Following clashes in Arish, Gaza convoys permitted entry via Rafah
CAIRO: American and British convoys heading for the Gaza Strip were permitted entry via the Rafah border crossing on Sunday and Monday.The British Viva Palestina convoy led by Respect MP…
Egyptian activists in the US call for democratic reform
CAIRO: Egyptian political activists in the US sent a letter to President Hosni Mubarak last week requesting the implementation of five main democratic reforms, according to the website "The Alliance…
Egyptian cotton production falls, sparking protectionist calls
CAIRO: The market for Egyptian cotton, the legendary commodity that enriched Muhammad Ali-era pashas and fueled the growth of a sizeable textile industry last century, is not what it used…
King of Pop Jackson to play 'final curtain' concerts
Pop megastar Michael Jackson is to stage a series of final curtain concerts in London in July, his first major shows for over a decade, he announced in typically eccentric…
Film on brutal Ethiopia dictator wins 'Africa's Oscars'
An Ethiopian film bringing to life the horrifically brutal 1970s and 1980s regime of dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam took top honors Saturday at Africa s main film festival. Teza by…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: Sandstorms blowing in my head
The world has many problems, the Middle East has many problems and the root to understanding problems is to understand their context.Take for example the problem of species extinction. You…
Is Iraq safe yet?
WASHINGTON, DC: The Obama administration's decision to withdraw the bulk of United Sates troops from Iraq over the next 19 months has sparked fears that Iraq will once again plunge…
How free is speech?
NEW YORK: Bishop Richard Williamson has some very peculiar, and frankly odious, views: that no Jews were murdered in gas chambers during World War II; that the Twin Towers were…
How to fail to recover
NEW YORK: Some people thought that Barack Obama's election would turn everything around for America. Because it has not, even after the passage of a huge stimulus bill, the presentation…
The birth pangs of freedom
LONDON: When the victorious powers met in Paris at the end of the First World War, their high-minded rhetoric about the need to end all future conflicts was not lost…