Cyber war and peace
By Joseph S. Nye CAMBRIDGE: Two years ago, a piece of faulty computer code infected Iran’s nuclear program and destroyed many of the centrifuges used to enrich uranium. Some observers…
Golden rules for the Eurozone
By Harold James LONDON: The European Monetary Union, as many of its critics maintain, looks a lot like the pre-1913 gold standard, which imposed fixed exchange rates on extremely diverse economies.…
Mosque growth study good news for Americans
By the Reverend Chloe Breyer NEW YORK, New York: You don’t have to be Muslim to find good news in a recent study on mosque growth in the United States.…
Admin court keeps alive Abu Ismail’s election hopes
By Sarah El Deeb / AP CAIRO: The Cairo Administrative Court has ordered authorities to produce evidence of whether the mother of an Islamist presidential candidate has dual Egyptian-US citizenship, something…
Court delays verdict on citizenship of presidential candidate’s mother
By Heba Hesham CAIRO: The court was yet to rule late Wednesday in the case of the Salafi presidential candidate’s mother’s citizenship, a verdict that will either disqualify him or allow…
Profiles of Egypt’s main presidential candidates
By AP The Islamists: Khairat Al-Shater Deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's strongest political movement, and thus a top contender. A behind-the-scenes operator, Al-Shater, 61, is the top Brotherhood strategist…
In post-Mubarak Egypt, it’s one ‘giant conversation’
By Dina Zayed / Reuters LUXOR: Scrambling down the tunnel of a 3,000-year-old tomb decorated with exquisite reliefs and hieroglyphics, watchman Abdel Rahman Sherif accosted a group of Cairo youths to…
First president of independent Algeria dies
By Christian Lowe /Reuters ALGIERS: Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria's first president after the country became independent from France half a century ago, has died following an illness, state media reported…
PA to discuss amending political rights participation law Thursday
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: The People’s Assembly will hold an emergency session Thursday to discuss the inclusion of an article that pertains to banning members of the ousted regime to the…
Bahrain activist blocked from entering Egypt
By Sarah El Deeb / AP CAIRO: A Cairo airport official says a prominent Bahraini activist has been barred from entering Egypt upon the request of a security agency. Nabeel Rajab…