Pressure on French shooter as siege enters second day
By Laurent Lozano / AFP TOULOUSE: French police kept up pressure Thursday as the siege of a self-proclaimed Al-Qaeda militant entered a second day, but officials admitted they were not certain…
Bahrain police install cameras to curb abuse
By Andrew Hammond / Reuters MANAMA: Bahrain is installing video cameras in police stations to try to clean up its human rights image after crushing a pro-democracy uprising last year, but…
Call it a comeback: Boy bands back on music scene
By Mesfin Fekadu / AP It seems like we can never say goodbye, bye, bye to boy bands. A decade after 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys dominated the entertainment world,…
THE REEL ESTATE: The colliding worlds of Downtown
By Joseph Fahim Apart from Heliopolis, my beloved district that has been the subject of various recent films, no other neighborhood in Cairo is as diverse, complex and utterly fascinating as…
UN, EBRD to boost Mediterranean agribusiness
By Reem Abdellatif CAIRO: The region’s high-potential but underutilized agribusiness sector is about to get a boost, with a close eye on promoting private sector investment. The European Bank for Reconstruction…
The advent of ‘informal’ Islamists
By Khalil al-Anani The gray-bearded sheikh has appealed to his presidential candidate counterparts to join him at a press conference to be held in his regular mosque. While his contenders eluded,…
Foreign policy forgotten
By Christopher R. Hill DENVER: For many foreign audiences, the United States’ primary elections for the 2012 presidential vote — which will, alas, continue to rage into the summer — must…
Investors hope UAE Q1 earnings justify stock rally
By Nadia Saleem / Reuters DUBAI: As the first quarter of the year draws to a close, investors are looking ahead to the announcement of corporate earnings for the period. In…
Arab Bank set for steady growth: chairman
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi / Reuters AMMAN: Arab Bank Group expects steady earnings from its core banking activities this year, cushioned by strong liquidity and a global presence that has minimized the…
The Greek tragedy, act II
By Luigi Zingales CHICAGO: A Greek tragedy is typically composed of three acts. The first sets the scene. It is only with the second that the plot reaches its climax. For…