The Middle East deserves better than ‘Sex and the City’ sequel
BEIRUT: For fans of Sex and the City – a television series and movie centered on the lives of four single women living in New York City – the summer…
Poll explores Arabs’ views on Obama, Israel and Iran
CAIRO: This year has seen a substantial change in the Arab world’s assessment of US President Barack Obama, and “remarkably stable views” on the Arab-Israeli conflict and the prospects of…
Water: this right is wrong
On July 28 a big majority of the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution recognizing “safe and clean drinking water and sanitation” as a human right. Considering that some 2.5…
The Phantom Middle East Peace Process
TEL AVIV: Twenty years after the Madrid Peace conference, and 10 years after President Bill Clinton’s heroic efforts at Camp David failed to yield a settlement between Israelis and Palestinians,…
Europe’s Federalism Debate Revived
BRUSSELS: It is an old debate, but tensions within the euro area have revived it: can a monetary union survive without some form of fiscal federalism? This issue is of…
1962 glass could be Corning’s next bonanza seller
An ultra-strong glass that has been looking for a purpose since its invention in 1962 is poised to become a multibillion-dollar bonanza for Corning Inc. The 159-year-old glass pioneer is…
The Middle East deserves better than Sex and the City sequel
BEIRUT: For fans of Sex and the City – a television series and movie centered on the lives of four single women living in New York City – the summer…
German footballers may eat during Ramadan, say authorities
BERLIN: Muslim professional football players may eat normally during the holy month of Ramadan beginning next Wednesday following an agreement between Muslim leaders and German sports officials over fasting. The…
Older Gazans recall Israelis, youth sees only army
SHATI REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip: From his ramshackle Gaza home, Palestinian Sobhi Hamami, 61, fondly recalls the 23 years he worked on an Israeli kibbutz, where he learned Hebrew, swam…
Woman tells TV of alleged police rape
CAIRO: An Egyptian woman has given an unusual televised account to a private station accusing police officers of raping and robbing her in a rural part of the country. The…