Al-Ahram Weekly Online   24 - 30 June 2004
Issue No. 696
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Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Reform in the making
The nation awaits news of both the president's health and political reform, report Gamal Essam El-Din and Dina Ezzat
Shura turnaround
Safwat El-Sherif, information minister for the past 22 years and ruling party strong man, is to be voted Shura Council speaker today. Gamal Essam El-Din reports
Gaza: divide and rule
Omar Suleiman is working out Egypt's future role in Israel's disengagement. It is a tough assignment, writes Graham Usher from Jerusalem
Distraction in Gaza?
Palestinians are distrustful of Sharon's intentions in Gaza, Khaled Amayreh reports from the West Bank
Unsavoury alliance
How strong is the alliance between Israel and the Kurds? Omayma Abdel-Latif seeks some answers
Who's boss?
As the transfer of power nears, efforts are stepped up to keep the Iraqi transitional government from losing face, reports Ahmed Mukhtar from Baghdad
Can of worms?
With a former prison warden now head of Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia, fears abound that the security apparatus has been infiltrated by Islamic militants, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Tables turn on Turabi
Hope for Sudan's most infamous Islamist jailbird can now be found in his unlikely secularist rival, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Change in Syria
A document issued by Syria's Communist Party urged political reform of the National Progressive Front coalition, reports Dina Dakhlallah from Damascus
Testing the waters
Eastern Nile Basin countries seek new ideas about developing the river's resources, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Torture in camera
As the horrors of Abu Ghraib continue to unravel, Egyptian human rights groups are stepping up their campaign to combat home-grown torture, reports Amira Howeidy
Bush under fire
A group of former senior US diplomats and military commanders launched a campaign aimed at helping to unseat Bush, Khaled Dawoud reports from Washington
Who's afraid of the ICC?
The US soldiers on to remain above international law, Ayman El-Amir writes
Point-blank
Egypt threw away an opportunity to make headway in qualifiers for the World Cup. Nashwa Abdel-Tawab reports on an early setback
Too much, way too soon
A wide range of businesses are reeling from hastily imposed tax hikes designed to bail the government out of a cash crunch, writes Sherine Nasr
Egypt

WIND OF CHANGE: The buzz is that President Mubarak's return will mark the end of Ebeid's government...
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In critical light
Egypt will continue to work for the Palestinian people whatever ill-informed opinion pundits say, writes Ibrahim Nafie
Alzheimer's, faith and elections
Nothing was left to chance in the scripting of the funeral rites of Ronald Reagan, writes Azmi Bishara
Inside and outside reform
The Arab and Islamic worlds must embrace reform in the interest of all while holding would-be Western overseers to their own political obligations, writes Osama El-Ghazali Harb
European elections and the middle class
Is the European Union moving towards closer integration or the opposite, asks Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
Utter confusion!
by Salama A Salama

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