Gaza insurgent killed and 3 wounded in Israel air strike, Official
JERUSALEM /GAZA CITY: Israeli troops fired tank shells at Palestinian insurgents near the border fence, killing one and wounding three others on Wednesday, medics and witnesses said. The Israeli military…
An emblem of hope in Somaliland
CAIRO: In Somaliland’s June 26 presidential elections, voters were faced with a pivotal choice in determining their future prosperity, security, freedom and peace. On that date, which marked the 50th…
Africa’s economic house divided
DAKAR: The world economic downturn and financial-market tremors have strained budgets across Africa. With the exception of Ghana, and a few other states, in 2009 most African countries’ fiscal balances…
Broadband Liberation
NEW DELHI: In July, I was among 30 men and women from around the world — government ministers, bureaucrats, technologists, and strategic thinkers — who gathered at the International Telecommunications…
Egypt blames Palestinian factions for Red Sea rocket attacks
CAIRO: Egypt said on Wednesday that "Palestinian factions" were behind this week's rocket attacks on Israel and Jordan, the MENA news agency reported, apparently implying the rockets were fired from…
The Sahel food crisis: Do we have to wait for more deaths?
A major food crisis in West Africa’s Sahel region is currently threatening the lives of some 10 million people, including hundreds of thousands of children, and aid workers need international…
Crisis or not, Iraq will survive
BAGHDAD: In spite of July temperatures in Baghdad that exceed 50 centigrade and are exacerbated by a severe lack of electricity, the daily topic of conversation among Iraqis is still…
Open-Source Pharmaceuticals?
LONDON: Much attention has been focused in recent years on the pharmaceutical industry’s slowness to develop new drugs and lack of productivity. But this crisis of innovation is also affecting…
The Hidden Future of the US Economy
CAMBRIDGE: Just how bad is the outlook for the United States’ economy? Unfortunately, you cannot tell from the forecasts. These days, it is common to read forecasts predicting that the…
Acquittal in first Facebook insult and libel lawsuit
CAIRO: The Omraneya Misdemeanor Appeals Court acquitted Hisham Bahaa ElDin in a libel lawsuit filed by head of the Acting Professions’ Syndicate Ashraf Zaki regarding an article posted by the…
