New India, old Europe
By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI: The recent Indian-Italian bilateral dialogue, held in Milan on November 7, at a time when Italy was reeling from the euro crisis and Silvio Berlusconi’s impending…
Turkey’s ‘zero problems’ problem
By Sinan Ulgen ISTANBUL: It was good while it lasted. Designed by Turkey’s newly elected government in 2002, the country’s “zero problems with neighbors” policy helped it to climb into the…
Calamity stalks the wings
By Philip Whitfield CAIRO: If your mother says she loves you check it out. That was Dornie’s mantra. Arnold Dornfeld, night news editor of Chicago’s now defunct City News Bureau that…
Three parties boycott Friday protests, others undecided
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: The Free Egyptians, Al-Karama and the Egyptian Socialist parties alongside the Kefaya Movement and the National Association For Change (NAC) decided to boycott Friday’s protest, while other…
Elections 101: Egypt’s new electoral system explained
CAIRO: Egypt’s electoral system is “complicated and difficult for any ordinary Egyptian to comprehend and implement," experts believe, as political powers remain optimistic that it will help them secure a…
Syria defectors launch daring raid on intelligence base
DAMASCUS: Syrian army defectors attacked a military intelligence base on Wednesday in one of the most daring raids in eight months of unrest as Arab ministers gathered in Rabat to…
In east Jerusalem, streets will soon have names
JERUSALEM: Many east Jerusalem residents have for decades lived on anonymous streets where home delivery is almost impossible — but that is about to change thanks to a long-awaited plan…
Change Square seeks to be genesis for a new Yemen
SANAA: They marched out of their tent camp in the heart of Yemen's capital, holding hands and dancing to patriotic songs blaring from loudspeakers. Several walked with canes, others carried…
Disgraced Israeli ex-president says he’s a ‘wreck’
JERUSALEM: Israel's former president, Moshe Katsav, said in interviews published on Wednesday that he is a "wreck" after being sentenced to seven years in prison for rape, but insisted he…
Turkey and Arab states against any foreign intervention in Syria
RABAT: Turkey and Arab states said in a statement they are against any foreign intervention in Syria, while stressing that “urgent steps” were needed to protect civilians in Syria in…