Bomb wounds one as south Yemen goes on strike
SANAA: A roadside bomb wounded one person in the Yemeni town of Daleh on Monday, one of several areas paralyzed by a strike called by southern secessionists, a local official…
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Mo'men aims for IPO in 2012: paperCAIRO: Egyptian fast food restaurant chain operator Mo'men Group aims to launch an initial public offering in 2012, the chairman said in remarks published…
Peak oil man shifts focus to peak price, demand
BALLYDEHOB: The economic shock of global recession has led a prime exponent of the theory conventional oil output has peaked to shift his view of the consequences, but he…
Blue chips drive up Egypt index, Ezz leads
CAIRO: Egypt s main index rose 2.7 percent, tracking global markets, with blue chips Ezz Steel, Orascom Telecom (OT) and Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) leading the index. The market…
Egypt to host third COMESA investment forum
CAIRO: COMESA's third annual investor conference will bring together representatives from traditional investors in the US, EU and GCC as well as newer Asian investors, all anxious to capitalize on…
France heads for a long Indian summer
India is flavor of the month in France with the spotlight swerving from the fairytale world of maharajas to tribal craftsmen in a buildup to a year-long celebration of one…
Turkey's much-derided super heroes make internet comeback
With their plush monsters, tin robots and space heroes wielding plywood swords, Turkish B-movies dating back decades ago have found a new audience on the web, seduced by naivety and…
Free Food!
How to feed nine billion people by 2050 has been a big worry since food prices rose drastically in 2007-08. But any fight against hunger must deal with the one…
Angela Bismarck Thatcher
BERLIN: The European Union's recent summit has brought about a typically European compromise on the Greek financial crisis, one that avoids the term "solution and hides behind the idea of…
Without national reconciliation, Iraqi democracy is a mirage
Since the Iraqi elections on March 7, a number of columnists have said that the war-ravaged country has been transformed into a beacon of democracy in the Middle East.Once it…