MP Mostafa Bakry files 40 complaints against activists
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: Independent MP Mostafa Bakry filed 40 complaints at the prosecutor general against activists for insults and death threats he received via social networking websites. Prosecutor General Abdel…
Emirates eyes hedging strategy as fuel costs bite
By Bill Rigby / Reuters SEATTLE: Dubai's Emirates airline may revive its hedging program to help guard against soaring fuel costs, which forced it to pay an additional $1 billion in…
Sudan to launch $1 bln sugar plant, eyes exports from 2014
By Ulf Laessing / Reuters NEAR ABU HEBERA VILLAGE: Sudan plans to increase sugar production by 450,000 tons annually with the help of a $1 billion plant, aiming to end dependency…
Aldar lifts Abu Dhabi; most Gulf bourses up
By Nadia Saleem / Reuters DUBAI: Aldar Properties led Abu Dhabi's bourse to a seven-month high on Sunday after Moody's raised its outlook on the developer to positive and Dubai's bourse…
Egypt forex reserves drop slows to $636 mln in February
CAIRO: Egypt's net foreign reserves fell by $636 million in February, the central bank said on its website on Sunday, marking a sign cant slowdown from the sharp decreases of…
Race picks up to head World Bank
By Veronica Smith / AFP WASHINGTON: The race to succeed World Bank president Robert Zoellick is heating up with the emergence of the first declared candidate, another American. Renowned economist Jeffrey…
Hindu protesters disrupt bin Laden movie in India
By AFP Right-wing Hindu activists this week disrupted shooting for Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow's movie on the hunt for Osama bin Laden, protesting at the use of Indian locations to portray…
Gilbert and George open dark new show in Hong Kong
By Stephen Coates / AFP British artists Gilbert and George have never shied away from looking the brutal truths of life directly in the eye, and their latest collection, which debuted…
Fanning the flames of justice in Syria
By David Scheffer CHICAGO: Justice will be a long time coming in Syria, but it can begin with a Security Council referral of the situation in that wounded country to the…
American Dervish: A conversation about love, identity and faith
By Naazish YarKhan CHICAGO, Illinois: Ayad Akhtar’s “American Dervish,” set in pre–9/11 American suburbia, is a bold debut novel, where the author seems to hold the American Muslim community by the…