Elections to determine relation between religion and state, says NDP
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: Mohamed Kamal, the NDP’s secretary of political education and training and head of its youth committee, said the outcome of the current parliamentary elections would define the…
Israelis flock to vigil tent for captive soldier Shalit
JERUSALEM: Like pilgrims to a holy site, thousands of visitors are coming to Jerusalem to visit the parents of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier who has been held captive in…
Saudi women sue male guardians who stop marriage
CAIRO: Year after year, the 42-year-old Saudi surgeon remains single, against her will. Her father keeps turning down marriage proposals, and her hefty salary keeps going directly to his bank…
Novel approaches to the Arab-Israeli conflict
By Khaled Diab BRUSSELS: Alaa Al-Aswany is an unlikely candidate for the job of savior of the Egyptian novel. Yet this dentist, who continues to run his downtown practice in Cairo,…
China’s choice in North Korea
By Yuriko Koike TOKYO: If the most dangerous moment for any dictatorship is when it starts to reform, North Korea looks ready to turn that truism on its head. Its recent…
Pricing corporate governance
By Lucian Bebchuk CAMBRIDGE: Do markets appreciate and correctly price the corporate-governance provisions of companies? In new empirical research, Alma Cohen, Charles C.Y. Wang, and I show how stock markets have…
There’s more to the story when reporting on religious violence
By Samiaji Bintang BOGOR, Indonesia: “To what extent does the media’s coverage of terrorism fuel terrorists?” a member of a mailing list group named jurnalisme that I subscribe to recently asked.…
Egypt considers investment in Ugandan power industry
Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Younes said that there are opportunities for Egyptian companies to invest in Uganda’s electricity sector, according to an SIS report. He added that the…
GM restructures Africa operations for further growth
General Motors said it will restructure its business in Africa to capitalize on growing opportunities across the continent, according to a press statement. In the first 10 months of 2010,…
Algerian may reject OT’s request for Djezzy reevaluation
Algerian authorities will probably turn down Orascom Telecom’s request for a reevaluation of Djezzy’s $230 million tax claims, an official at the Ministry of Finance said, reported Bloomberg. An unidentified…
