5-year-old murder stokes dangerous Lebanon crisis
BEIRUT: "The Truth" was the rallying cry for hundreds of thousands of angry Lebanese who took to the streets of Beirut five years ago demanding to know who was behind…
Kuwait: Testing times for education
A decision by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Education to extend school hours for the coming academic year has prompted a national debate over the future of education in the emirate.…
S.Korea’s state oil firm claims control over Britain’s Dana
SEOUL: South Korea's state oil firm said Friday its takeover bid for British oil explorer Dana Petroleum has won support from holders of 64 percent of the shares. Korea National…
Sewedy Cables bullish on Europe, eyes Brazil
CAIRO: Egyptian group El Sewedy Cables said on Wednesday it is increasing output this year and the next on the back of growing demand for its products in Europe, the…
Algeria denies pressuring Orascom Telecom
ALGIERS: Algeria's telecommunications minister on Thursday denied applying pressure on the local unit of Egypt's Orascom Telecom, saying the state's acquisition of the business was in accordance with the law.…
Gay film festival opens in Muslim-majority Indonesia
A gay film festival hailed as the biggest in Asia and the only one in the Muslim world kicked off in Indonesia on Friday, hoping to draw 15,000 viewers to…
Democratizing the Millennium Development Goals
PARIS: On Sept. 20-22, world leaders gathered in New York to encourage progress towards meeting the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals — a set of eight objectives, ranging from eradicating…
The manufacturing fallacy
NEW YORK: Economists long ago put to rest the error that Adam Smith made when he argued that manufacturing should be given primacy in a country’s economy. Indeed, in Book…
Religion as a tool for peace
BEIRUT: Whether or not one believes that religion unites or divides communities, it is unarguably a fundamental element in the formation of human society. As such, it is understandable that…
The great transition: Beyond carbon
If there is one thing that defines the 21st century, it is the end of oil. But not just oil. Over the coming decades, we face the prospect of terminal…