The future for FDI in post-revolutionary Egypt?
By John Adams During the upheavals of the revolution Egypt witnessed one of the largest flights of capital ever seen in such a short period of time. Billions of dollars left…
The next global challenge
By Jean-Luc Butel For the past two years, researchers in India have been undertaking an ambitious effort to count the number of people across the country suffering from diabetes. The importance…
The renewable future
By Achim Steiner, Helen Clark and Kandeh Yumkella NAIROBI: Renewable energy triggers sharply polarized views. For some, it is a costly white elephant; for others, it is humanity’s savior, promising to…
Debt and taxes in the Eurozone
By Daniel Gros BRUSSELS: The current crisis in the eurozone is known around the world as the “euro sovereign-debt crisis.” But the crisis is really about foreign debt, not sovereign debt.…
Paula Fox looks back on a wayward life
At age 88, author Paula Fox is the settled survivor of a disrupted life. She was abandoned as an infant, frequently moved through much of her childhood, a teen mother…
Pakistani rocker: bin Laden death great for Muslims
Top Pakistani musician Salman Ahmad has hailed Osama bin Laden's death as a victory for the Islamic world and demanded accountability over how the Al-Qaeda chief lived in his country…
Egypt tightens security amid interfaith tensions
CAIRO: Egypt stepped up security around churches in Cairo on Monday after two days of clashes between minority Christians and Muslims that killed 12 people and highlighted rising inter-faith…
Egypt riots raise worries over Islamic hard-liners
CAIRO: Deadly Muslim-Christian riots that left 12 dead and a Cairo church a burned-out husk have magnified worries in Egypt over Islamic ultraconservatives who have grown more assertive since the…
US, Canada condemn Imbaba’s sectarian violence
WASHINGTON/OTTAWA: US and Canadian officials condemned on Monday sectarian violence in Egypt that caused 12 deaths and 232 injuries, urging authorities to exercise self-restraint and to conduct a full investigation.…
Iraqi singer Kazim Al-Saher named UNICEF ambassador
BAGHDAD: Crooning of love, Iraq's most famous singer returned to Baghdad on Monday after 14 years abroad to be named a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations children's fund, UNICEF.…