No way out for Sudanese leader, says war crimes court
THE HAGUE: International war crimes prosecutors Wednesday warned Sudanese President Omar Al-Beshir, who was visiting Egypt, that there was no way of escape as long as he is the subject…
Israel's Peres hails Egypt leader on peace anniversary
JERUSALEM: Israeli President Shimon Peres hailed his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak on Thursday 30 years after the two countries signed a landmark peace treaty. President Shimon Peres spoke today with…
IMF chief: China currency proposal 'interesting'
PARIS: IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn says a discussion over China s call for a new world currency is absolutely legitimate and is likely to take place in coming months.Strauss-Kahn says…
Six Arab countries host David Greig's 'Damascus'
The British Council is organizing a regional tour of the British play "Damascus written by David Greig, during March and April of this year in Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia,…
An uneven combo of 'Carmina Burana' and 'Bolero'
Carmina Burana and "Bolero are two vastly different ballets currently combined in one performance at the Cairo Opera House. Accompanied by the Cairo Opera Ensemble and the Munich Percussion Ensemble,…
Steve Bell's key to cartooning
There's always a key to unlocking a character, celebrated British cartoonist Steve Bell said.Margaret Thatcher's "mad left eye, for instance, was Bell's key to depicting the former British prime minister.…
The IMF's lending overhaul
The International Monetary Fund should be an essential port of call for emerging-market and developing countries facing financing needs. With its ability to mobilize large financial resources and buttress policy…
China's recovery and global growth
CAMBRIDGE: China is likely to be the first of the major economies to recover from the current global downturn. Its pace of expansion may not reach the double-digit rates of…
The ghosts of summits past
PRINCETON: The world is confronted by a dramatic financial crisis that many policymakers believe is more severe than the interwar Great Depression. Before 2008, experts said that a new Great…