Britain can extradite radical cleric Abu Hamza to US: court
By Agencies STRASBOURG: Britain can extradite jailed radical Muslim preacher Abu Hamza Al-Masri and five other alleged terrorists to the United States, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.…
Army ‘neutral’ towards candidates for president
By AFP CAIRO: Egypt's ruling military is not fielding a candidate in next month's presidential election, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) chief Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi said…
Challenges and opportunities
By Yoram Meital Developments in the Sinai Peninsula during the past year clearly reflect dramatic changes in Egypt and highlight the delicate situation at the Israeli-Gazan-Egyptian border junction. Egypt is…
An India-Pakistan thaw?
By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan are enjoying one of the better periods in their turbulent relationship. Recent months have witnessed no terrorist incidents, no escalating rhetoric, and no…
Decolonizing the franc zone
By Sanou Mbaye DAKAR: France is wrestling with a burden of debts and public deficits that led Standard & Poor’s recently to downgrade its credit rating. Even as the risk of…
Israeli historian: Israel needs borders for its own good
By Ben Lynfield JERUSALEM: With international attention distracted by Iran and Syria, Israel's fateful entanglement in the West Bank hardly gets a mention in the news these days. Over the years,…
Riot police fire tear gas, charge protesters in Tunis
By AFP TUNIS: Riot police fired tear gas and baton-charged protesters Monday who staged demonstrations on a Tunis avenue where rallies are banned, in some of the worst violence seen…
Court hears case to bar Mubarak aides from presidency
By Sherine El Madany /Reuters CAIRO: An Egyptian court will hear a suit seeking to prevent Hosni Mubarak's former intelligence chief and his last prime minister from running for the presidency,…
MPs push for no-confidence vote as PA continues to slam gov’t report
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: The People’s Assembly (PA) criticized the government’s first annual report for its lack of vision and plan during the transitional period and its failure to propose urgent…
Abol Fotoh struggles to keep focus on platform and away from voter polarization
By Sarah El Sirgany CAIRO: In a continuously changing political scene, presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Abol Fotoh struggles to keep the focus on his electoral program. He condemns the polarization that’s…