Uighur premiere a sell-out in Australia after China protests
The premiere of a documentary about a Uighur activist that Chinese officials tried to have pulled from Australia s biggest film festival was a sell-out success, organizers said Monday.The Melbourne…
Hezbollah leader threatens Tel Aviv strike
BEIRUT: Hezbollah s leader was quoted by two Lebanese newspapers Monday as warning that his fighters will strike Israel s largest city of Tel Aviv with missiles from Lebanon -…
US envoy calls on Arab states to improve Israel ties
CAIRO: US Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell called on Arab states on Monday to fully normalize ties with Israel, after meeting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on the latest leg…
ONE ON ONE: ECES director on the new financial order
CAIRO: How will the economic crisis reshape the global economic order? That's been the question to mull over in the past months as the financial fallout sent world markets tumbling.Hanaa…
Government mulls passenger car replacement program
CAIRO: The Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Finance are finalizing plans to implement a passenger car replacement project similar to the taxi replacement program currently underway,…
The coming global energy revolution
PARIS: Humanity's future, to say nothing of its prosperity, will depend on how the world tackles two central energy challenges: securing reliable supplies of affordable energy, and switching to efficient…
Let the diplomatic games begin
In the last six months, the world has watched with interest and at times fascination the rearrangement of practices and strategies of American foreign policy. The new administration has articulated…
Solving the Palestinian refugee problem: Is the ball in Israel's court?
JERUSALEM - Over the decades, Israel has repeatedly asked the Arab countries to recognize it and form peaceful relations. Most of the Arab countries rejected this appeal, with the exception…
IT minister announces bonuses to postal workers
CAIRO: At a Revolution Day celebration in Alexandria on Sunday, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Tarek Kamel announced that postal workers shall receive significant bonuses for their recent performance.…
At least five killed in Gaza tunnel collapse, say medics
GAZA CITY: Four more bodies were pulled out on Monday from a smuggling tunnel between Hamas-run Gaza and Egypt a day after its collapse, raising the death toll to at…