Ivory Coast president to contest poll results
ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast's president said Tuesday he plans to contest some results of a presidential poll already marred by opposition accusations of violence and voter fraud. Full results of Sunday's…
Five injured by Israeli gunfire along Gaza border, say medics
GAZA CITY: Five Palestinians were injured Tuesday by Israeli gunfire while scrounging for construction material in the rubble near Gaza's northern border with Israel, Palestinian medics said. The Israeli military…
Quantitative easing and the Renminbi
By Martin Feldstein CAMBRIDGE: The United States Federal Reserve’s policy of “quantitative easing” is reducing the value of the dollar relative to other currencies that have floating exchange rates. But what…
Drifting towards the rapids
By Chris Patten LONDON: We are told that we live in anxious times, with lots to worry about and no more comforting certainty. But just how comfortable were all those past…
Srulik, meet Handala
By Gil Zohar JERUSALEM: Driving east from Jerusalem on the winding Jordanian-built road that once led down from the Mount of Olives to the Dead Sea, one passes through a series…
Praying hard to make the rain fall
By Arieh O’Sullivan JERUSALEM: It’s been said that everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it. Well, seven years of drought in the Holy Land has been…
Israel blocks two UN Gaza schools, citing Hamas threat
GAZA CITY: UN plans to address Gaza's schooling shortage have hit a wall, with Israel banning the construction of two new schools on a site it says could be targeted…
Public holiday in Iran’s capital due to pollution
TEHRAN: Iranian authorities have declared a two-day public holiday in the capital and some other cities in an attempt to reduce dangerous levels of air pollution, media reported on Tuesday.…
Leaks hurt US ability to do diplomatic business, say experts
WASHINGTON: The massive leak of diplomatic cables has put a chill on US diplomatic contacts at a time when President Barack Obama's administration is trying to rebuild world trust in…
‘Empire Strikes Back’ director Kershner dies in LA
US director Irvin Kershner, who made "The Empire Strikes Back," has died at the age of 87, Star Wars creator George Lucas said Monday, praising him as a "mentor" and…
