AN ISRAELI VIEW: Beware the ides of September
By Yossi Alpher President Barack Obama's two recent speeches on the Middle East, at the State Department and the AIPAC conference, and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's response and related rhetoric, indicate…
JFK awards given to Egypt activist
By Russell Contreras / AP BOSTON: A North Carolina school board member who fought redistricting plans because of racial segregation concerns and a Google executive who launched a Facebook page that…
Internet barons gather at ‘e-G8’
PARIS: The world's most powerful internet and media barons gathered in Paris on Tuesday in a show of strength to leaders at the G8 summit, amid rows over online copyright,…
The tragedy of trade blindness
By Peter Sutherland LONDON: The Doha Round of global free-trade negotiations is on the brink of collapse after ten years of talking. This is a tragedy in the making, because the…
Goldman Sachs forecast bolsters oil
LONDON: Oil rose more than $1 per barrel on Tuesday after Goldman Sachs raised its forecasts for North Sea Brent crude, citing strong fuel demand growth. The US investment bank…
Martyr Ahmed Basiouny remembered at the Venice Biennale
F or those unfamiliar with the event, the Venice biennale is the bi-annual Oscars for the Arts. The opportunity of being chosen to represent one’s country in the biennale is a…
Egypt court postpones TMG hearing to June 21
CAIRO: An Egyptian court postponed to June 21 a hearing over a state land sale to Talaat Moustafa Group (TMG), the country's biggest listed developer, in a case that has…
Report: Qatar to invest up to $10 bln in Egypt
CAIRO: Qatar is looking at pumping up to $10 billion through investments and projects into Egypt, the Gulf emirate's ambassador was quoted as saying Tuesday, offering new hope to an…
Egyptian Islamist group eyes politics
By Yasmine Saleh / Reuters CAIRO: An Egyptian Islamist group that took up arms against the state in the 1980s and 1990s wants to form a political party and contest the…
Bloggers slam army council in anti-SCAF blogging day
By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: Egyptian bloggers slammed the policies of the ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) on Monday after a call to publish blog posts criticizing the military…