PA passes female parliamentary quota bill
CAIRO: The People's Assembly (PA) on Sunday gave the final approval for a new law which sets a quota for female representation in parliament, stipulating a minimum of 64 seats.While…
Europe, US call Netanyahu speech step forward to peace
PARIS: Europe and the United States said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had taken a step forward to ending the Middle East conflict by giving conditional backing to…
QUEST MEANS BUSINESS: Revolutionizing the aid community
When Bill Gates speaks, I listen. Is it because I am really impressed that he has made that much money? Or that he started a company which is so important?…
Egypt to reduce energy subsidies
CAIRO: As part of a long-held government effort to cut energy subsidies and bring prices up to cost, the government this week announced further cuts in it subsidies of natural…
France to challenge Hollywood with giant new Cinema City
France threw out a challenge to Hollywood on Thursday as film giant Luc Besson announced the launch of a giant Cinema City to be built inside a disused power plant…
DJ MIA unleashes Feline power in Egypt
The Goethe Institute continues to find new ways to dabble in the cultural relationship between Germans and Egyptians, this time bringing the Berlinland club scene to Egypt in the form…
Egypt to 'prove' Germany stole Nefertiti bust, says official
BERLIN: Egypt will soon provide evidence that the 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti was taken illegally out of the country by Germany, Egyptian antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said on Sunday."We…
Beyond pandemics
NEW YORK: The World Health Organization has now officially declared the H1N1 flu virus to be a global pandemic. Governments, international organizations, and people around the world are rightly focused…
Pakistan's war with itself
LAHORE: Pakistan is now a nation caught between its army and the Taliban, fighting a war not of its own making. Its population lives in fear of bombings and suicide…
After the elections: Whither Lebanon?
JERUSALEM: The final results of the Lebanese elections last Sunday clearly indicate a continuation of the political status-quo. The distribution of parliamentary seats between the two rival blocks has hardly…