Government Handouts Won’t Placate People of the Middle East
By Aaron Rhodes and Jacob Mchangama The realization that, just as Libya was being suspended from the United Nations Human Rights Council for its humanitarian atrocities, the same body was about…
A no-fly zone for Libya
By John Kerry WASHINGTON, DC: Leaders around the world are vigorously debating the advisability of establishing a no-fly zone to stop the violence unfolding in Libya. Some cite Bosnia, where NATO…
Obama of Arabia?
By Christopher Hill DENVER: Not since 1989 has the world seen such an all-consuming, all-engulfing wildfire of freedom and democracy, whose burning passions are sweeping across a region vast and old…
A race to hunger
By Bjørn Lomborg SYDNEY: Spectators at February’s Daytona 500 in Florida were handed green flags to wave in celebration of the news that the race’s stock cars now use gasoline with…
Censors clear Bob Dylan for his China debut
Censors have cleared Bob Dylan to make his China debut despite worries that the country's authoritarian government would block his planned shows given the American folk icon's antiestablishment reputation. China's…
‘Conversations with Scorsese’ well worth a listen
"Conversations with Scorsese" (Knopf), by Richard Schickel: Whether you agree that Martin Scorsese is the greatest filmmaker of his generation, there can be little argument that he's the most loquacious.…
EJB helps pool together CSR initiatives
CAIRO: “We’re trying to get NGOs, companies, volunteers, donors and everyone together in one place so we can all sit and talk and brainstorm together to figure out how to…
The many faces of Anne Consigny: Part 2
In part two of our interview with Anne Consigny, the acclaimed French actress delves more into her career and a new collaboration with iconic French filmmaker Alain Resnais. …
African consumer stands tall amid commodity boom
JOHANNESBURG: Soaring commodity prices are boosting African economies and state budgets, but strong growth on the poorest continent is much more deep-seated than just bumper revenues from ores and oil.…
G8 ministers to seek harmony on Libya
PARIS: G8 powers will seek a united front on the conflict in Libya amid calls to enforce a no-fly zone there, at a meeting of the eight major powers' foreign…