Is Greece Japan's Future?
TOKYO: The Greek fiscal crisis has sent shockwaves through markets around the world. In just two years, Greece’s budget deficit jumped from 4 percent of GDP to 13 percent. Now…
Anniversary of Indonesian riots spurs talk of pluralism
SAN FRANCISCO, California: May marked the 12th anniversary of a critical event in recent Indonesian history — the May 1998 riots. Following the death of four university students who were…
A True Story
JERUSALEM: As a Palestinian Arab from Hizme, a village located between Jerusalem and Ramallah, my life growing up was very different to that of the Jewish children who lived nearby.…
The Flight to Quality
BERKELEY: In late May, the yield to maturity of the 30-year United States Treasury bond was 4.07 percent per year — down a full half a percentage point since the…
Candidate's representatives prevented from entering polling stations, says lawyer
GIZA: Police forces prevented Tuesday Muslim Brotherhood (MB) representatives from entering the Shoura Council’s mid-term election polling stations in Southern Giza, lawyer Mohamed El-Husseini told Daily News Egypt. “Security forces…
Protestors call on Egypt to cut ties with Israel, US
CAIRO: A demonstration organized by the Kefaya Movement for Change on Tuesday condemned Egypt’s “betrayal” of the Palestinians in Gaza and called on Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia to cut…
Violations reported in Shoura Council elections
CAIRO: The Shoura Council elections took place Tuesday amidst reports of violations by opposition candidates and rights groups regarding the voting process, with most complaints coming from Muslim Brotherhood candidates.…
Creative Commons enters Egypt via GeekFest Cairo
Alongside the Nile in Sawy Culture Wheel’s River Hall, some 200 artists, musicians, web-designers and other techies gathered on Saturday to “talk geek” in a conversation loosely organized around a…
Air Arabia launches first flight out of Egypt
CAIRO: Air Arabia, a regional low cost carrier, launched its Egypt operations Tuesday, with its first flight taking off from Alexandria, its third hub, to Khartoum. The UAE-based carrier will…
Experts focus on education reform as unemployment falls
CAIRO: While the latest figures show that unemployment in Egypt fell to 9.1 percent in the first quarter of 2010, concerns persist over the long-term effects of the financial crisis…