Egypt’s battle for democracy
By Rania Al Malky As the lunatic next door threatens to exterminate his detractors, accusing them of popping hallucinogenic pills, referring to them as rodents and germs and boorishly thinking that…
Poverty’s cancer
By Margaret Chan GENEVA: Cancer is an enormous — and growing — global public-health problem. And, of the 7.6 million cancer deaths every year, 4.8 million occur in the developing world.…
Libya’s Lord of the Flies
By Omar Ashour LONDON: “I am a glory that will not be abandoned by Libya, the Arabs, the United States, and Latin America…revolution, revolution, let the attack begin,” said the self-described…
Putting Muslim Americans on trial moves the US back
By Joshua Stanton NEW YORK, New York: It is a nightmare for an entire religious tradition to be put on the stand as a collective for the actions of an extreme…
Zamalek give Egyptian fans reason to cheer
JOHANNESBURG: Crack Cairo club Zamalek host Kenyan military outfit Ulinzi Stars Sunday in an African Champions League tie that marks the return of competitive football to Egypt. The first round,…
Egypt military won’t allow ‘counter-revolution’
By Marwa Awad / Reuters CAIRO: Egypt's new military rulers assured the nation on Thursday they would guard against what protesters have called a counter-revolution by associates of Hosni Mubarak, deposed…
Judges to supervise elections only if given full authorities
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: Judges said Thursday they will not oversee elections unless they are granted full supervisory authorities via constitutional amendments. They judges also said they will form a committee…
Up close, but not very personal, with Col. Gaddafi
By Edmund Blair/Reuters CAIRO: There were, give or take, 1,000 tanks. They tore up Tripoli's seafront boulevard, literally. None had rubber pads to protect the road surface from the metal tracks.…
Seven killed in Iraqi ‘Day of Rage’ demos
BAGHDAD: Protesters took to the streets across Iraq on Friday to mark a "Day of Rage", with thousands flooding Baghdad's Tahrir Square as seven protesters died in clashes with police…
Talks must come with guarantees, Bahrain cleric
MANAMA: A senior Bahraini cleric said Friday that any dialogue between anti-government protesters and the kingdom's rulers must lead to clear results that achieve the demands of the people. Imam…