Gulf Petroleum gets Malaysia's nod for $5 billion oil project
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Qatar-based Gulf Petroleum Ltd. said Monday it has secured the Malaysian government s approval to build a $5 billion oil and gas complex project.Gulf Petroleum said the…
The wonderful world of Mummenschanz
It is always a source of wonder what can transpire in the empty stage that we call a theater, a space with an infinite scope of creativity made available when…
Mideast Peace Prospects
Though I have been to the region many times, my most recent trip to Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan confirmed the alarming new obstacles facing the quest for peace…
Soft power and hard batons
We all remember one phrase from the first presidential campaign by a Clinton. When Bill Clinton was running for the job in the early 1990's, one of his staff explained…
The war against Iraqi women
Iraqi women's organizations and international observers point to an escalating war against women in Iraq, aided by the widespread chaos and lawlessness under the US occupation. In addition to violence…
A New Egypt
If the call for a second public strike within a month is proof of anything, it's that we are witnessing a new and different Egypt; one which appears on the…
Film stars seek to shatter stigma of AIDS
CAIRO: A lonely voice in a conservative society, rising film star Amr Waked is speaking out against his country s unofficial policy of jailing people suffering with AIDS. It s…
Sarkozy vows to fight Islamophobia after Muslim war graves attack
ABLAIN-SAINT-NAZAIRE, France: President Nicolas Sarkozy Thursday vowed to step up the fight against Islamophobia following the desecration of 148 Muslim graves at France s biggest war cemetery this month. The…
