The insider brain gain
By Esther Dyson NEW YORK: Unfortunately, many new technologies and business models make money for investors without creating jobs for workers. That causes unemployment and increases what the blogger Clay Shirky…
One-of-a-kind debate on women’s rights in Palestine
By Nida' Tuma RAMALLAH, West Bank: A Facebook page with nearly 2000 members has recently attracted the attention of the Palestinian public and media. “Puzzled young women” is becoming an important…
A prisoner’s Christmas
By Yuliya Tymoshenko LUKYANIVSKA PRISON, KYIV: It has been said that there are no atheists in a foxhole. Here, after my show trial and four and a half months in a…
Arts chocked by 2011 intensity, with rare glimpses of hope
By Mariam Hamdy This year has been an emotional roller coaster for Egyptians, and it seems that the ride will continue to thrill and terrify its way into 2012. Our social,…
Swiss art prize cancelled after sponsor Lacoste’s objection
By AFP The organizers of a €25,000 ($32,000) art prize said on Wednesday they have cancelled this year's competition after sponsors Lacoste objected to an entry by a Palestinian photographer.…
Japan’s ‘Lolita’ style: cutesy and disturbing
By Harumi Ozawa/ AFP Outlandish pannier skirts with layers of frilly lace; teenage girls with larger-than-life make-up; a dash of sexuality and lashings of Victoriana are the order of the day…
Arabs urged to monitor Syrian flashpoints
DAMASCUS: The opposition Syrian National Council appealed Sunday for the Arab League to immediately send observers to the besieged city of Homs and other hotspots of a bloody crackdown on…
Tunisian government sworn in
TUNIS: Tunisia's new government was sworn in on Saturday by the country's president, who told the ministers to get straight down to work. Headed by Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali of…
Iraq Sunni leader says charges could reignite sectarian war
QALACHOWLAN: Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tareq Al-Hashemi, wanted on charges he led death squads, called the case a plot to destroy opponents of Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki that could reignite…
Pope prays for peace after Nigeria bomb blast
VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI prayed for the victims of famine, floods and conflict around the world in his traditional Christmas message on Sunday, following a deadly explosion near a…
