Peace process or real peace?
RAMALLAH: Direct talks between Palestinian and Israeli leaders are the most obvious way to achieve peace in the Middle East conflict. But history has shown time and again that a…
How India survived the financial crisis
NEW DELHI: As the world economy begins to recover, Indians are looking back with particular satisfaction at how they coped with the recent crisis. Despite an unprecedented global recession, India…
Who’s afraid of climate change?
COPENHAGEN: Imagine that over the next 70 or 80 years, a giant port city — say, Tokyo — found itself engulfed by sea levels rising as much as 15 feet…
Searching for common ground in Acre
JERUSALEM: Recently a joint Jewish-Arab youth delegation from Acre, a Northern Israeli town, visited Poland and Holocaust sites. Such joint endeavors have taken place in Israel, at times even initiated…
Egyptian television, 50 years on
CAIRO: Over the past few years, Egyptian television has slowly been integrating with internet technology, especially through channels broadcast on Nilesat, a report issued by the Information and Decision Support…
Nahdet Masr journalists end sit-in after promises of a solution
CAIRO: About 35 reporters at daily independent Nahdet Masr newspaper ended a three-day sit-in after a syndicate board member promised to intervene in their current crisis with the administration, journalist…
Copts protest disappearance of Coptic family
CAIRO: Dozens of Copts demonstrated inside Abbaseya’s St. Mark’s Cathedral on Wednesday against the disappearance of a Coptic woman and her three children. The demo coincided with Pope Shenouda’s weekly…
World’s biggest clock begins ticking in Mecca
JEDDAH: A giant clock on a skyscraper in Islam's holiest city Mecca began ticking on Wednesday at the start of the fasting month of Ramadan, amid hopes by Saudi Arabia…
Center announces locally developed bird flu vaccine; 111th case reported
CAIRO: The Ministry of Health reported the 111th case of avian flu in Egypt, a two-year-old girl in Cairo, at the same time as a vaccine is being developed locally.…
Rights groups call on PM to solve Quick Tel labor dispute
CAIRO: Three human rights organizations are calling on the prime minister to intervene in a labor dispute between workers and management at the Quick Tel telecommunications company. Workers from the…
