New negotiations will test Netanyahu's commitment
WASHINGTON, DC: Yasser Arafat was enticed to attend a meeting with Ehud…
Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize
President Barack Obama's 2009 Nobel Peace Prize immediately triggered strong reactions worldwide,…
Foreign entrants vie for honors at SKorean film festival
Hakon Liu personifies the global nature of modern filmmaking as he explains…
Moving toward peace along Pakistan's western border?
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani told the…
An equal Arab-Palestinian education in Israel
NAZARETH: Education is central for shaping the characteristics of a society. It…
Five years to Millennium Development Goals deadline
JAKARTA: The 2015 deadline set by the United Nations Millennium Declaration to…
Culture at crossroads
Standing at the "crossroads of the four-channel video projection titled "Darb El-Arbaeen…
Novelist at the divide
This month will see the launch of the English-language translation of Nobel…
Al-Azhar chief should resign over face veil remark: Islamist
CAIRO: An Islamist lawmaker called on Wednesday for the head of the…
Fat chance
ATLANTA: We are, supposedly, in the midst of an obesity epidemic. Everyone…