Bush is piling up the chips on a losing Iraqi bet
It was axiomatic during the Cold War that presidents should not gamble with matters of national security. The stakes were too high. The Bush administration's Iraq policy has long suffered…
For many Muslims, the 'bad news' of globalization travels fast
The real impact of globalization on Muslim-Western relations has been mixed, but as the adage reminds us, "bad news travels fast. Ironically, the speed of globalization's negative press can be…
First Ladies meet to combat child pornography
PARIS: French President Jacques Chirac and the first ladies of the United States and Russia, Laura Bush and Lyudmila Putin, issued a joint call Wednesday to combat child pornography and…
California students light candles for peace
CALIFORNIA: A group of high school students called Youth for Hope organized a massive luminary lighting on New Year s Eve in Davis, California. The event was supported by peacemakers…
Student blogger moved to solitary confinement awaiting postponed trial
Cairo: The trial of Abdel Karim Soliman Amer, a student blogger accused of "incitement to hate Islam because of his controversial online writings on religion, was postponed Thursday due to…
Supreme Court denies women's right to join prosecution after initial approval
CAIRO: The Supreme Court Council rejected several female applicants who wished to join the judiciary through a position in prosecution, despite the primary approval of the court to appoint female…
Man beats wife for losing job
Cairo: A family court in Maadi ruled that a wife could be divorced from her husband in one of the oddest cases judged by such courts. Madiha. M.A., 37, had…
Blair, Merkel to focus on Mideast
GENEVA: British Prime Minister Tony Blair and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who holds the presidency of the G8 group of industrialized countries, will head the line-up at the World Economic…
Investors fear losing government incentives
CAIRO: Fourteen international companies have expressed interest in operating new industrial zones and renovating others according to new government policy, General Authority for Free Zones and Investment (Gafi) Chairman Ziad…
Brotherhood finances targeted in latest crackdown
Government acts as Brotherhood attempts to create new political partyCAIRO: The latest crackdown on members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) aims to deal a blow to the outlawed organization's financial…
