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Strife in Palestine
The Palestinian national unity government set up under the terms of the Makkah agreement could collapse if President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniya do not succeed in their efforts to stop the fighting between Hamas and Fatah. ...

Defending the whales
There is heart-warming support round the world for the conservation of whales. This should ensure the defeat of reactionary attempts to resume their commercial slaughter. These attempts will be made at the forthcoming annual meeting of the ...

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Unintended consequences of blue berets' actions
By Ramesh Thakur

Atrocities by U.N. peacekeepers affect the legitimacy of the world body. Somehow peacekeepers must be held internationally accountable for criminal acts.

News Analysis
Disquiet in the dovecotes
By Nirupama Subramanian

There is concern in Pakistan's ruling party at the May 12 incidents in Karachi and at being associated with the MQM, blamed for the violence in the city.

The growing problem of credit card fraud
By Andrew Brown

It only takes one weak link to unleash a chain of trouble online.

Why is Lebanon so unstable?
By Ian Black

LEBANON HAS always been a complicated country, with 18 different Muslim and Christian religious sects, labyrinthine politics and powerful and ruthless neighbours. But the current fighting near Tripoli is unusual. Trouble began with a bank ...

Corrections and Clarifications
The last paragraph in a report "Norway denies report on missing passports" ("International", May 23, 2007) was "The air force said its jets pounded a `pre-identified' LTTE training complex in Vavuniya, on Tuesday", which was not related to the ...

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