Ingrid Pitt, doyenne of Hammer horror films, dies
Ingrid Pitt, who survived a Nazi concentration camp and dodged Communist police to become one of Britain's best-known horror stars, died Tuesday, her daughter said. She was 73. Steffanie Pitt…
Beatles sell two million songs in a week on iTunes
The Beatles sold more than 450,000 albums and over two million individual songs in the week since their music appeared on Apple's iTunes, Billboard said Tuesday. Billboard said the best-selling…
Here’s looking at you: NY prof embeds 3rd eye
By AFP This is a teacher who really keeps an eye on things — three eyes, actually. Wafaa Bilal, an assistant arts professor at New York University, said Tuesday that…
Many serious undercurrents in Rushdie’s new novel
"Luka and the Fire of Life" (Random House, $25), by Salman Rushdie: It is hard to overstate the lightheartedness and love with which Salman Rushdie conveys this brief tale of…
Performance art about Islam in Austria’s capital
Performance art that reflects Austria's tense relationship with Islam is raising eyebrows in downtown Vienna. The temporary walk-in installation, approved by authorities, is located on the city's regal Ring boulevard.…
One dead, tens injured in clashes with security over church construction in Giza
CAIRO: A Coptic citizen died on Wednesday and tens were wounded in clashes with security forces after Al-Omraneya's district office halted the construction of a church annex. Clashes erupted early…
NASA says Earth’s lakes are warming
WASHINGTON: The Earth's largest lakes have warmed up over the past 25 years in response to climate change, the US space agency said Tuesday, announcing the first such global study…
Decoding Egypt: A forecast of Egyptian parliamentary elections
By Nael Shama CAIRO: Political scientists usually refrain from being drawn into the notoriously slippery forecasting game. Politics is a multi-faceted process, and the various types of interactions among the different…
Vietnam’s Chinese lessons
By Yuriko Koike TOKYO: For 30 years after World War II’s end, Vietnam claimed the global spotlight. Its victories over France and the United States were the defining wars of independence…
Common ground in the Doha Debate on the burqa ban
By Nabila Ramdani LONDON: I was invited to Qatar earlier this month to take part in a prestigious Doha Debate on the subject of my country’s recent burqa ban. This was…
