WG: November 2000

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Arno Tausch

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Le Monde diplomatique 

 
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LEADER
Middle East in freefall
by IGNACIO RAMONET

<http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/01leader
<http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/01leader> >
Translated by Ed Emery
     
MIDDLE EAST: THE FAULTLINE
Palestinian hopes in tatters *
by ERIC ROULEAU
The failure of the process set in motion by the Oslo accord of 13 September
1993 is clear. As the territories erupted and Barak tried desperately to
form a national emergency government with Sharon, the US decided to grant
Israel hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid, confirming its bias
as an intermediary in the peace negotiations. A page has been turned in the
Middle East and the contagion may well spread. Yet for over 30 years the
Palestinians and the PLO have gradually advanced towards acceptance of a
solution rooted in the co-existence of two states. Their hopes for a just
peace and a compromise solution, based on Security Council Resolution 242,
have been dashed by Israeli intransigence, US bias, and the indifference of
the international community.
Translated by Harry Forster
Jerusalem: city of conflict *
by MOHAMED SID-AHMED
Translated by Wendy Kristianasen
Jerusalem: myth and reality *
Translated by Wendy Kristianasen
'We are still the enemy' *
by JOSEPH ALGAZY

Deheisheh days
by MUNA HAMZEH-MUHAISEN
Deheisheh is a Palestinian refugee camp near Bethlehem. Muna Hamzeh-Muhaisen
lives there. She is a journalist. She set up the first website in a camp,
establishing relations with Palestinians all over the world. During this new
intifada she kept a diary.
<http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/06mideastdeheisheh
<http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/06mideastdeheisheh> >
Original text in English
Media omissions, army lies
by AMIRA HASS
<http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/07mideastmedia
<http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/07mideastmedia> >
Translated by Wendy Kristianasen
Children in the line of fire
by EYAD SERRAJ
Demonstrations are nothing new in Palestine. They took place under the
British and then - as now - the press accused people of pushing their
children into the line of fire. Eyad Serraj is head of the Mental Health
Community Centre in Gaza and a firm believer in peace. The question of the
children angers him.
<http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/08mideastchild
<http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/08mideastchild> >
Original text in English
A chronology of confrontation and negotiation
<http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/09mideastchrono
<http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/09mideastchrono> >
Little Boy
by AMIN KASSAM
<http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/10mideastlittleboy
<http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/10mideastlittleboy> >
     
THE COST OF CORRUPTION
A necessary evil ? *
by PIERRE ABRAMOVICI
Corruption costs the world at least $80bn a year. But bribery is nothing
new: it is deeply embedded in our societies. In Europe bribery was
institutionalised in the 1970s, in the form of commissions, provided they
were paid to foreign civil servants. And though, at this same time, the US
was making corruption of foreign officials a criminal offence, US companies
carried on just as before via subsidiaries in tax havens. Attempts by the
OECD to end the corruption of foreign nationals have met with resistance. So
how realistic is it to think we can put an end to the practice ?
     
Ill-gotten gains *
by JOSEPH K.
     
Index on corruption *
by PIERRE ABRAMOVICI
     
How to play the aid game
by SYLVIE BRUNEL
After three years of drought, humanitarian aid organisations have come to
the rescue of the famine-stricken Ogaden in southeast Ethiopia. But this
disaster has little to do with nature. Rather, the famine has been cynically
staged with the aim of attracting maximum international aid and capturing
votes.
<http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/14corruptionaid
<http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/14corruptionaid> >
Translated by Carole Beaulieu
     
REBUILDING SERBIA, REINVENTING THE BALKANS
Double challenge confronts Belgrade *
by our special correspondent CATHERINE SAMARY
President Vojislav Kostunica's personal pilgrimage to the Republika Srpska
in Bosnia-Herzegovina on 22 October has caused deep concern in that country.
Especially as his ruling majority appears to offer no credible alternative
to the policies of Slobodan Milosevic.  Milosevic's defeat has raised great
hopes, but the problems at the root of the Yugoslav wars still remain.
Translated by Barry Smerin
Dead end for Balkans 'Marshall Plan' *
by NEBOJSA VUKADINOVIC
Translated by Barry Smerin
     
CAN CHAVEZ PERFORM AN ECONOMIC MIRACLE ?
Venezuela waits for the superstar's magic to work *
by PABLO AIQUEL
In Venezuela a period of transition is coming to an end. For two years Hugo
Chávez has scored one electoral victory after another, enabling him to sweep
away the old political class. But his party's hegemonic ambitions and the
divisions he has caused, among his allies and in society as a whole, have
earned him distrust and criticism. He has a new constitution, an important
role on the international scene and oil prices at a peak, but the
charismatic president must now prove his worth in the economic and social
arenas.
Translated by Malcolm Greenwood
'Little people' rally to their hero *
by our special correspondent FRANÇOISE BARTHÉLEMY
Translated by Derry Cook-Radmore
Old guard fights back
by Maurice Lemoine
<http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/19venez
<http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/19venez> >
Venezuela : the dates
<http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/20venezchrono
<http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/11/20venezchrono> >
     
CLASH OF INTERESTS IN MASAI COUNTRY
Kenya's battle for biodiversity *
by our special reporter ALAIN ZECCHINI
Kenya is rich in nature reserves and national parks where wildlife is
protected. In the Mara region in the south of the country, the Masai face a
double challenge: they must share space with the wild animals that bring in
the tourists and make a living from the land.  It is hard to strike a
balance between the rival claims of biodiversity and economic and social
development.
Translated by Barbara Wilson
   
   
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