perfect mix'
Obama's choice for the Supreme Court is another American dream story, as told by Anayat Durrani and Eric Walberg

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