Biden wading in ME peace process and talks on Iran
CAIRO: US Vice-President Joe Biden began a five-day tour of the Middle East yesterday to push for Palestinian-Israeli peace talks but a proposed visit to Egypt was postponed due to…
What Greece is telling us about Europe
The size and scale of the protests in Greece were hard to ignore. Athenians filled Constitution Square in the heart of the capital protesting the austerity measures being put forward…
Egypt's attraction from an institutional investor perspective
CAIRO: "This is the most interesting stock market in the region, Vera Trojan, senior vice president, partner, and equity portfolio manager for Wellington Management Company, said Sunday"We are impressed with…
'Hurt Locker' earns best-picture Academy Award
Iraq War drama "The Hurt Locker won best picture and five other prizes Sunday at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow.Bigelow is the first woman…
Can Muslim and Jewish narratives co-exist?
JERUSALEM: In his book, "Longitudes & Attitudes (2002), journalist Thomas Friedman, citing Middle East expert Stephen P. Cohen, suggests that the true clash in today s world is not between…
Renewing Europe's security dialogue
ATHENS: The year 2009 has been one of great change, taking place amidst even greater uncertainty. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the resilience of the post-Cold…
The dangers of deficit reduction
NEW YORK: A wave of fiscal austerity is rushing over Europe and America. The magnitude of budget deficits - like the magnitude of the downturn - has taken many by…
Israel must be held accountable
The assassination of a senior Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, in Dubai in January was not the first such Israeli assassination of a Palestinian and will most probably not be the…
Egyptian researcher receives women's science award
CAIRO: Egyptian researcher Rashika El Ridi received the UNESCO-L'Oréal Foundation award for Women in Science "for paving the way towards the development of a vaccine against the tropical parasitic disease…
6.0 earthquake hits eastern Turkey, kills 57
OKCULAR VILLAGE: A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 57 people as it knocked down stone or mud-brick houses and minarets in…