Arab justice for Arab violence
By Aryeh Neier NEW YORK: For months now, it has been clear that no peaceful, even satisfactory, resolution of the conflict in Syria is possible without external intervention. Paradoxically, too many…
Democracy in distress
By Dominique Moisi PARIS: Is democratic time too slow to respond to crises, and too short to plan for the long term? At a time of deepening economic and social crisis…
Walking in MLK’s shoes
By Anya Cordell CHICAGO: Martin Luther King, Jr., the renowned American civil rights activist, said, “Men hate each other because they fear each other, they fear each other because they don’t…
Universities first test for Tunisian Constituent Assembly
TUNIS: On Nov. 28, 2011, the Dean of the Department of Letters, Arts and Humanities of Manouba University refused to give in to pressure from a group of protesters using…
How art is healing post-revolution Egypt
CAIRO: The revolution drastically transformed everything in the lives of Egyptians. Yet while there has been quite a bit of attention paid to the dramatic political changes, more attention needs…
Russia defies West on Iran, Syria crises
MOSCOW: Russia on Wednesday rejected the tough Western strategy over the Iran and Syria crises, accusing the West of suffocating the Iranian economy and warning sanctions against Damascus were a…
Israel decision on Iran attack ‘far away’
JERUSALEM: Any decision by Israel on whether to launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities remains "very far away," Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday as tension mounted between…
Clinton says Yemen leader has reneged on promises
SANAA: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says that the US regrets that Yemen's president has not complied with agreements to leave the country and allow elections for a successor.…
Protests paralyzing parts of Tunisia a year after revolution
TUNIS: A spate of protest actions are paralyzing parts of Tunisia a year after the north African country's popular revolt sparked the Arab Spring uprisings. In the poor farming region…
Mubarak not undergoing chemotherapy: doctor
CAIRO: Hosni Mubarak's doctor said the former Egyptian president is not undergoing chemotherapy for cancer but suffers from weak muscles and limited mobility, in a rare interview published Wednesday. "We…