Shabana loses squash world title in defeat by Matthew
AL KHOBAR: Squash legend Amr Shabana lost his World Open title after being beaten by Nick Matthew in the semi-finals on Thursday, ensuring that an Englishman would win the title…
Mubarak ‘could be in power for life’, ambassador says in leaked cable
By Hala Boncompagni /AFP CAIRO: Egypt's 82-year-old President Hosni Mubarak is likely to seek re-election next year and serve for the rest of his life, British daily The Guardian reported citing…
Nobel peace ceremony honors absent laureate Liu
OSLO: The head of the Nobel committee placed this year's peace prize on an empty chair Friday as he called on a furious Beijing to free the new laureate Liu…
Israel, Palestinians must return to talks: Rudd, Moussa
CAIRO: Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Arab League chief Amr Moussa on Friday made a joint call for an urgent resumption of direct peace talks between Israel and the…
Egypt’s opposition to protest ‘null and void’ parliament
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: About 15 opposition groups and parties will join forces Sunday afternoon outside the High Court of Justice in Downtown Cairo to protest the alleged illegitimacy of…
OPEC differ on need for more oil supply
LONDON: Two of the world's most influential oil forecasters gave contrasting outlooks for 2011 on Friday, with the consumer's watchdog anticipating robust demand and producer group OPEC saying supply was…
Assange moved to isolation in jail as WikiLeaks continue
LONDON/ SYDNEY: Police moved WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to the segregation unit of a London jail for his safety, his lawyer said Friday as new cables showed the US suspects…
The Arab World’s silent feminist revolution
By Gema Martín-Muñoz MADRID: Arab societies often appear rigid and resistant to change to outsiders, because what they see is these countries’ ruling regimes, which mostly do resist development and change.…
The ‘rule of restitution’ as a paradigm for resolving conflicts
By Pinchas Leiser JERUSALEM: The Mishna, the Talmud and Halachic literature all mention a legal innovation by the Sages, contradicting a Biblical Law, which stipulates that a person must restore that…
Muslim culture, British identity
By Arwa Ibrahim LONDON: On Nov. 30 the Chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum, Lord Altaf Sheikh, urged the British Muslim community to join the armed forces and police in order…
