Gates: US troops could remain in Iraq after 2011
MOSUL: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, visiting Iraq on the eve of the eighth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, said Friday the United States could extend its troop presence…
Rebels counter Qaddafi assault on Misrata
BEIRUT: Libyan government troops advanced on Misrata's eastern districts on Friday, triggering street-battles with rebels in the coastal city that forced residents to flee the area, a rebel spokesman said.…
Foreign minister says Yemen studying mediation offer
SANAA: Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Al-Kurbi said Yemen's government is studying an initiative by Gulf Arab states to end a months-long confrontation with anti-regime protesters, in a statement published Friday.…
Iraqi forces clash with residents at Iranian camp
BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces clashed with residents of an Iranian dissident camp north of Baghdad overnight on Friday, the Iraqi government said, and an Iranian opposition group said residents were…
UN rights investigators to start probe in Libya
GENEVA: UN investigators said on Friday they would start next week to probe alleged human rights violations committed in Libya by both forces loyal to Moammar Qaddafi and rebels trying…
NATO says no apology for strike on Libyan rebel tanks
AJDABIYA: NATO refused Friday to apologize for a deadly airstrike on Libyan rebel tanks and dismissed talk of a military stalemate, as the insurgents regrouped their scattered forces in the…
Indonesian example counters fears of radical religious states in Tunisia/Egypt
By Testriono JAKARTA: Many scholars are pessimistic that Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution and the political transition in Egypt will successfully bring about democracy in these countries, and worry that there is a…
Learning to float
By Yu Yongding BEIJING: Despite shaky economic fundamentals, US government securities are usually regarded as a safe haven. Whenever a crisis erupts, the value of US Treasury bonds gets a boost.…
Measuring the revolutionary wave
By Ian Bremmer NEW YORK: A prediction three months ago that popular protests would soon topple a dictatorship in Tunisia, sweep Hosni Mubarak from power in Egypt, provoke civil war in…
THE REEL ESTATE: Cracking the Source Code
British filmmaker Duncan Jones — the son of British rock legend David Bowie — made a big splash two years ago with his acclaimed debut feature “Moon” starring Sam Rockwell.…