‘The Artist’ named best picture at UK film awards
Silent movie "The Artist" had a night to shout about Sunday, winning seven prizes including best picture at the British Academy Film Awards. Britain's equivalent of the Oscars rewarded the…
A PALESTINIAN VIEW: Arab Spring and peace process: The goal is democratization
By Ghassan Khatib The relationship between the ongoing uprisings and revolutions in the Arab world and the Palestinian-Israeli peace process is a convoluted mix of cause and effect. While Israelis tend…
Why has Jordan succeeded where others failed?
By Oraib Al-Rantawi In Jordan's view, the creation of an independent and viable Palestinian state, resulting from a serious peace process and intense meaningful negotiations, is a strategic Jordanian interest as…
A Crisis in Two Narratives
By Raghuram Rajan CHICAGO: With the world’s industrial democracies in crisis, two competing narratives of its sources — and appropriate remedies — are emerging. The first, better-known diagnosis is that demand…
China’s soft-power offensive in Taiwan
By Yuriko Koike TOKYO: China’s behavior during the recent presidential election in Taiwan demonstrates that its leaders have learned some lessons, if only the hard way. They have learned that China…
Beltone says to sell its brokerage unit, Smart Village office
CAIRO: Beltone Financial Holding is looking to sell its brokerage unit, according to the firm’s statement to Egypt’s stock exchange, as well as its office in Smart Village. The firm…
Egypt village evicts eight Christian families: rights group
CAIRO: Eight Coptic Christian families have been evicted from a village in northern Egypt following clashes sparked by rumors of an illicit affair between a Coptic man and a Muslim…
US used NGOs to create chaos in Egypt, says minister
CAIRO: A minister seen as the driving force behind impending trials of democracy activists, including 19 Americans, had told investigators that Washington funded their groups to create a state of…
France Tel, Sawiris reach accord on Mobinil
PARIS: France Telecom said it had reached a preliminary accord to buy out most of Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris' stake in their jointly owned telecom operator Mobinil, in a deal…
Protester dies of wounds a week after clashes
CAIRO: A protester died of his wounds on Sunday after he was injured in clashes with police last week, the official MENA news agency said. His death at a Cairo…