The power of education to transform stereotypes of the West
By Inayah Rohmaniyah YOGYAKARTA: Extremism in Indonesia appears to be on the rise amid recent news of attacks against police headquarters in West Java and North Sumatra. Some members of the…
Amnesty urges Egypt to investigate torture claims
By Agencies CAIRO: Amnesty International called on Egyptian authorities Tuesday to investigate allegations that police tortured a young man to death in Alexandria and dumped his mutilated body into a…
Morocco gives Spain ‘commitment’ over Western Sahara raid
MADRID: Morocco has vowed to comply with any requests from Madrid to investigate last week's deadly raid on a squatter camp in Western Sahara, Spain's interior minister said. Alfredo Perez…
Israel cabinet approves pullout from Lebanon border village
JERUSALEM: Israel's security cabinet on Wednesday backed plans to withdraw troops from part of a disputed village on the Lebanese border and hand over control to a UN peacekeeping force,…
Aid workers overwhelmed as south Sudanese go home to vote
RUBKONA: A bus pulls up at the station in Rubkona, the terminus for thousands of south Sudanese returning from the north as partition looms. A man perched on the roof…
Israel, US locked over deal to revive peace talks
JERUSALEM: Israel and the United States were in a standoff Wednesday over the terms of a Washington-proposed settlement construction moratorium meant to revive Mideast peace talks. Israeli officials had said…
Lady Gaga and the sociology of fame: college course
Pop provocateur Lady Gaga may be only 24 but she has already won a string of awards and can now add another feather to her many hats: a university course…
Beatles, iTunes come together
The Beatles finally arrived on iTunes on Tuesday after what Apple's Steve Jobs described as "a long and winding road." "The Beatles. Now on iTunes," Apple.com announced in large black…
Booming sales for Bush book ‘Decision Points’
Former President George W. Bush has written a blockbuster. Bush's "Decision Points" sold 775,000 copies through its first week of release, Crown Publishers, an imprint of Random House Inc., announced…
Sphinx-lined road unearthed in Egypt
CAIRO: Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a sphinx-lined road in Luxor that led to the temple of Mut, the ancient goddess worshipped as a mother, the culture minister said on Monday.…