Berlusconi says Mubarak is in 'great shape'
ROME: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Wednesday Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak looked "in great shape" at a joint press conference after undergoing surgery in March. Berlusconi, 73, said the…
Lebanon charges 12 in mob lynching of Egyptian
BEIRUT: Twelve people were charged on Wednesday for the mob lynching of an Egyptian murder suspect in a Lebanese village, a court source said. The prosecutor in Mount Lebanon charged…
German foreign minister to tour Mideast
BERLIN: German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will tour Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Jordan this week for talks on a relaunch of the Middle East peace process, his spokesman said Wednesday.…
Loach's Iraq war mercenaries attack Cannes
The murky world of private security contractors in Iraq was exposed on the big screen Wednesday as Britain's Ken Loach sent his latest film into battle for the top prize…
Carlos the Jackal's trail of blood leads to Cannes red carpet
The bloodied life and times of "Carlos the Jackal" were red-carpeted at Cannes Wednesday in a saga shot in as many countries and tongues as the trail of violence left…
Will the real Robin Hood please stand up?
And so the legend begins … No, those aren't the opening lines of Ridley Scott's latest reimagining of the Robin Hood myth/fable. They're actually part of the film's epilogue. Confused?…
60% of Palestinians favor indirect talks
BETHLEHEM: The Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO) released the findings of its most recent poll on Wednesday, which revealed surprising results, including that 60% of Palestinians support the current…
Influential Moroccan intellectual leaves international legacy
BONN, Germany: "Reason is a light which is certainly needed to illuminate the darkness, but it can also be useful in full daylight." (Mohammed Abed Al-Jabri (27 December 1936 –…
Good policies for great countries
NEW YORK: We are in a protracted period of international transition, one that began more than two decades ago with the Cold War’s end. That era of strategic rivalry between…
The gambler of North Korea
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s recent visit to China has further complicated South Korea’s response to the probable culprit — North Korea — in the sinking of its warship,…
