Lebanon’s top Shia cleric Fadlallah dies at 75
BEIRUT: Lebanon's Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, one of Shia Islam's main religious figures who had a strong following world over, died Sunday after a long illness. He was 75.…
SolarDay 2010 highlights the need for ‘symphony’ of renewable sources
CAIRO: “Why have you turned against me? Am I not part of you? Am I not 70 percent of you?” said the water to the audience. On Saturday evening, the…
Israel must abide by the AMA
The three-year old Israeli blockade on Gaza has come under intense international scrutiny ever since Israel criminally boarded a flotilla of ships in international waters, killing nine activists coming to…
An American oil spill
SINGAPORE: When accidents happen, there is always enough blame to go around, and with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, no one has been spared —…
Asia’s dueling duopoly
TOKYO: In today’s Asia, there are two economic powers of global standing, Japan and China. But the balance of economic power between the two is changing, and fast. Sometime this…
My Jerusalem
JERUSALEM: Jerusalem made me who I am today. I've spent half of my life here, 18 years of searching and trying to belong, still without any success. Born in Nazareth…
Japan shows ‘The Cove’ after delay from protests
"The Cove," an Oscar-winning film about a Japanese dolphin-hunting village, opened Saturday around Japan after protests by angry nationalists pressured theaters to cancel earlier showings. Some of the six small…
Secrets of Mummies unraveled in California
From an ornate Egyptian sarcophagus to the striking preserved remains of a howler monkey wearing a feathered skirt, a new exhibition in Los Angeles is unraveling the mysteries of mummies.…
The art of the World Cup
“I am conscious of the ball, but I am also conscious that I am not the ball. I desire to possess the ball. My project is to become a for-itself-in-itself…
Egyptian farmer calls two-headed calf ‘a miracle’
CAIRO: A farmer in northern Egypt says his cow has given birth to a two-headed calf that he calls a "divine miracle." Sobhy El-Ganzoury said Saturday it took two hours…
