Al-Ahram Weekly Online   16 - 22 July 2009
Issue No. 956
Region
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

De facto legal
The Sudanese opposition says the government's time has run out but no one seems to be listening, reports Asmaa El-Husseini
The summit that never was
The Syrians are hoping for an end to their four years of estrangement from the Saudis, Bassel Oudat reports from Damascus
Who's couping now?
After ruling the roost for decades, the tables are slowly turning on Turkey's generals, observes Gareth Jenkins
Apartheid five years on
The World Court ruled Israel's annexation wall in the West Bank illegal in 2004, but with no pressure coming from the international community it has not been dismantled, writes Khaled Amayreh in the occupied Palestinian territories
Reason to worry
Though Iran's regional star is in the ascendant, it is still locked in the jaws of a far greater geostrategic struggle -- that between Russia and the United States, writes Mustafa El-Labbad
Language of power
Only an international campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions can pressure Israel into accepting the rights of others, writes Ramzy Baroud
Kaddumi accuses Abbas
Ahead of Fatah's long overdue Sixth Congress, the second most important political figure in the movement accuses the first of treachery and betrayal, writes Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah
Under investigation
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Richard Falk talks to Amira Howeidy about the pressure mounted on the UN fact-finding mission in Gaza
Risky for press
Somalia has emerged this year as "the most dangerous country in the world for journalists, outstripping Iraq", according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists...

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