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Thursday 29 September 2005 (25 Sha`ban 1426)

Editorial: Catching Them Young

IT is the fundamental tenet of all terrorism, not least the wicked tenets of Al-Qaeda, that it seeks by the sheer inhumanity of its vicious assaults to rob those targeted of humane and measured responses.... Full Story


What Jobs Suit Women?

“THE Council of Ministers approved the new labor law that allows women to work in all fields that suit their nature and raises the rate of Saudization of jobs in companies to 75 percent.” The news... Full Story


A New Consensus in Israel

IN “The Second Coming”, the Irish poet W. B. Yeats described chaos thus: “Turning and turning in the widening gyre / The falcon cannot hear the falconer; / Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;... Full Story




George and the Dragons

FOR two full days President Bush was bashed. He was taken to task on his handling of stem-cell research, population control, the Iraq war and, especially, Hurricane Katrina. The critics were no leftwing... Full Story


Philippine Military Coup Rumors, Though Rife, Are Taken Seriously

COUP talk is rife in the Philippines at the moment. The country has had its share of (failed) coup attempts, most recently in 2003 with the Oakwood rebellion. Yet the Philippine officer corps as it... Full Story


The Best Thing Blair Can Do to Iraqis

There is only one handover they should be discussing in Brighton. It is not between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. It is between Blair and a certain Abdel Aziz Al-Hakim, the head of the Supreme Council... Full Story


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