Issue No. 719
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 The rapids of succession
The new Palestinian leadership got off to a good start but the real tests lie ahead, writes Graham Usher from Ramallah
Marwan's U-turn In the rubble of Falluja
Nermeen Al-Mufti accompanies a relief convoy into the city of untold stories and unbearable pain  To vote or not to vote
The fate of the Iraqi elections is fraught with uncertainty as the country remains divided over the election date. Omayma Abdel-Latif reports Blueprint for fair elections  Re-popularising peace
With Egypt resuming its attempts to facilitate Middle East peace on both the Syrian and Palestinian tracks, the latter looks more likely to work Opposition on the offensive
The political reform gap between opposition parties and the ruling NDP will probably widen when the two sides meet for a national dialogue. Gamal Essam El-Din reports Rights groups interrogate Taba investigation
Human rights groups are charging that wide scale abuses were committed by police in North Sinai following the Taba bombings. Mustafa El-Menshawy reports  Time for accountability
As the desire for change sweeps through the territories, Khaled Amayreh talks to former Palestinian information minister Nabil Amr about the future of the PA Saudi women cast a long shadow
The decision to exclude women from voting for "technical" reasons is casting a shadow over the first municipal elections in Saudi Arabia for 40 years, writes Rasheed Abou-Alsamh Shrinking strategies
Security Council Resolution 1559 marks a new phase in the international community's response to Syria's presence in Lebanon, writes Anwar Al-Bounni Economic assembly
Parliament will be busy laying the legal foundation of some key economic reform laws, reports Gamal Essam El-Din Banking consolidation
Large and small banks alike are thinking about how to meet a major capital increase ahead of a July 2005 deadline. Niveen Wahish reports  The orange revolution
First Bosnia, then Georgia. As orchestrated movements force change on their ruling elites, Shohdy Naguib examines Ukraine's chances of following suit The reckoning of history
Ayman El-Amir ponders the extraordinary series of scandals that have rocked the UN  Youssef Darwish: The courage to go on
Six decades on, and the motive is the same. The fight is against injustice |
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As the battle begins to recede, an Iraqi Red Crescent worker surveys a devastated street in Falluja Unmasking Sharon
Recent developments on the Palestinian and Syrian tracks underscore how important it is to expose Israel's true intentions towards the peace process, writes Ibrahim Nafie Iraq as microcosm
Washington is determined to impose a puppet regime on Iraq dependent on US troops for its own survival, writes Hassan Nafaa WMD in Bush's second term
Will Bush's second term nuclear policy make the world more secure, asks Mohamed Sid-Ahmed The Muslim ghetto
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