At least 38 killed in Xmas Eve attacks in Nigeria
JOS: Multiple explosions in central Nigeria have killed 32 people and six others died in attacks by Muslim sect members on two churches in the north, officials said Saturday. Police…
Insurgents killed as violence surges on Gaza border
GAZA CITY: Israel and Hamas traded threats of war amid fresh skirmishes along the tense Gaza Strip border on Sunday in which two insurgents were killed. The escalation of violence…
The US-China dialogue of the deaf
By George Soros NEW YORK: In 2010, economic conflict between the United States and China became one of the most worrying global developments. The US pressed China to revalue the renminbi,…
Europe’s financial alchemy
By Luigi Zingales CHICAGO: It is universally recognized that a key factor underlying the 2007-2008 financial crisis was the diffusion of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), the infamous special-purpose vehicles that transformed…
The making of international monetary reform
By Jean Pisani-Ferry BRUSSELS: If French President Nicolas Sarkozy had written the prologue to his presidency of the G-20, which has just commenced, he could not have done better. The run-up…
Egypt building security towers along Gaza border
CAIRO: Egyptian security officials say the government is building several 100-foot (30-meter) observation towers to improve security along the border with the Gaza Strip, stopping infiltration and sniper attacks. The…
Four myths that hold back progress in fighting climate change
By Kenneth Chomitz and Vinod Thomas The UN Secretary-General has presented options for raising $100 billion a year to promote development while fighting climate change. This is timely, but for such…
YEAREND SPECIAL: What lies ahead in 2011?
By Joseph Stiglitz NEW YORK: The global economy ends 2010 more divided than it was at the beginning of the year. On one side, emerging-market countries like India, China, and the…
YEAREND SPECIAL: A good year for God
By Chris Patten LONDON: It’s been a better year for God. After withering literary assaults on the Almighty from the Oxford academic Richard Dawkins, the essayist Christopher Hitchens, and others, believers…
West Africans threaten force in Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN: Laurent Gbagbo who refuses to leave Ivory Coast's presidency faced new threats to his grasp on power after regional leaders threatened to remove him by force if necessary. Meanwhile,…