The Daily Star: Internet Edition Mon. September 04, 2006

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Mon. September 04, 2006


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Democracy is the basis of our national existence: We can not afford to fail
Just months before the ninth parliamentary elections, we find ourselves in a dangerous bind.

What the United Nations needs
The United Nations is a 20th-century organization facing a 21st-century challenge -- an institution with impressive achievements but also haunting failures, one that mirrors not just the world's hopes

Naguib Mahfouz: An appreciation
The story of Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz is the story of modern Egypt itself.