Gallup report analyzes the arithmetic of the revolution
CAIRO: “Unemployment and poverty alone did not lead to the overthrow of Egypt’s government. It was the perceived difference between what should be and what was that created the driving…
Personal and political: Psychological health following the revolution
By Chitra Kalyani CAIRO: Tahrir has recently been the epicenter of intense emotions, and news from Egypt has had psychological effects on adults and children worldwide. While those closer to traumatic…
UN to probe all sides for possible abuses in Libya
GENEVA: Investigators launching a U.N.-ordered probe into wartime human rights abuses in Libya vowed Friday to visit villages, prisons and conflict zones, sparing no one and no region from scrutiny.…
World labor leader says protest movement weakened
ATHENS: Globalization has weakened the union movement, making it increasingly difficult to coordinate protests between Europe's debt-stricken countries, says the head of a global union group. Muhammad Shaaban Azouz said…
Yemen’s Saleh again rejects move to replace him
SANAA: Two protesters were shot dead and 25 wounded by gunfire during protests in the southern Yemen city of Taiz on Friday, hospital sources said. Some 200 were hurt by…
Witness says 13 protesters killed in Syria
BEIRUT: Syrian security forces opened fire Friday on thousands of protesters in the southern city of Daraa, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens, witnesses said. One…
Tens of thousands demand Mubarak prosecution
CAIRO: Tens of thousands of Egyptians waved flags and shouted slogans Friday in Cairo's central Tahrir Square, demanding that Hosni Mubarak and his family be put on trial over allegations…
Army officers join Tahrir protesters
By AFP CAIRO: Seven army officers on Friday defied a warning from the ruling military council and joined tens of thousands of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square to call for the…
Mideast tumult could drive Gulf sukuk issuers to Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: More Gulf sukuk issuers are expected to tap the Malaysian market in the coming months although global issuance would be lower this year due to turmoil in the…
Mideast, Nigeria concerns support oil prices
SINGAPORE: World oil prices stayed at multi-year highs Friday, supported by the ongoing tensions in the Arab world and the postponement of elections in Nigeria, Africa's biggest crude producer. New…