Judges’ Club head says general assembly was not a ‘failure’
CAIRO: Head of the Judges’ Club Ahmed El-Zanad refuted press reports that claimed that Friday’s general assembly was a “failure” in a press conference. “Around 3,000 judges attended the general…
Cinema institute students protest colleague’s arrest
CAIRO: Students at the Higher Institute of Cinema held a peaceful day protest against the arrest of a fellow student by the armed forces in front of the Giza Security…
ANALYSIS: Egyptians fear embassy attack may set back reform
CAIRO: An attack on the Israeli embassy in Cairo last week could set back political gains since Hosni Mubarak was toppled in a popular uprising this year, as the ruling…
Doctors begin full strike at 20 public hospitals
CAIRO: About 1,500 doctors started Tuesday a full, open strike at 20 public hospitals nationwide until their demands are met, following a three-day partial strike. "Since Saturday, no health ministry…
‘Day of anger’ in Syria over Russian support for Assad
DAMASCUS: Pro-democracy activists called a "day of anger" across Syria on Tuesday to protest against Russia's backing for President Bashar Al-Assad, after his security forces shot dead at least another…
Jalil speaks in Tripoli, Gaddafi men attack refinery
RAS LANUF/TRIPOLI: Libya's interim leader has made his first public speech in Tripoli, warning against reprisals after loyalists of the ousted Muammar Gaddafi struck out at the revolutionaries pursuing them.…
Palestinians’ UN gambit could spur changes
JERUSALEM: Many Israelis are dismissing the Palestinians' efforts to win international recognition of their independence at the United Nations this month as merely symbolic. But the Palestinians hope the high-profile…
Oddly against consensus
By Issam Younis The human rights community was waiting for the Palmer committee's report to come out with a recommendation for Luis Moreno Ocampo, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court,…
The banking conundrum
By Xavier Vives BARCELONA: Central bankers and regulators tend to worry that too much competition in the financial sector increases instability and the risk of systemic failure. Competition authorities, on the…
The crisis of fiscal imagination
By Dani Rodrik CAMBRIDGE: Greedy banks, bad economic ideas, incompetent politicians: there is no shortage of culprits for the economic crisis in which rich countries are engulfed. But there is…