Malaysia can be Muslim ‘thought leader’, says Clinton
KUALA LUMPUR: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday that Muslim-majority Malaysia can be a global "thought leader", praising the multicultural nation's efforts to avoid religious rifts. On…
Egypt to reissue new satellite TV uplink permits
CAIRO: Egypt's information minister on Monday ordered the reissuing of new licenses for private TV satellite uplinks amid criticism that the state aims to tighten government control over the media…
Who will rescue the rest of us?
SYDNEY: The rescue of the 33 Chilean miners, from what was feared would be their tomb, gave the world something to cheer about. Hope has not, after all, become a…
Can religious leaders play a constructive role?
By Hanna Siniora JERUSALEM - In a message that concluded two weeks of meetings of the Vatican Synod on the Middle East, the bishops declared that Israel should not use the…
Egypt refuses to pay heed to Iraqi Qaeda demands on women
CAIRO: Egypt refused on Monday to react to demands over two Coptic women rumored to have converted to Islam made by an Al-Qaeda group in Iraq that claimed a deadly…
The neglected epidemic of domestic violence in the Arab countries
By César Chelala NEW YORK: Although domestic violence is under-recognized and under-reported, it is also one of the most significant epidemics in the Arab countries today. It is gender violence, manifested…
Goodluck Nigeria
By Ike Okonta LAGOS: The bombs that exploded in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, as the country was celebrating its golden jubilee earlier this month are a disturbing portent of the unprecedented political…
Abu Dhabi’s Sorouh Q3 profit falls on one-off expenses
DUBAI: Abu Dhabi developer Sorouh Real Estate said on Monday project handovers and its rental portfolio would boost business in 2011 after its third quarter profit was hit by one-off…
Ramallah’s first luxury hotel looks out on frozen conflict
RAMALLAH: The opening of Ramallah's first five-star hotel on Monday will mark another small step in the West Bank town's steady march towards something resembling normal life. But its sixth-floor…
Syrian silk industry hanging by a fine thread
DAMASCUS: Buffeted by economic realities that have forced farmers to replace mulberry trees with olive groves and fruit orchards, Syria's once-famous silk industry is hanging by a very fine thread…
