Eco-farming can double food output by poor: UN
OSLO: Many farmers in developing nations can double food production within a decade by shifting to ecological agriculture from use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, a UN report showed…
Vimpelcom hits back at Telenor’s criticism of Wind
MOSCOW/LONDON: Russian telecoms group Vimpelcom has rebuffed Norwegian shareholder Telenor's criticism of its planned $6 billion Wind Telecom acquisition, saying the deal was fairly priced to create value. Both sides…
Eni business plan clouded by Africa unrest
MILAN: North African unrest is fuelling uncertainty about Eni's strategy and production outlook as the Italian oil and gas company prepares to unveil its next four-year business plan. Investors will…
Egypt’s foreign reserves plunge $1.7 bln in Feb
CAIRO: Egypt's net foreign reserves plunged by $1.69 billion in February, their biggest one-month decline in over a decade as political turmoil drove capital out of the country and put…
Warner: Sheen fired from ‘Two and a Half Men’
Charlie Sheen was fired Monday from "Two and a Half Men" by Warner Bros. Television following the hard-living actor's bouts of wild partying, repeated hospitalizations and a bitter media campaign…
French film about Holocaust to be shown in Iran
An epic French documentary about the Holocaust, dubbed into Farsi, is to be broadcast on a satellite channel in Iran as part of a campaign to promote understanding between Jews…
Experts say expected wage increase may not be enough
CAIRO: The cost of pushing up the 15 percent wage increase in the basic salary of public sector employees by three months is estimated at LE 730 million and the…
Libya rebels reject talks on Gaddafi exit, Gaddafi denies offer
BENGHAZI: Rebels fighting to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi have rejected an offer from the Libyan leader to negotiate his exit even as they battled to hang on to early gains in…
Yemen protests hit Saleh fiefdom, military in Sanaa
SANAA: Yemeni protests demanding an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 32-year rule spread to a tribal area considered his political stronghold on Tuesday, and military vehicles deployed in the…
Israel mulls temporary Palestinian state, says Minister
JERUSALEM: Israel is likely to offer Palestinians a state within temporary borders, the country's defense minister was quoted as saying Tuesday, detailing for the first time an emerging Israeli plan…