Bankruptcy comes to China
BEIJING: China's businessmen have always needed resilience, but now they must become accustomed to the specter of bankruptcy. For China now has a bankruptcy code with teeth, and the country's…
The Iranian dimension in Iraq
The general perception among many experts and observers of Iran is that the Islamic Iranian leaders prefer to see a grand victory by Iraq s Shias in the coming general…
Iraq's critical election
BAGHDAD: Iraqis go to the polls on March 7 to elect a new Parliament for the second time under the country's permanent constitution of 2006. Many scholars believe that it…
The Middle East's hair trigger
TEL AVIV: Across the Middle East, a fatalistic conventional wisdom is taking hold: war is unavoidable. Some see war as a way of resolving an increasingly deadlocked situation, shaking up…
Turkey has to take the role of 'order-instituting country' in ME, FM tells AUC
CAIRO: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu kicked off the American University in Cairo's new School of Global Affairs and Policy's public lecture series Wednesday, discussing the role of Turkey in…
Death sentence overturned, retrial ordered in Tamim murder case
CAIRO: The Cairo Cassation Court overturned the death verdict and ordered the retrial of Hisham Talaat Moustafa and Mohsen Al-Sukkari Thursday for the murder of Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim. The…
Legal specialists say draft law 'satisfactory'
CAIRO: Even though the presentation of a draft law regulating the work of legal specialist was postponed until later this month, the specialists said they are satisfied with the process…
Freedoms committee supports calls against 'atheist' blogs
CAIRO: The Journalists' Syndicate's freedom's committee announced its full support for Al-Masry Al-Youm's columnist, Sahar El-Ga'ara, in her call for shutting down and prosecuting the authors of blogs that she…
Egypt slams UN criticism of Africa migrant killings
CAIRO: Egypt on Wednesday rejected criticism from the UN human rights chief of its policy of shooting African migrants trying to enter illegally into Israel as unprofessional.The statement from Navi…
