Issue 97
April 2004
Contents
Will Al-Jazeera bend?
20th April 2004 — Issue 97
It has transformed Arab TV journalism. But Al-Jazeera continues to face accusations of extremism
Rwanda ten years on (1)
20th April 2004 — Issue 97
Why did the west ignore Rwanda? One reason was the distraction of South Africa's first elections
Learning to talk
20th April 2004 — Issue 97
My parents thought I was autistic, but I just couldn't see the point of having a conversation
Rwanda ten years on (2)
20th April 2004 — Issue 97
Could a Rwanda-type genocide happen now? The man whose job would be to stop it is not sure.
Safety quacks
20th April 2004 — Issue 97
The Stewart inquiry into mobile phones shows the danger of taking public fears over science too seriously
A squandered legacy
20th April 2004 — Issue 97
Bill Clinton's former chief economic adviser revisits the 1990s debates on deficits and balanced budgets
Choice for the left
20th April 2004 — Issue 97
Public service reform is not undermining the public sector. But the pro-choice left needs to make its case
Why terror?
20th April 2004 — Issue 97
If he were alive today, how might Mahatma Gandhi, the greatest apostle of non-violence, challenge Osama bin Laden's worldview?
The Indian genius
20th April 2004 — Issue 97
What makes Indian software developers the best in the world?
Spain after Aznar
20th April 2004 — Issue 97
The bombings put paid to what might have been an interesting legacy
Diversity divide
20th April 2004 — Issue 97
Opinion on my diversity essay divided, in part, on ethnic lines
Unions la Vegas
20th April 2004 — Issue 97
Las Vegas's trade unions are the secret to a service economy
The novelist's neurosis
20th April 2004 — Issue 97
David Mitchell is already being treated as a major figure of British fiction. But it is too early to tell
Empire of the arts
20th April 2004 — Issue 97
Ignored at home, the British Council is our most important cultural institution abroad
Beauty's comeback
20th April 2004 — Issue 97
For a hundred years art lost interest in beauty; now it seems to be returning.
The ghost who bled
20th April 2004 — Issue 97
I went to my death shortly before the bomb fell on Hiroshima. After that, I couldn't leave the world