Action! World’s oldest big-time film studio fetes 100 years
The world's oldest major film studio celebrates its 100th birthday this month with Hollywood stars and European players ready to toast the mythic Studio Babelsberg outside Berlin. It survived the…
Islamists halt filming of Egyptian TV series
CAIRO: Islamist students halted the filming of an Egyptian television series at Cairo's Ain Shams University protesting against the "indecent" clothing of the actresses, the production company said Thursday. Misr…
Obama’s Middle East malady
By Zaki Laïdi PARIS: No sooner did US President Barack Obama welcome home American troops from Iraq and laud that country’s stability and democracy than an unprecedented wave of violence —…
When women lead
By Joseph Nye MUNICH: Would the world be more peaceful if women were in charge? A challenging new book by the Harvard University psychologist Steven Pinker says that the answer is…
Austerity under Attack
By Daniel Gros BRUSSELS: Europe seems to be obsessed with austerity. Country after country is being forced by either the financial markets or the European Union to start cutting its public-sector…
Tunisians share aim of advancing economy
By Amine Ghali BLONDON: A year after the fall of the previous regime Tunisia is undergoing an unprecedented political transformation. A transition government has led the country to the successful election…
Muslim Brotherhood wants government sacked
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood is calling on the country's ruling generals to sack the current military-appointed government, saying it has failed to manage the deteriorating security and economic situation in…
Syria’s ‘citizen journalists’ risk life and limb
By Rita Daou / AFP BEIRUT: Mohammed Shami charges into a demonstration in Damascus, points his mobile phone and films the scene for a few minutes before rushing off in…
Three Germans drown in Hurghada submarine accident
CAIRO: A German couple and their child drowned in a tourist submarine accident on Thursday off Egypt's Red Sea resort town of Hurghada, security officials told AFP. The victims were…
Ahmadinejad seeks rebound in Iranian elections
TEHRAN: There's a Persian saying used to describe an under-the-radar political effort: "Driving at night with the lights off." Allies of embattled President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be doing just that…