133 injured during post-match clashes in Cairo
CAIRO: Clashes between supporters of Egypt’s Al-Ahly football club and security forces on Tuesday night left 133 injured, including 71 security officers, according to the Ministry of Health. An official…
12,000 in military courts under SCAF; 2,000 under Mubarak, says lawyer
CAIRO: The ruling military council has tried over 12,000 civilians in military courts in seven months, while ousted president Hosni Mubarak used military trials for silencing only 2,000 civilian political…
12 dead as Syria accused of ‘crimes against humanity’
DAMASCUS: France accused Syria of "crimes against humanity" on Wednesday, as activists said regime forces killed at least 12 people, including nine in a tank-backed raid on the flashpoint city…
Gaddafi tracked heading south, says Libyan official
BENGHAZI: Muammar Gaddafi was last tracked heading for Libya's southern border, the man leading the hunt told Reuters, though Burkina Faso again denied on Wednesday any plan to offer the…
Palestinian hits out at US policy on UN bid
RAMALLAH: The United States is showing "disdain" for Arabs by trying to prevent the Palestinians from gaining statehood recognition at the United Nations, a senior Palestinian official said on Wednesday.…
: PJ Harvey wins UK’s Mercury Prize for second time
Bookmakers' favorite PJ Harvey has become the only artist to win Britain's prestigious Mercury Prize on two separate occasions, beating soul star Adele to the honor thanks to her eighth…
Spies and drop-outs in Venice for the Golden Lion
By Ella Ide / AFP Spies, torture and betrayal have come to Venice with Tomas Alfredson's cold war thriller, "Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy" — an espionage whodunit, without a James Bond…
Arnold premiers ‘Wuthering Heights’ in Venice
British director Andrea Arnold describes her experience creating a new film version of Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte's only novel and 250-year-old literary phenomenon, as "a very difficult journey" but one…
Comedy show du jour: Bassem Youssef’s Al-Bernameg
Bassem Youssef has become one of Egypt’s first YouTube sensations. A heart surgeon by day, Youssef now moonlights as the host of On TV’s new political satire “Al-Bernameg” (The Program),…
Nuclear disarmament and neighborhood bullies
By Shlomo Ben Ami MADRID: Twenty-five years ago, at a summit in Rejkjavik, Iceland, US President Ronald Reagan stunned the world and his Soviet counterpart, Mikhail Gorbachev, by proposing global and…