Emmy continues great year for female music artists
With women dominating the pop charts and this year s Mercury Prize…
An Asia Strategy for Iran
SINGAPORE: When the ongoing turmoil surrounding the Iranian elections finally ends, the…
Roadmap phase II revisited: Optional and problematic
The second phase of the roadmap was always the most problematic part…
Obama is deep into phase II of the Roadmap
The roadmap seemed to have been stillborn in 2003 when it was…
Antiquities committee to date largest pyramid
CAIRO: Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA),…
Bringing Berber singing into the modern age
Singer Houria Aïchi comes from a Berber ethnic group called the Shawiya,…
Why America Will Lead the "Asian Century"
SINGAPORE: Not a week passes, it seems, without a big-picture thinker releasing…
Make room for Hamas in the peace process
WASHINGTON, DC: Any meaningful Israeli-Palestinian peace effort cannot exclude or ignore Hamas.…