Dreaming of a new Edo era
By Guy Sorman SEOUL: In mid-November, all eyes will shift to Seoul, when G-20 leaders convene for the first time in the South Korean capital. The choice is long overdue, as…
Is America catching the ‘British disease?’
By Barry Eichengreen BERKELEY: In the United States, the scent of decline is in the air. Imperial overreach, political polarization, and a costly financial crisis are weighing on the economy. Some…
Opportunity amid danger
By John Drake LONDON: Two attempted suicide bombings have hit Iraqi Kurdistan in just over a month but, amid a spate of violence across Iraq, including an attack on a church…
Rights groups fear rigging in Egypt’s election
By Hadeel Al-Shalchi /AP CAIRO: A coalition of 16 rights groups said Tuesday it expects Egypt's parliamentary election later this month to be rigged because of severe restrictions imposed by the…
Cairo governorate amends waste management contracts
CAIRO: The governorate of Cairo amended the terms of its contract with AMA Arab Environmental Company (AAEC) — an Italian waste management firm responsible for western and northern Cairo —…
New York museum to return Tutankhamun relics: Egypt
CAIRO: Egypt's antiquities council said on Wednesday that New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has agreed to send back treasures believed to have been taken from the tomb of the…
Exporta explores North African trade potential
CAIRO: Recognizing North Africa as a thriving market of untapped opportunity, and one of the recent success stories within global trade, the third annual Exporta North Africa Trade and Investment…
At home in Indonesia, Obama reaches out to Muslims
JAKARTA: In the Muslim nation that was his boyhood home, President Barack Obama acknowledged Wednesday that US relations are still frayed with the Islamic world despite his best efforts at…
ElBaradei campaigners say assaulted by security in Alexandria
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Security forces assaulted three members of the campaign supporting former IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei in Alexandria on Monday while they were collecting signatures for his seven demands…
Aboul Gheit to meet Clinton Thursday in Washington
CAIRO: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit is meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington on Thursday to discuss the Middle East peace process and issues pertaining to…