Saddam's last victory

The world this week

Leaders

The hope for Zaire

A fresh start, not a ceasefire

Russia refreshed

A cautious cheer for a reshuffled Kremlin

Can he win?

Why John Major will have an uphill struggle to win Britain's general election on May 1st

Of scandals and teacups

The bad and the not-so-bad in America's fundraising mess

Letters

Letters

Europe

Germany

Roman's law

Briefing

The last days of Mobutu

One of the world's longest-running despotisms is on the verge of collapse

Finance & economics

Investment banking

NatWest holed

Italian banking

Simply staggering

Latin America

Second wave

Hong Kong's stock exchange

Market discipline

Japanese property

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