Army warns against obstruction of voting on referendum day
By Tamim Elyan and Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: A military source warned against holding any protests or sit-ins during the referendum on the constitutional amendments. The source told state-TV that the law…
‘No analogy’ between China and Mideast unrest: Wen
BEIJING: Premier Wen Jiabao rejected any comparison Monday between China and the unrest-hit Middle East, but admitted his government faced potent risks from inflation and other hot-button issues. "We face…
‘Our fights with Egypt will end’, says ITUC sec-gen
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: Secretary General of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) said Monday that she is optimistic of the future of labor movement in Egypt and will provide support…
Egypt shelled trucks bringing arms from Sudan
CAIRO: Egypt's army shelled at least six vehicles trying to smuggle weapons into the country from Sudan last week, security sources told Reuters on Monday. "There was a smuggling attempt…
A virtual revolution: Websites stand testament to Egypt’s uprising
CAIRO: Newspaper clippings are not going to be the only record for the Jan. 25 Revolution. Given the role the internet played in the modern-day uprising, it is only…
NSGB declares LE 1.25 dividend
CAIRO: Egypt's National Societe Generale Bank (NSGB) declared a cash dividend of LE 1.25 ($0.21) per share, according to Reuters' calculations. The bourse said the bank would distribute LE 458.2…
Equal and full citizenship must replace sectarianism
By Sheikh Ali Gomaa CAIRO: All Egyptians — Christian and Muslim — have a fundamental right to live in safety. Acts of sectarian violence such as have been witnessed in Egypt…
The crisis of microfinance
By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI: The recent ouster of the Nobel Prize-winning Bangladeshi economist Mohammed Yunus as managing director of the Grameen Bank, which blazed a trail for microfinance in developing…
Slowing China
By Barry Eichengreen BERKELEY: With the world’s rich countries still hung over from the financial crisis, the global economy has come to depend on emerging markets to drive growth. Increasingly, machinery…
The EU’s band-aid on a bullet hole
By Daniel Gros BRUSSELS: Is the euro crisis any closer to a resolution? Europe’s leaders have promised to devise by the end of this month a comprehensive package not only to…