For Palestinian snake charmer pythons are part of the family
RAMALLAH: A lot of fathers would prefer their two-year-old daughters not to ride a giant Burmese python down the street like a pony — but not Jamal Amwasi of Ramallah.…
377 dead in west and central African floods, says UN
DAKAR: The United Nations said Tuesday that 377 people had died in flooding in central and West Africa, with nearly 1.5 million people affected since the start of the rainy…
Sudan’s Bashir pledges no return to war with south
KHARTOUM: Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir vowed on Wednesday that there will be no return to civil war with the south as an independence vote for the region looms. Just a…
Decoding Egypt: Between the Lines
CAIRO: Searching for meanings in the news — through digging, dissecting, forming juxtapositions and examining interrelationships — is a worthwhile exercise. What is between the lines is often more important…
Should we fear Islam?
WASHINGTON, DC: At a time when our nation is seeing a rise in intolerant behavior, crossing every cultural line, whether based on race, religion or sexual orientation, we seem simultaneously…
Religious leaders needed in peacemaking
EAST MEREDITH, NY: Mutual distrust leads many Palestinians and Israelis to think of peace as a mirage. Since religion plays a significant role in justifying the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, politicians need…
The wars of austerity
LONDON: I have become increasingly less hopeful about prospects for a rapid recovery from the global recession. Coordinated fiscal expansion ($5 trillion) by the world’s leading governments arrested the downward…
Ahly fury after Esperance ‘handed’ final place
JOHANNESBURG: Egyptian club Al-Ahly have complained to the African Football Confederation about an illegal goal that robbed them of a Champions League final place at the weekend. Esperance of Tunisia…
ICLD workers say won’t end sit-in at EFTU until demands are met
CAIRO: Workers from the Information Centers for Local Development (ICLD) say that they will not end the sit-in they have begun at the Egyptian Federation of Trade Unions (EFTU) building…
Opposition cautiously welcomes decision to allow Egyptian expats to vote
CAIRO: The decision to allow Egyptians living abroad to vote in presidential elections in 2011 can only be judged when it’s implemented, opposition members said, adding that without a set…
