Stella McCartney to design Britain’s Olympic kits
Stella McCartney will design the outfits worn by British athletes at the 2012 London Olympics. The British fashion designer, who is the daughter of former Beatle Paul McCartney,…
Dairy owners promote camel milk benefits
To milk a camel, you need warm hands, a gentle touch and quick timing — camels give milk only in 90-second bursts. Gil and Nancy Riegler, owners of…
Breaking up is hard: Poems a tough fit in e-form
Billy Collins, one of the country's most popular poets, had never seen his work in e-book form until he recently downloaded his latest collection on his Kindle. He…
People are government’s last priority, says released Sinai activist
CAIRO: After 30 months of shuttling between a number of Egyptian prisons, Bedouin activist Mossad Abu Fagr maintains that his experience mirrors the government’s fear of rising dissidents and…
We’ve got media, but where are the voters?
CAIRO: Along with a host of respected editors, rights advocates and political analysts and politicians, I was invited by the European Union Commission in Cairo to participate in a seminar…
E-activists: from web surfers to web actors
BEIRUT: Blogs are becoming increasingly popular in Lebanon as they cover the political and social landscape, expressing society’s demands. As a result, blogs and online groups have become a true…
Dialogue demands more courage than war
KUWAIT CITY: The recent controversy over the Freedom Flotilla heading to Gaza with humanitarian aid has sparked heated debates in every venue where people exchange their opinions, online and off.…
A Roosevelt Moment for America’s Megabanks?
WASHINGTON, DC: Just over a hundred years ago, the United States led the world in terms of rethinking how big business worked — and when the power of such firms…
American stuck in Egypt on no-fly list going to US
McLEAN, Virginia: A US man whose travels to Yemen caught the attention of the FBI and landed him on the US no-fly list, leaving him stuck in the Middle East…
Animal rights activists banned from protest at Dubai zoo; to head to Cairo
DUBAI: Dubai police banned two demonstrators from animal rights group PETA from starting a protest branding zoos as "animal prisons" on Thursday, saying they were not authorized. Dressed in prison…
