VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 52

25 SEPTEMBER 1995

The PoliticalScene

The prospects for peace in Algeria are diminishing rather than increasing asthe November presidential elections approach. President Liamine Zeroual has, asexpected, announced his candidacy - but without securing the participation inthe poll of opposition parties. Prospects for Iraq, too, remain murky, with theUnited States failing to persuade the main Kurdish groups to settle theirdifferences. The Iraqi opposition, therefore, continues to...