Of gladiators, little boys and wolves
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: The Wikipedia definition describes a gladiator as an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic through violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and…
Iraq and the end of the empire
By Arshin Adib-Moghaddam The current crisis in Iraq contains all the factors that are shaping the new political realities in the region. After two invasions of Saddam Hussein's Iraq, an ongoing…
A dim light on global warming
By Bjørn Lomborg COPENHAGEN: Amid a growing wave of concern about climate change, many countries — including Brazil, Australia, the United States, and the members of the European Union — passed…
America’s first debt crisis
By Mark Roe CAMBRIDGE: The West is ensnared in a debt crisis. The United States, as everyone knows, came perilously close to defaulting on August 2, and Standard & Poor’s downgraded…
Without international monitors, civil groups prepare for elections
CAIRO: When the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces issued a statement rejecting international monitors for the upcoming elections last month, it lay down a challenge for Egyptian civil society.…
The sword and shield of the state
After the rebellion comes the reckoning. At its core, Egypt’s new society needs trust. Adversaries have to bury the hatchet and get on with one another. In practical terms that…
Mubarak’s entourage behind Egypt’s problems, says former NDP chief
CAIRO: Mubarak's entourage disconnected him from public demands and gave him the wrong impression about the revolution, former head of the dissolved National Democratic Party (NDP) Hossam Badrawy said in…
MB, Sufis, Free Egyptians boycott Friday protest, iftar
CAIRO: About 20 political forces decided to hold a protest and a Ramadan iftar banquet in Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square on Friday, while 28 others decided to postpone the previously…
Congressman feuds with administration over movie
A movie about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, expected in theaters just weeks before the 2012 presidential election, is already generating a partisan political feud. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y.,…
‘Anne of Green Gables’ boosts Canadian island
By Michel Viatteau/ AFP A fictional red-headed orphan, whose adventures were penned a century ago, is proving a tourist boon to a corner of Canada, even drawing the attentions of Prince…
