US touts Russia ties ahead of talks with defense minister
WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Robert Gates hosts his Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdyukov on Wednesday for several hours of talks, as US officials touted improving relations between the two countries. It was…
US steps up bid to ensure peaceful Sudan transition
WASHINGTON: The United States said Tuesday it was stepping up efforts for a peaceful transition in Sudan ahead of a referendum that will likely see the south secede from the…
Iran’s first female motocross champion talks
Women exposing any body part beyond the hands and face can be sentenced to up to 70 lashes and two months in prison. Most women are barred from inheritance and…
French parliament adopts ban on full-face veil
PARIS: The French parliament passed a law Tuesday prohibiting wearing a full-face veil in public, meaning a ban will come into force early next year if it is not overturned…
Palm Hills falls on legal case report
CAIRO: Egypt's Palm Hills had fallen in midday trade on Wednesday by as much as 5.6 percent, following a newspaper report that a legal case had been filed contesting one…
Muslim Americans have a history before 9/11
NEW YORK, New York: I live in Harlem on a street that is home to three churches and a mosque. The mosque is next door to one of those churches…
Jon Stewart, Fox News and Park51
NEW YORK, New York: It was September 2002, one year after the September 11 attacks. I was boarding a flight from Cairo to New York to start my new life…
Can the Millennium Development Goals be saved?
NEW DELHI: The target date for fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals is 2015, and the world knows it is not on course to meet those goals. So world leaders are…
Killing the cures
BOSTON: Biodiversity is essential for the functioning of ecosystems – from forests and fresh waters to coral reefs, soils, and even the atmosphere — that sustain all life on Earth.…
Court adjourns Van Gogh theft trial to Sept. 28
CAIRO: The Dokki Misdemeanor Court adjourned the Van Gogh painting theft trial to Sept. 28. The main defendant, deputy culture minister Mohsen Shaalan, was to remain in custody and a…
