US calls for free elections in Egypt
By AFP WASHINGTON: The United States pledged Monday to support free and fair parliamentary elections in Egypt later this month, after Egyptian human rights groups warned of political crackdowns on…
Late, but not too late, for Sudan
By George Clooney and John Prendergast STANFORD: Well, we're in it now. What we do best. Diplomacy. The White House has dispatched Senator John Kerry to Sudan with a proposal for…
An independent Palestine might upset the status-quo
By Ghanem Nuseibeh LONDON: Many people view the prospect of creating an Arab state in the land of Palestine as nothing short of a political earthquake. The “Question of Palestine” has…
A return to reason
By Bjørn Lomborg COPENHAGEN: Common sense was an early loser in the scorching battle over the reality of man-made global warming. For nearly 20 years, one group of activists argued —…
The power of education to transform stereotypes of the West
By Inayah Rohmaniyah YOGYAKARTA: Extremism in Indonesia appears to be on the rise amid recent news of attacks against police headquarters in West Java and North Sumatra. Some members of the…
Amnesty urges Egypt to investigate torture claims
By Agencies CAIRO: Amnesty International called on Egyptian authorities Tuesday to investigate allegations that police tortured a young man to death in Alexandria and dumped his mutilated body into a…
Morocco gives Spain ‘commitment’ over Western Sahara raid
MADRID: Morocco has vowed to comply with any requests from Madrid to investigate last week's deadly raid on a squatter camp in Western Sahara, Spain's interior minister said. Alfredo Perez…
Israel cabinet approves pullout from Lebanon border village
JERUSALEM: Israel's security cabinet on Wednesday backed plans to withdraw troops from part of a disputed village on the Lebanese border and hand over control to a UN peacekeeping force,…
Aid workers overwhelmed as south Sudanese go home to vote
RUBKONA: A bus pulls up at the station in Rubkona, the terminus for thousands of south Sudanese returning from the north as partition looms. A man perched on the roof…
Israel, US locked over deal to revive peace talks
JERUSALEM: Israel and the United States were in a standoff Wednesday over the terms of a Washington-proposed settlement construction moratorium meant to revive Mideast peace talks. Israeli officials had said…
