Climate negotiators in race against time
COPENHAGEN: UN chief Ban Ki-moon headed to global climate talks on Tuesday warning that negotiators face a race against time to prevent the meeting ending in catastrophic failure after developing…
Pakistani artists find inspiration in turmoil
Pakistani artist Rashid Rana wants us to look at his country and see the Islamic conservatism, fervent patriotism, postcard mountain landscapes. And then he wants us to stop and look…
France returns stolen Louvre relics to Egypt
PARIS: France s President Nicolas Sarkozy handed his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak a stolen ancient relic on Monday, ending a row between France and Egypt over artifacts taken from a…
OPEC predicts rising oil demand, market still weak
LONDON: OPEC slightly raised its forecast for world oil demand growth in 2010 ahead of the group s policy-setting meeting in Angola next week, but in a report on Tuesday…
Egypt puts archives on web to boost Arabic content
CAIRO: Egypt has begun making its national archives digitally available on the internet in Arabic, having last month registered the world s first domain name in Arabic script.The initiative to…
France Telecom, Orascom Telecom to meet over Mobinil
CAIRO: Executives of Egypt s Orascom Telecom will meet this week with counterparts from France Telecom to discuss the Mobinil ownership row, Orascom said on Tuesday. France Telecom and Orascom…
Saudi Rotana says News Corp in stake talks
DUBAI: Rupert Murdoch s News Corp is in final discussions to buy a stake in Saudi broadcaster Rotana Media, a Rotana executive said Tuesday. News Corp is in talks with…
Egypt shares dip as OT extends declines
CAIRO: Egypt s benchmark index dipped 1.9 percent, with Orascom Telecom dropping on uncertainty over the outcome of an offer by France Telecom for outstanding shares in Mobinil, traders said.…
France moves Africa summit to avoid inviting Al-Beshir
PARIS: France-Africa summit will be held in France instead of Egypt after Paris made clear it did not want Sudanese President and indicted war criminal Omar Al-Beshir to attend, a…