Iran says UN nuclear chief is American pawn
TEHRAN, Iran: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday criticized the head of the UN's nuclear agency as an American pawn, in the run-up to its expected release of evidence which purports…
UN says 3,500 dead so far in Syria uprising
BEIRUT: The UN human rights office on Tuesday raised the death toll from the eight-month Syrian uprising to 3,500, as activists on the ground reported that fresh attacks by Syrian…
March to support detained activist; mother on hunger strike
CAIRO: Hundreds marched Monday from downtown Cairo to support activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, detained for 15 days pending investigation by the military prosecution. His supporters plan another solidarity March Wednesday…
Iran, the Arab intifada and the end of the ‘Middle East’
By Arshin Adib-Moghaddam Once upon a time there was a United States naval officer who invented a region he called the "Middle East". His name was Alfred Thayer Mayhan (1840-1914) and…
The lynching of Libya
By Ian Buruma NEW YORK: Many would say that Col. Muammar El-Qaddafi got what he deserved. Live by the sword, die by the sword. The Libyan tyrant happily allowed his opponents,…
The globalization of protest
By Joseph Stiglitz NEW YORK: The protest movement that began in Tunisia in January, subsequently spreading to Egypt, and then to Spain, has now become global, with the protests engulfing Wall…
Muckraking malarkey
By Philip Whitfield CAIRO: Politicians paint pallid pictures. Do we inhabit dystopia, a society of human misery, squalor and oppression, or Utopia, the imaginary island enjoying perfection in law and politics?…
2 dead, 4 injured in 7-car crash in South Sinai
SHARM EL-Sheikh: Seven cars crashed Monday night outside El-Tor in South Sinai, leaving two Bedouins dead and four injured. A group was traveling together in a convoy of six cars.…
SEC official denies statements on punishment of judges failing to oversee elections
CAIRO: A member of the Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) denied on Tuesday reports that he said that judges will face “serious” disciplinary action if they refuse to oversee legislative elections…
InterContinental revenue growth slows in October
LONDON: World No.1 hotelier InterContinental Hotels Group Plc said revenue growth had slowed in October as unrest in the Middle East impacted trading, overshadowing third quarter profit which was at…