In Arab Spring, economic gain may trump pain
By Andrew Torchia and Suleiman Al-Khalidi / Reuters AMMAN/CAIRO: Mazen Dajani, chief executive of Jordan's CTI Group, says the Arab Spring accomplished what the global financial crisis of 2008-9 did not:…
Mubarak and the Wolf Brigades
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: When this is all over and we look back to 2011 in 20 years’ time, the single most important outcome of the January 25 uprising will…
Iraq’s politics, Iraq’s problem
By Christopher R. Hill DENVER: The narrative of contemporary Iraq is becoming etched in stone: United States troops are leaving, and the country is falling apart. Iraq, we are told, is…
South Sudan violence affected 120,000 people: UN
JUBA: At least 120,000 South Sudanese have been affected by an explosion of ethnic violence in the troubled state of Jonglei, as the world's newest nation reels from weeks of…
The major geostrategic challenge of 2012
By David Menashri The year 2012 commenced with an escalation of hardnosed rhetoric between the United States and Iran. More than ever, the drumbeat for a military strike on Iran was…
Repairing the global plumbing
By Mohamed El-Erian NEWPORT BEACH: More than three years after the global financial crisis, the world still has a nasty plumbing problem. Credit pipes remain clogged, and only central banks are…
Orascom Telecom says stock to resume trade Sunday
CAIRO: Orascom Telecom (OT) said on Thursday its shares would resume trading on Sunday after the purchase by Russia's Vimpelcom of most of the group resulted in it being split…
Singer Lara Fabian cancels Lebanon gig
Belgian-Italian singing sensation Lara Fabian has cancelled a Lebanon concert after activists launched a campaign accusing her of being pro-Israeli. In a message posted on her official Facebook page, the…
Poe fans call an end to ‘Toaster’ tradition
Edgar Allan Poe fans waited long past a midnight dreary, but it appears annual visits to the writer's grave in Baltimore by a mysterious figure called the "Poe Toaster" shall…
Buttered Up: A sweeter smell to a basterma pasta bake
A particular smell connects me to both my home countries. It is a scent that I do not care for much but will not cower away from when it is…