Three suspects questioned over Hussein bombing
CAIRO: Egyptian police have detained three suspects who were present at the scene of the Al-Hussein blast Sunday night which killed a 17-year-old French girl and wounded 25 others.The bomb…
Microsoft VP on maneuvering the economic crisis
CAIRO: Seldom will you meet a senior executive in a multinational corporation that will candidly compare the global economic crisis to a car accident. This is precisely how Ali Faramawy,…
ANALYSIS: As the price of oil goes down, so do Mideast economies
CAIRO: While consumers in the West might be happy about falling gas prices, the oil-producing countries in the Gulf region are certainly not. In a region that over the last…
'Slumdog' best in show at Oscars with eight awards
Rags-to-riches drama "Slumdog Millionaire swept the board at the 81st Academy Awards here Sunday, winning eight Oscars including best picture on a night of high-voltage Hollywood glamour.The feel-good film about…
Unlocking Palestinian politics
BERLIN: With the world s focus on the recent war, a less-noticed aspect of the current Palestinian malaise is the expiry of President Mahmoud Abbas' term this January. While the…
Global macroeconomic cooperation
NEW YORK: The world has yet to achieve the macroeconomic policy coordination that will be needed to restore economic growth following the Great Crash of 2008. In much of the…
Israel's biggest danger
NEW YORK: Even before a new coalition could emerge, Israel's latest election was historic. It marked the collapse of Labour, the party that can plausibly claim to have founded Israel…
In Focus: Who is behind the Al Hussein blast?
CAIRO: The blast in Al-Hussein on Sunday indicates the fragile security situation in Egypt and shows how easy it has become to commit acts of violence. The Al-Hussein blast bears…
PA discusses High Dam and Lake Nasser preservation
CAIRO: MP Osama Gado called for the preservation of the High Dam and Lake Nasser, especially since the security of these "strategic water storage areas "is directly related to national…
MP wants to ban foreign funding for civil organizations
CAIRO: In an effort to curb what he views as excessive Western influence on the Egyptian development agenda, independent MP Mohamed El Omda has proposed a draft law to ban…