S.Africa rail strike leaves millions stranded
JOHANNESBURG: A strike by rail workers in South Africa left two million commuters stranded Monday just 24 days from the kick-off of the World Cup, in which the rail network…
Over 1,000 executed every year for drugs, says report
VIENNA: More than 1,000 people face execution worldwide every year for drug-related offences, the human rights group IHRA said Monday in a report that called for the practice to be…
Activists call for Kuwait women to be appointed to judiciary
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwaiti activists and their supporters on Monday called for the appointment of women to the Gulf state's judiciary, from which they are still barred despite winning political rights.…
MP goes on hunger strike to protest constituency shuffle
CAIRO: MP Mostafa Bakry has gone on a hunger strike inside the People’s Assembly (PA) to protest against a draft law proposing a division of electoral constituencies, Bakry’s brother, Mahmoud,…
W. Sahara refugees bemoan the lack of work
DAKHLA REFUGEE CAMP: In the sprawling Dakhla camp for Western Sahara refugees, Abdala, a 35-year-old father, spends most of his days just lying in his tent. The reason is not…
Fear of Tehran haunts Iranian refugees in Turkey
NEVSEHIR: Tortured in jails and threatened with death, Behzad, Siyavash and Ali have, like hundreds of dissident Iranians, found refuge in Turkey, but peace of mind is still eluding them…
Niger charges driver in kidnap of Frenchman
NIAMEY: Authorities in Niger have charged the driver of a 78-year-old Frenchman with complicity in his April kidnapping, which has been claimed by the North African branch of Al-Qaeda, a…
France to deport Iranian jailed for ex-PM's murder, says official
PARIS: France will on Monday sign a deportation order for Iranian agent Ali Vakili Rad, convicted in France of murdering the shah's last prime minister, an aide to Interior Minister…
Egypt's Sewedy Cables Q1 net up 32 pct to $47 mln
CAIRO: Egypt's El Sewedy Cables first quarter net profit rose 32 percent to LE 266.0 million ($47 million), the stock exchange reported on Monday. The company, the biggest Arab cable…
Egypt's EFG-Hermes says Q1 profit more than triples
CAIRO: Egyptian investment bank EFG-Hermes on Monday said its net profit more than tripled year-on-year in the first quarter of 2010. The firm made a net profit of LE 484…
