A year after Ariel Sharon’s visit to Temple Mount, Israel and the Occupied Territories are in chaos. Sharon’s ?licence to kill? policy has backfired taking the cycle of violence out of control and America is no where to be seen. Adel Darwish reports.

• Digging in or bailing out
• Syrian pull out brings no repsite for Lebanon
• All change in Ankara
• Israel's Arrow: getting ready for missile wars
• A man for all seasons
• Death before dishounour?

• Moroccan economy: seeking a cure
• Budding e-biz in the Middle East
• Jockeying for power in Teheran
• Turkish banks sell off
• Economic report: Egypt

• The dark side of the moon
• Oman's tall ship
• Rabbi Ascherman's mission
• An Egyptian enigma