Killing with kindness: the malaria initiative
The UN convened this week in New York to discuss its Millennium…
Oil steady at $98 on US bailout hopes
SINGAPORE: Oil prices were steady at US$98 a barrel Thursday in Asia…
Retro is the new fusion
An ever pervasive phenomenon in the art world nowadays is the concept…
IAEA chief says nuclear states set example for others
VIENNA, Austria: The chief UN atomic inspector suggested Tuesday that nuclear weapons…
Capitalism and skepticism
BALTIMORE: As each new day brings word of another Wall Street bailout…
From Russia with love: contemporary Russian photography comes to Cairo
Within the small 20-year-old gallery Masharbia Gallery, curator Marta Boeri skillfully used…
Armed robberies in Egypt's remotest desert
CAIRO: The abduction of a European tour group in a distant corner…
Egypt's Image
We cannot attribute the negative portrayal of Egypt, whether locally or internationally,…
Action, not lip-service, for Pakistani women
ISLAMABAD: US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W. Patterson has made it clear…
Putin of Arabia
BEIRUT: Almost undetected, Russia is regaining much of the influence that it…