Propaganda and Islam get the Berlin treatment
The "Jew Süss controversyNo other film in this year's Berlianle was met with the same kind of exaggerated hostility that has made, and broken, many films in past festivals as…
Record industry hits back at 'myth' of go-it-alone stars
Record industry bosses hit back at the myth that musicians no longer need them to become successful, insisting the Internet can help raise their profile but cannot make them stars.The…
The language of leaders: Lincoln as a model
WASHINGTON, DC: Angry rhetoric now characterizes the relationship between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. The Tomb of Rachel in Bethlehem and the Cave of…
The Dutch retreat
AMSTERDAM: The Dutch army has been operating as part of NATO in a remote and unruly part of Afghanistan since 2006. Fighting against the Taliban has been heavy at times.…
Hypocrisy
The international reaction to the murder in his Dubai hotel room a month ago of Hamas militant Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, and the sensational revelations that have followed, constitute a near-universal exercise…
In Focus: The Muslim Brotherhood puzzle
The Muslim Brotherhood has yet to take a clear position on former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei's intention to run for president in Egypt in 2011.…
Women-only taxis hit Cairo streets
CAIRO: A waxed rag in hand, Inas Hamam gives her car a good buff as she awaits her first clients of the day - Egyptian women, tired of sexual harassment,…
Head of Al-Azhar Tantawi dies in Saudi Arabia, buried in Medina
CAIRO: Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Mohamed Sayed Tantawi died in Saudi Arabia Wednesday after suffering a heart attack in the King Khaled airport in Riyadh. He was 81.Tantawi was in…
