Doctors’ countrywide strike successful, say organizers
CAIRO: Doctors organized a nationwide strike in public hospitals and a number of private hospitals Tuesday as agreed by the Doctors’ Syndicate at the emergency general assembly held earlier this…
Woman at center of Imbaba violence speaks out, more arrested
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Ten were arrested on Tuesday for posting a video believed to have incited the burning of churches in Imbaba, less than 24 hours after the woman, whose…
Prosecutor extends Mubarak detention
CAIRO: The prosecutor general has extended the detention of ousted president Hosni Mubarak another 15 days, a judicial source said on Tuesday. Medical sources said his health has deteriorated. Mubarak,…
The future for FDI in post-revolutionary Egypt?
By John Adams During the upheavals of the revolution Egypt witnessed one of the largest flights of capital ever seen in such a short period of time. Billions of dollars left…
The next global challenge
By Jean-Luc Butel For the past two years, researchers in India have been undertaking an ambitious effort to count the number of people across the country suffering from diabetes. The importance…
The renewable future
By Achim Steiner, Helen Clark and Kandeh Yumkella NAIROBI: Renewable energy triggers sharply polarized views. For some, it is a costly white elephant; for others, it is humanity’s savior, promising to…
Debt and taxes in the Eurozone
By Daniel Gros BRUSSELS: The current crisis in the eurozone is known around the world as the “euro sovereign-debt crisis.” But the crisis is really about foreign debt, not sovereign debt.…
Paula Fox looks back on a wayward life
At age 88, author Paula Fox is the settled survivor of a disrupted life. She was abandoned as an infant, frequently moved through much of her childhood, a teen mother…
Pakistani rocker: bin Laden death great for Muslims
Top Pakistani musician Salman Ahmad has hailed Osama bin Laden's death as a victory for the Islamic world and demanded accountability over how the Al-Qaeda chief lived in his country…
Egypt tightens security amid interfaith tensions
CAIRO: Egypt stepped up security around churches in Cairo on Monday after two days of clashes between minority Christians and Muslims that killed 12 people and highlighted rising inter-faith…