Sleepwalking through America’s unemployment crisis
By Mohamed El-Erian NEWPORT BEACH: It was relegated to the Q&A session, rather than featured prominently in the opening statement, at last week’s first-ever press conference of US Federal Reserve Board…
Ahmadis and their neighbors at the grassroots level
By Didin Nurul Rosidin CIREBON, Indonesia: The Ahmadis are once again in the front and center of Indonesian media. And yet when it comes to media coverage of the violence directed…
‘Bombay Beach,’ ‘The Guard’ highlight Tribeca
A welcome sense of optimism pervaded the 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival. After several years of gloomy prospects for independent film, filmmakers and audiences seemed buoyed by the hope of…
Stupendous Chekhov adaptation concludes Euro Theater Prize
Every once in a while, a work of art comes along that compels you to reassess your views about a given medium and the possibilities it offers. A prime example…
Qaddafi tanks pound rebel city ahead of son’s funeral
MISRATA: Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Qaddafi launched a new armored incursion into the besieged rebel city Misrata on Monday ahead of the funeral of his son, killed in…
Syria arrests hundreds, shells Deraa into submission
AMMAN: Security forces arrested hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators in cities across Syria after taking control of the city of Deraa, cradle of the uprising against President Bashar Al-Assad's autocratic rule.…
Yemen protesters urged not raise bin Laden banners
SANAA: Yemeni activists urged street protesters on Monday not to raise banners of Osama bin Laden to avoid inviting a harsher crackdown on demonstrations seeking democratic change in the al…
Bin Laden died in house near Pakistan’s capital
By Nahal Toosi /AP ISLAMABAD: Osama bin Laden was holed up in a two-story house 100 yards from a Pakistani military academy when four helicopters carrying US anti-terror forces swooped in…
Thousands mark Labor Day in Tahrir, PM no-show for official celebration
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Thousands of protesters gathered Sunday in Tahrir Square to celebrate Labor Day and highlight the rights of Egyptian workers. Protesters demanded official recognition of independent unions that…
The global economy’s corporate crime wave
By Jeffrey Sachs NEW YORK: The world is drowning in corporate fraud, and the problems are probably greatest in rich countries — those with supposedly “good governance.” Poor-country governments probably accept…