Son of Matariya election candidate stabbed to death
By AFP CAIRO: The son of an independent candidate in Egypt's parliamentary election was stabbed to death on the eve of the vote as he was putting up posters of…
Analysts see investor confidence little moved by PA elections
CAIRO: Parliamentary elections in some countries can be major market movers, closely linked to potential legislative changes that affect stakeholders and foreign investors, who keep a close eye on political…
Financial violations mar election campaigns in absence of proper oversight
By Abdel-Rahman Hussein CAIRO: Financial violations are occurring but are not being reported, as the spending cap set by the Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) for parliamentary candidates’ campaigns was surpassed by…
Lawyers fear acquitted journalist may face emergency law detention
ALEXANDRIA: Ahmed Mamdouh and Mohamed Abdel Aziz, two lawyers for Al-Badeel journalist Youssef Shaaban, began a hunger strike on Saturday over speculations that Shaaban will remain detained under the emergency…
Ivory Coast votes in election to reunite country
ABIDJAN: Polling stations opened nearly an hour late on Sunday in a long-overdue presidential election in Ivory Coast that is set to reunite the country eight years after a civil…
Elections to determine relation between religion and state, says NDP
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: Mohamed Kamal, the NDP’s secretary of political education and training and head of its youth committee, said the outcome of the current parliamentary elections would define the…
Israelis flock to vigil tent for captive soldier Shalit
JERUSALEM: Like pilgrims to a holy site, thousands of visitors are coming to Jerusalem to visit the parents of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier who has been held captive in…
Saudi women sue male guardians who stop marriage
CAIRO: Year after year, the 42-year-old Saudi surgeon remains single, against her will. Her father keeps turning down marriage proposals, and her hefty salary keeps going directly to his bank…
Novel approaches to the Arab-Israeli conflict
By Khaled Diab BRUSSELS: Alaa Al-Aswany is an unlikely candidate for the job of savior of the Egyptian novel. Yet this dentist, who continues to run his downtown practice in Cairo,…
China’s choice in North Korea
By Yuriko Koike TOKYO: If the most dangerous moment for any dictatorship is when it starts to reform, North Korea looks ready to turn that truism on its head. Its recent…