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Playing for time
The roadmap resembles the Oslo accords as a staged process and without outside intervention it will suffer the same fate, writes Graham Usher from Jerusalem

Spoils of war
Iraq will be divided between the "coalition of the willing" with Washington determined to quash any objections from neighbours, reports Khaled Dawoud from Washington

A free liberal Iraq
Omayma Abdel-Latif talks to Adnan Bachachi on the future of Iraq

Pacifying foolishness
Colin Powell's visit to Syria and Lebanon was a clear message that Damascus was not being targeted, Imad Shoeibi, in Damascus, writes

Gun rule in Basra
Weeks after the battle for Basra ended, the city remains paralysed by lack of security, reports Judit Neurink from Iraq's second city

Egypt

Young minds, open debate
From civil liberties to unpopular economic policies, Gamal Mubarak was happy to discuss several thorny issues at AUC this week. Nevine Khalil attended

MPs strike back
Two opposition MPs who were detained by security forces during anti-war demonstrations have decided to take their case to the heart of the assembly. Gamal Essam El-Din reports

Region

A bloody beginning
An incursion into Gaza just hours after new Palestinian Prime Minister Abu Mazen was sworn-in put into grave doubt the intentions of the Israeli government. Khaled Amayreh, in Jerusalem, reports

Keeping the status quo
The US victory in Iraq and the subsequent withdrawal of US troops from Saudi Arabia is unlikely to push Saudi or American rulers toward a radical reassessment of the historic oil-for-security alliance, argues John R Bradley in Jeddah

In the eye of the storm
Nyier Abdou talks to Kurdish Prime Minister Barham Saleh about the end of an era -- and the storms kept at bay

International

No "Non-Nein-Nyet"
Europe is edging closer to the American standpoint, but relations are still not quite back on track, writes Gamal Nkrumah

Olive branch over Kashmir
Following a tumultuous relationship it looks like India and Pakistan are enjoying a honeymoon of sorts. Iffat Idris reports from Islamabad

Culture

The titan's voice
Amal Choucri Catta revels in the embodiment of myth

Iraq (Baghdad)
With the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the background, Israeli soldiers fired shots into the air on Memorial Day in Jerusalem
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A R C H I V E S

   

 

In the absence of will
Inter-Arab cooperation, the role of the Arab League, the efficacy of Arab economic and security agreements: where are they heading, asks Ibrahim Nafie

Refusing pessimism
Arab assessments of the invasion of Iraq cannot be allowed to derail the Palestinian struggle, writes Azmi Bishara

Betting on roadmap failure
Is the roadmap really a recipe for success, asks Mohamed Sid-Ahmed

From Babylon to Tikrit
The lands that were the birthplace of writing and legal codes now lie in ruins. Abdel-Moneim Said , in the first instalment of a series of articles, strolls down humanity's earliest memory lane

Point of order
Aggressive US/Israeli nods towards Syria should be an added impetus to rebuilding an Arab order based on collective security, says Abdallah El-Ashaal

 

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