Turkey PM sparks spat over Armenia friendship art
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan came under fire Monday for deriding a monument to friendship with neighboring Armenia and ordering its destruction. The country's culture minister sought to soothe…
Fincher, Hooper among Directors Guild nominees
The filmmakers behind Academy Awards favorites "The Social Network" and "The King's Speech" were nominated Monday for the Directors Guild of America's top prize. Along with David Fincher and Tom…
‘Bullitt’ director Peter Yates dies at 81
British filmmaker Peter Yates, who sent Steve McQueen screeching through the streets of San Francisco in a Ford Mustang in "Bullitt," has died at the age of 81. Yates was…
‘Tablet & Pen’ is sweeping in style, content, form
"Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes From the Modern Middle East,” edited by Reza Aslan: The West's perception of the Middle East as mysterious, exotic and savage has changed little since…
Growing international recognition of a Palestinian state: A change in paradigm
By Ghassan Khatib Palestinians attach great importance to the recent series of Latin American states that have recognized an independent Palestine on the 1967 borders. Although Israel is downplaying this phenomenon,…
New rules for the global economy
By Dani Rodrik CAMBRIDGE: Suppose that the world’s leading policymakers were to meet again in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, to design a new global economic order. They would naturally be preoccupied…
Asia in the balance
By Joseph Nye CAMBRIDGE: Last year, the leaders of all five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council visited India, accompanied by delegations of business leaders. The Indian economy has…
Libya arrests 52 Egyptian fisherman, says Cairo
CAIRO: Libya has arrested 52 Egyptian fishermen and seized their boats, a senior official in Cairo said on Tuesday, adding Egypt was negotiating their release. The fishermen were detained on…
Sharqeya traffic accidents kill 30
CAIRO: Thirty people died and another 28 were injured in two traffic accidents in northern Egypt on Tuesday, security officials said. In the worst incident, 20 people were killed and…
The historical misconception of ‘Copt’
By Karim Hamam CAIRO: Sometimes ignorance can make a nation war against itself. And sometimes that ignorance can be perpetuated by people that believe they are trying to help. The word…
