Revolution Continues, Al-Adl, distance themselves from Egyptian Bloc coalition
CAIRO: The Revolution Continues Alliance and Al-Adl Party denied Sunday electoral coordination with the liberal Egyptian Bloc and nine other political parties and civil society movements. A number of liberal…
Mansour Hassan president of Advisory Council, Ashour and Mady deputies
CAIRO: Former Minister of Information Mansour Hassan was elected president of the Advisory Council formed by Egypt’s military council last week. Sameh Ashour, head of the Lawyers’ Syndicate, and Abul…
Israel OKs funding to block African migrants
JERUSALEM: The Israeli Cabinet voted unanimously Sunday to finance a $160 million program to stanch the flow of illegal African migrants by stepping up construction of a border fence and…
Three women accept Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO: Three women who fought injustice, dictatorship and sexual violence in Liberia and Yemen accepted the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, calling on repressed women worldwide to rise up…
Liberals work on fight back, eye Islamist split
CAIRO: Egypt's liberals are working on a fight back in a parliamentary race that has left them trailing Islamists, and could try to regain the initiative by exploiting sharp divisions…
Tahrir revolutionaries dig in for battle
CAIRO: Secular activists in Egypt were outflanked in recent parliamentary elections by Islamists, but they say they are digging in for a long battle with the ruling military leadership. The…
Kerry confident in SCAF, calls for focus on Egyptian economy
CAIRO: US Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry expressed confidence and support for the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces’ oversight of Egypt’s political…
Opportunity, migration changing nature of global inequality
By Maurice Chammah CAIRO: Economic inequality is on the rise worldwide — the rich are richer than ever before and their distance from the poor is greater — yet the character…
Oman stress-tests banks to limit euro crisis impact
ABU DHABI: Oman has started implementing stress tests in its banking sector to limit the impact of the euro zone crisis and a feared global recession, a senior central bank…
Standard Chartered eyes Oman, Nigeria for Islamic banking
DUBAI: Standard Chartered is in discussions with regulators to offer Islamic banking services in Oman and Nigeria, now that both countries are revamping their regulatory environments to encourage Islamic finance,…