Amnesty says Duweiqa verdict ‘missed opportunity’ for unsafe areas
CAIRO: Amnesty International has labeled the legal action taken in response to the Duweiqa rockslide that killed approximately 119 people in 2008 “a missed opportunity" to ensure that those living…
Quickfire David wins fifth Squash World Open title
SHARM EL SHEIKH: Nicol David equaled the record of five World Open titles held by Australia's Sarah Fitz-Gerald when she completed one of the most devastating spells of her career…
3 police officers sentenced to one month in prison for police brutality, torture
CAIRO: The Sixth of October Appeals Court upheld a previous verdict on Wednesday given to three police officers for torturing Shady Maged Saad Zaghloul. The three officers have each been…
OIC seeks UN rights resolution against Quran burning
GENEVA: The Organization of the Islamic Conference on Wednesday put forward a resolution at the UN Human Rights Council to condemn a US clergyman's plan to burn copies of the…
Obama presses Mideast peace in UN address
UNITED NATIONS: President Barack Obama is exhorting the world to unite around the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, challenging the United Nations to support an agreement that would create an independent Palestine…
National Geographic magazine to start in Arabic
DUBAI: After decades of turning out yellow-framed covers featuring Egyptian artifacts and other Mideast treasures, National Geographic magazine will for the first time soon start printing in Arabic. The picture-packed…
Israel, Palestinians must show ‘courage’: Merkel, Mubarak
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and visiting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday called on Israel and the Palestinians to show "courage and creativity" in their peace talks. "Germany and…
Egyptian lawyers call for TMG project sales freeze
CAIRO: Egypt's influential Lawyers' Syndicate has called on the government to freeze sales at Talaat Moustafa's (TMG) flagship real estate project after a court ruled the land on which it…
The price of crisis prevention
BRUSSELS: Two years have passed since the financial crises erupted, and we have only started to realize how costly it is likely to be. Andrew Haldane of the Bank of…
Mideast investors favor emerging debt, gold: J. Baer
DUBAI: Yield-seeking Middle East investors are chasing exposure to emerging markets amid a low interest rate environment in more developed nations, an official at Swiss private bank Julius Baer told…
