With a Grain of Salt: Obama's offensive change
I didn't really like the inauguration of the new US president Barak Obama. Nor did I like the speech he delivered as he turned all the issues he addressed on…
Does legalizing prostitution work?
AMSTERDAM: Prostitution is virtually the only part of the personal services industry in the Netherlands that works. One can't get a manicure in Amsterdam without booking an appointment two weeks…
The end of the two-state solution?
BERLIN: Since its establishment in 1948, Israel has fought seven wars against its neighbors, including the recent war in Gaza. If you add the Palestinians' first and second Intifada in…
Editorial: On Obama and daring to dream
CAIRO: On Jan. 20, 2009 history was made when Barack Obama took the US presidential oath, placing a man from a racial minority at the helm of the world's only…
Egyptian handling of Gaza proves popular domestically
CAIRO: As Arab leaders gathered in Kuwait to much faux posturing before becoming a band of brothers again, the actions which led to much of the divisions have proved a…
Telemasr factory employees continue to protest forced early retirement
CAIRO: Around 50 of Telemasr factory's 500 employees continued their five-day "peaceful protest against the management's decision to force them to go on early retirement.The former public sector electronics factory…
Egyptian authorities arrest 11 people in baby purchase plot
CAIRO: Nine Egyptians and two American women were arrested by Egyptian authorities for allegedly trying to sell four babies, according to the Ministry of Interior.A spokesman for the Ministry of…
Lebanon's Daily Star shut down
BEIRUT: The publisher of Lebanon s only English-language daily says a court order forced the newspaper to shut down over financial troubles.Jamil Mroue says judicial authorities shut and sealed the…
Blogger heavily fined in rare case of corporate libel
CAIRO: Egyptian NGO the Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) has condemned the "cruel judgment issued against a blogger convicted of defamation.Tamer Mabrouk, author of the "Egyptian Truth blog…
Sports Talk: Still occupied
Now that the Israeli blitzkrieg is over, and most international TV crews have gone elsewhere to cover the next nine o clock news crisis, it would be easy to forget…