Swedish dockworkers boycott Israeli ships
STOCKHOLM: Swedish dockworkers launched a weeklong boycott of Israeli ships and cargo on Wednesday to protest Israel's raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that killed nine pro-Palestinian activists last month.…
Libya rights dire despite international acceptance, says Amnesty
LONDON: Libya's international acceptance is not being matched by reforms to improve the former pariah state's human rights record, Amnesty International said in a report issued on Wednesday "Human rights…
Extreme poverty drops in third world, says UN report
MANAMA: Extreme poverty has dropped in the developing world especially in Asia, an annual assessment report by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday. "The share of people…
Beltone and Credit Agricole create $5 million SME fund
Beltone Private Equity and Crédit Agricole Egypt (CAE) launched Tuesday a $5 million fund to invest in small and medium enterprises in Egypt. Cairo-based investment bank Beltone and CAE partnered…
Egypt security court sentences Islamist militant to death
CAIRO: An Egyptian state security court sentenced an Islamist militant to death on Wednesday for a spate of attacks targeting police in the 1990s, a judicial source said. He said…
NDP achieved its goals in Shoura Council elections, says Mubarak
CAIRO: The ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) achieved its aims in this month’s Shoura Council elections and is preparing for the upcoming People’s Assembly elections in October, President Hosni Mubarak…
Get out of Gaza game highlights lingering closures
JERUSALEM: An online video game launched on Tuesday lets you play the role of a Gaza student who must negotiate a web of Israeli obstacles in order to attend university…
Hisham Mubarak Law Center launches pilot report on social, economic, cultural rights
CAIRO: The government has to set fair minimum wages, expand social insurance funds and include minorities in decision-making, economic and cultural rights in the country, a legal report recommended. Hisham…
UNRWA highlights dire financial situation
CAIRO: In its annual meeting in Cairo last week, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) addressed its dire financial situation, saying…
Uruguay and Mexico qualify from Group A in World Cup
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa: The catastrophic French campaign was capped off by a 2-1 loss to South Africa on Tuesday, leaving France reeling and making Bafana Bafana the first host team…
