Imperialism reclaimed
By Robert Skidelsky LONDON: History has no final verdicts. Major shifts in events and power bring about new subjects for discussion and new interpretations. Fifty years ago, as de-colonization accelerated, no…
Memo to Bangladesh: if it ain’’t broke, don’t fix it
By Eliot Daley PRINCETON, New Jersey: Ask any American what they know about Bangladesh, and you’re likely to hear one of two things: It’s a backward place cursed with floods, droughts,…
Sharaf vows to stamp out corruption
CAIRO: Egypt's Prime Minister Essam Sharaf vowed on Saturday to press a fight against corruption, responding to public pressure to speed up investigations into alleged graft by allies of ousted…
Court says it cannot try ex-minister: report
By AFP CAIRO: An Egyptian court has decided that it is unable to try a former minister and businessman for embezzlement of public funds, the official MENA state news agency said…
Egypt clerics protest at graft in religious bodies
CAIRO: Egyptian clerics and employees of state Islamic religious bodies are demanding an end to what they say is rampant corruption by senior officials who manage religious endowments. No official…
Sudan to send Egypt 5,000 cows as a present
KHARTOUM: Sudan will start sending 5,000 cows that it promised as a gift to Egypt next week, the foreign ministry said on Saturday, just ahead of a two-day visit by…
Gunmen target Sinai gas pipeline
EL-ARISH: Gunmen have targeted a pipeline carrying natural gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan for the second time in under two months. A security official said six individuals overpowered…
Egypt’s EGX30 posts biggest single day gain in over a year
CAIRO: Egypt's benchmark index, EGX30, snapped a four-day losing streak and closed 5.3 percent higher on Sunday, the third day of trade since political turmoil closed the bourse for more…
The wrong German foreign policy
By Joschka Fischer BERLIN: German chancellor Angela Merkel likes to navigate politically by line of sight – and a very short line of sight at that. But when fog clouds your…
Grameen vs. Bangladesh
By Jagdish Bhagwati HONG KONG: The feud in Bangladesh between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Mohammed Yunus, the founder of the microloan-making Grameen Bank and a winner of the Nobel Peace…