20,000 gather for burials in Syria protest city, say activists
DAMASCUS: Some 20,000 people gathered Thursday in the Syrian city of Daraa for the burial of victims killed by police gunfire the day before, chanting support for a rising anti-regime…
Judge says aims to restore Egypt’s dignity
CAIRO: An Egyptian judge who exposed corruption in Hosni Mubarak's era says he will work to create jobs and restore Egypt's dignity if elected in the first competitive presidential election.…
NATO strives to end split over Libya command
BRUSSELS: NATO strives again Thursday to resolve a squabble over transferring command to the alliance of military operations in Libya from a US-led coalition pounding Moamer Qaddafi's regime. The latest…
Gaza militants rocket Israel, drawing reprisals
JERUSALEM: Israeli aircraft struck the Gaza Strip on Thursday in response to militant rocket and mortar attacks, stoking concerns that a grave new round of hostilities will fill the vacuum…
Yemen opposition eyes transition as fears rise
SANAA: An escalating anti-regime campaign was seeking a transition on Thursday rather than more concessions from Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, as rival military units clashed for the second time…
The Turkish chimera
By F. Stephen Larrabee WASHINGTON: The dramatic revolts in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya have acted as a catalyst for a broader Arab awakening that has fundamentally shaken the Middle East’s political…
For Palestine, democracy is not a one-size-fits-all model
By Natalia Simanovsky TEL AVIV: Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has recently been on the receiving end of a barrage of criticism from those who claim that the measures he implemented,…
The dark underbelly of finance
By Luigi Zingales CHICAGO: If you thought that America’s financial sector had gotten enough of bad publicity, think again. The insider-trading trial of Raj Rajaratnam, a billionaire hedge-fund manager, has now…
Stop the US war on Libya and Bahrain
By Joseph Cachia Washington showed its true intentions by pushing through a UN Security Council resolution that amounts to a declaration of war on the government and people of Libya. A…
Egyptians make use of curfew hours in changing nightlife
T hough many have accused residents of Cairo’s upscale neighborhood Zamalek of ignoring the on-goings of the revolution, filling up coffee shops and restaurants, one must confess that it's been…