Pig-cull induced street rubbish: a 'national scandal'
CAIRO: The Egyptian government's decision to cull all of the country's 300,000 pigs in May 2009 is increasingly being viewed by experts and officials as a gross mistake as piles…
With Palestinians painted into a corner, peace talks hinge on US guidance
RAMALLAH: With pressure mounting on the Palestinians to return to negotiations with Israel even without a full settlement construction freeze in occupied territory, the onus has very much shifted onto…
Guilty democrats
LONDON: When former Czech President Václav Havel knocked on the door of the Chinese embassy in Prague to demand the release of the writer Liu Xiaobo, I had an eerie…
Reconstructing Haiti
NEW YORK: The horrors of Haiti's earthquake continue to unfold. The quake itself killed over 100,000 people. The inability to organize rapid relief is killing tens of thousands more. More…
Judge slashes 'monstrous' fine in music piracy case
Condemning a $2 million fine meted out to a Minnesota woman for illegally downloading music over the internet as monstrous and shocking, a judge has slashed the penalty to $54,000.US…
Downsizing Affleck: Company Men' plays Sundance
The recession has hit Ben Affleck. He s out of work, saying goodbye to his beloved Porsche, losing his home, stuck moving back in with his parents.Affleck stars in The…
Sunshine at the Crossroads
RIYADH: I woke up after an overnight flight from London with the winter sun of the Arabian desert and the sound of steel rods being loaded up, cranes moving beams,…
Medicine exports on the rise but industry needs more investments
CAIRO: Exports of Egyptian-made medicine reached LE 3.5 billion in 2009, over three times the expected figure of LE 1 billion, according to Health Minister Hatem El-Gabaly. The industry hopes…
PA rejects European Parliament statement on Egypt's religious minorities
CAIRO: The Foreign Relations Committee of the People's Assembly (PA) rejected the statement issued by the European Parliament (EP) regarding the Nagaa Hammadi killings when it convened late on Monday.Members…
Analysts comment on Coptic-Muslim references in Mubarak's Police Day speech
CAIRO: Reacting to President Hosni Mubarak's statements on Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt, lawyer Naguib Gobrael says that he "refuses to accept that Egyptian Copts in diaspora "are spreading misinformation about…
