- REGION
- One issue solved
Dina Ezzat asks what will Arabs get out of their next summit?
- The Separation Wall Fact Sheet
- Buses and Bantustans at The Hague
The Palestinians are likely to win the legal debate over Israel's separation wall in the World Court next week. But Tel Aviv has more leverage outside the courtroom. Amira Howeidy wonders who will have the last laugh
- Still stalled
The long awaited meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Authority Premier Ahmed Qurei has not yet materialised, despite renewed American pressure on both sides, writes Khaled Amayreh
- Iran's timid reformers
When push came to shove, Iranian reformers failed to stand their ground. Mustafa El-Labbad previews the elections
- Talks about talks
On the eve of the resumption of Sudanese peace talks in Kenya, insurrectionists in the war-torn Darfur region of western Sudan officially join the ranks of the Sudanese opposition in Eritrea, writes Gamal Nkrumah
- Libya spreads its wings
Europe has moved faster than the US in restoring commercial and diplomatic relations with Libya, and the Libyans are now pressing the Europeans to lobby on their behalf with Washington < Gamal Nkrumah >
- Post-war, or pre-civil war?
Against a backdrop of election controversy and volatile ethnic tensions, the attack on security forces in Fallujah last Saturday shows Iraq is just not ready for all eventualities. Ramsey Al-Rikabi , in Baghdad, reports
- To elect, or not to elect
The UN team investigating the possibility of holding early elections in Iraq concluded its mission. The team's findings will be reported to, and later announced by, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Nermeen Al-Mufti , in Baghdad, meets the team's spokesman, Ahmed Fawzi
- Who governs how?
A draft law on the Iraqi transitional administration sparked political debate over the legitimacy of laws and security agreements ratified by the Interim Governing Council. Omayma Abdel-Latif reports
- INTERNATIONAL
- Two roads to somewhere
In an unprecedented development, Greek and Turkish Cypriots have agreed to a peace procedure that cannot collapse or grind to a halt, reports Michael Jansen from Nicosia
- Devil's advocate?
Close relations between Israel and India have sparked concern in some quarters of a shifting regional balance in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, much to the chagrin of Indian officials who insist that better relations with Israel are not being forged at the expense of Arab countries, writes Jaideep Mukerji
- Confession and closure?
Pakistan's nuclear controversy has apparently come to an unceremonious end with the confession and presidential pardon of Abdul-Qadeer Khan, the "father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb", reports Iffat Idris from Islamabad
- Saving Aristide's skin
Haitian insurrectionists take another town as the embattled Haitian president begs Washington to intervene militarily to save his regime, writes Gamal Nkrumah
- Tlaloc's revenge
As the Bravo basin's farmers suffer the effects of ongoing drought, the US steps up pressure on Mexico to pay its debts in water. Veronica Balderas Iglesias investigates
- Big mouth, small mind
Canada's much prized multi-culturalism is challenged by the blunt remarks of a "politically incorrect" national icon, writes Aziza Sami from Montreal
- OPINION
- Inspiring reform
Domestically driven regional reform tops the agenda at a conference organised by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, writes Ibrahim Nafie
- Rome and Jerusalem revisited
A crucial goal of Zionism since its inception was to transform European (and later other) Jews into European Christians culturally, while continuing to call them Jews. Joseph Massad steps into the Benny Morris debate
- The threat of nuclear proliferation
Mohamed Sid-Ahmed warns of the growing trend towards the proliferation of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction
- Close up: When greater means less < Salama A Salama >
- East or West?
The closer Europe edges to unity the more it needs to define its global role, writes Anouar Abdel-Malek
- Naguib Mahfouz: The Frankfurt Fair
- Soapbox: Tackling football's problems < Hassan El-Mistikawi >
- Arab Valentine
Birthdays, pink balloons, red hearts, "freedom": the Western world works hard to construct the world in its image, writes Azmi Bishara
- To be freed of the word
In the shadow of a single word -- "terrorism" -- the world has lost its head, giving conservatives and warmongers all the ammunition they need, writes John V Whitbeck
- The knowledge economy
The South may appear to have shaken off the colonial North, but research is big business and money is influence, writes Mustafa Kamel El-Sayed
- The year of the helping hand
The world and the Sudanese want peace in Sudan, but a lasting peace cannot be brokered by a self-interested, election-conscious American government, writes Curtis Doebbler