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A KHAWAGA'S TALE: Taxi fares and fights, on the rise

Cairo expatriates have reported an alarmingly high rate of TSIs - Taxi…

Peter A. Carrigan

The rape of Burma

Burma, once the richest country in Southeast Asia, today is mired in…

Daily News Egypt

John McCain and the decline of America

Back in 1981, America's Republican Party gave up all belief that the…

Bradford DeLong

Hezbollah going it alone

The situation in Lebanon is very sophisticated. During the 17-month internal dispute…

Daily News Egypt

Beirut Burning

CAIRO: Hezbollah seized control of West Beirut as the third day of…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

Arab literature takes centre stage in London

When Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz became in 1988 the first (and so…

Daily News Egypt

Economists sound out reasons behind inflation, poverty

CAIRO: Government economic policy is failing low-income Egyptians, economists Ahmed El-Naggar and…

Sarah Carr

Are conditions ripe for negotiating with Iran?

A number of serious voices are saying it is time for a…

Daily News Egypt