Al-Ahram Weekly Online   6 - 12 May 2010
Issue No. 997
International
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Failed fireworks
Terrorism and pseudo-terrorism senselessly fill the media and clutter our minds, bemoans Gamal Nkrumah
Supporting society's pillars
Ambassador-at-large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer was appointed by United States President Barack Obama last June. Verveer recently visited Egypt and spoke to Riham Mazen about her vision of how best to promote women's rights around the world
Putin's peace pipelines
First Nord Stream and now its southern sister have suddenly become realities despite intense political and media hostility in the West, reports Robert Harneis from the Island of Règen

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