Mubarak head to Italy on first trip abroad since surgery
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak will travel to Italy on Tuesday on his first trip abroad since undergoing surgery in March, the official MENA news agency reported. Mubarak, who will be…
Too black, too Brit: Zephaniah's answer
Rastafarian poet Benjamin Zephaniah wears it all on his sleeve: his politics, his veganism, and his dreadlocks. And he talks about it in a grammar and spelling all his own.…
How one Palestinian village started a movement
NEW YORK, New York: Most of the media coverage surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict focuses on stories of violence and despair. Little is known about the growing Palestinian-led non-violent movement that…
The struggle for mastery of the Pacific
TOKYO: On May 1, the Shanghai Expo began, illuminated by a huge fireworks display. The festivities will continue until the end of October. In 1970, Japan celebrated its own tremendous…
The Chinese road to Pyongyang
NEW YORK: Kim Jong Il’s visit to China this week was a gentle reminder that the road to Pyongyang leads through Beijing. China is the only power that has remained…
Chinese-style mosque a symbol of Indonesia's diversity
JAKARTA: It is undoubtedly exotic in its looks, but to the naive passerby the only thing that may seem truly extraordinary about this building in Palembang, the capital city of…
Egyptian economy is yet to see full effect of Greek crisis
By Amr Ramadan Daily News Egypt CAIRO: Last week the Egyptian stock market witnessed its largest single-day drop in two years when its main index, EGX, fell by 5 percent…
Swine flu cases confirmed in Alex, ministry denies a comeback
CAIRO: The committee monitoring the swine flu situation in Alexandria has confirmed four cases of the H1N1 flu virus in the governorate. The first case is that of a two-year-old…
Rights group demands release of Ahmadiyya detainees
CAIRO: The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) demanded nine Egyptians detained under the emergency law for holding unorthodox religious views be released Sunday, in a message to Minister of…
Journalists' Syndicate, rights groups denounce Kefaya coordinator's detention in Amman
CAIRO: The Journalists’ Syndicate and human rights groups denounced Sunday the detention of journalist and General Coordinator of the Kefaya Movement for Change Abdel-Halim Qandil in Amman. Qandil was reportedly…
