Oil rises 2 pct to above $36 after UAE cuts supplies
TOKYO: Oil rose above $36 on Friday, after the UAE joined Saudi Arabia in deepening supply curbs to comply with OPEC s biggest-ever crude output cut last week. Abu Dhabi…
Confessions of a (M)ad Man: You promised me the world and then you took it away
The world is no picnic at the moment.Financial meltdown threatens to eradicate the very cornerstones of the global economy, war and terrorism lurk menacingly, promising loss of life and endless…
THE REEL ESTATE: All he wanted you to do is smile
One of the earliest images I recall from my childhood was the iconic scene of Charlie Chaplin being force-fed by the corn-on-the-cob feeder from his 1936's classic "Modern Times. As…
'Prince of Persia,' 'Tomb Raider' flying high
Notwithstanding the success of Wii bowling, video games exist largely to give most of us abilities we don t already have. I m not even talking about careers as exotic…
Orange Lakes: Cairo's Newest Golf Course
To paraphrase the ghostly voice in Kevin Costner's baseball movie "Field of Dreams , "Build it, and they will come. The principle worked well enough for Costner's Iowa farmer, and…
2008: the year of archaeological restorations
CAIRO: While stunning archaeological revelations are expected to make headlines by the beginning of 2009, archaeology-enthusiasts were let down by unfulfilled promises of exciting excavations made in 2008. What marked…
Egyptian wins Iran's 2008 Book Prize
CAIRO: Egyptian author Farag Hussein Farag won Iran's 2008 Book Prize, for his book "The Fatimide Inscriptions and Writings on the Architectural Monuments. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, which published the book, received…
With a Grain of Salt: Before Fielding Our Candidates
We are a hopeless case. We don't understand the world around us, nor do we try to understand it. Is it reasonable to nominate people to international positions without knowing…
War and peace: pick a side
GLASGOW: Pick a side:"Palestinians do not deserve a State and are incapable of governing themselves. They must be managed, imprisoned or exiled. Or"The state of Israel is a hydra-headed monster,…
The Marx Renaissance
PRINCETON: Karl Marx has returned, if not quite from the grave then from history's dustbin. German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück recently said that Marx's answers "may not be irrelevant to…