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	No post-withdrawal guarantees
	Iraq's security pact with Washington hardly signals an end to the country's woes, writes Salah Hemeid read story at weekly.ahram.org.eg

	Private doubts
	The ruling NDP's bid to muster national support for its new privatisation programme is already encountering fierce opposition, reports Gamal Essam El-Din read story at weekly.ahram.org.eg

	Surer than slogans
	India shows the way during the first state visit of President Mubarak in a quarter century, says Gamal Nkrumah read story at weekly.ahram.org.eg

	Employment ban
	The Ministry of Manpower and Immigration has issued a blacklist of Saudi companies accused of abusing foreign workers, Reem Leila reports read story at weekly.ahram.org.eg

	Reasons for discontent?
	The bloody confrontations in Sinai between Bedouin tribes and security forces may just be the tip of the iceberg, reports Amirah Ibrahim read story at weekly.ahram.org.eg

	Staff of life
	Is there a price to be paid for the import of low cost wheat from Russia and the Ukraine, wonders Reem Leila read story at weekly.ahram.org.eg

	Bearing out the betrayal
	With Israel's breach of the ceasefire in Gaza, Saleh Al-Naami laments yet another example of Israeli-PA collusion which victimises Hamas read story at weekly.ahram.org.eg

	Heil, Feiglin!
	Khaled Amayreh in occupied East Jerusalem shudders at the drift to fascism in Israeli politics read story at weekly.ahram.org.eg

	Come January
	Hamas is determined that if Mahmoud Abbas is to remain president beyond 9 January 2009, it is only through "a package agreement", writes Dina Ezzat read story at weekly.ahram.org.eg

	Crystal-ball gazing
	Obama's victory has seismic repercussions for upcoming Iranian presidential elections, predicts Mustafa El-Labbad read story at weekly.ahram.org.eg

	Ping-pong diplomacy
	Will talk do more than bluster, asks Bassel Oudat from Damascus read story at weekly.ahram.org.eg

	The gas conundrum
	Time will only tell what effect this week's court ruling freezing Egyptian gas exports to Israel will imply, reports Sherine Nasr read story at weekly.ahram.org.eg

	No hidden agenda
	Magda Shahin writes on the arrival of three major US financing agencies onto the Egyptian scene read story at weekly.ahram.org.eg

	'What certificates?'
	Citizens reacted to the proposed plan to give them free shares in public sector companies with disbelief, confusion and amusement, Niveen Wahish reports read story at weekly.ahram.org.eg

	How's China for chutzpah
	Inside a charmed circle, G20 nations make the most of their economic prowess in Washington to the detriment of those without, writes Gamal Nkrumah read story at weekly.ahram.org.eg

	Courting the bear
	A flurry of meetings last week -- in Nice, Brussels and Sharm El-Sheikh -- show the changing face of Russian-Western relations, says Eric Walberg read story at weekly.ahram.org.eg

	I'd like learning better
	Amira El-Noshokaty reports on the downside of school education read story at weekly.ahram.org.eg

	New pyramid found at Saqqara
	The newly discovered subsidiary pyramid of queen Sesheshet, mother of King Teti I, the founder of the Sixth Dynasty, is another clue to understand more such an enigmatic dynasty as Nevine El-Aref writes read story at weekly.ahram.org.eg

	When looks don't count
	The different ways in which history is treated in television dramas are many and varied, but the nearer they stay to the facts the better they are, says Ghada Abdel-Kader read story at weekly.ahram.org.eg

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