Bedouins attack police in third day of unrest over planned demolitions
RAFAH: Angry Bedouins on Wednesday hurled stones, destroyed a police checkpoint and…
Palestinian women react to violence
Associated PressViolence haunts the four Palestinian women occupying an anteroom of the…
Mubarak in Paris on official visit
CAIRO: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak arrived in Paris yesterday for his first…
Quilting across the region
If a diplomatic life means constantly moving and upending your routines, then…
Hezbollah author Augustus Norton: "Egypt is far from being able to enjoy truly competitive elections"
CAIRO: No shortage of commentary followed last summer's war between Hezbollah and…
Turkey: A maturing democracy
ISTANBUL: Despite efforts by political rivals to spin the July 22 elections…
Israel-Palestine central to Mubarak's talks with Sarkozy
CAIRO: The need to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is "indispensable , Egyptian…
The Kouchner Conversion
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's appointment of Bernard Kouchner as France's foreign minister…
THE REEL ESTATE: From a student to his mentor
Shortly after learning about death of the great Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman…
Median o/n interbank rises to 8.7625 pct
CAIRO: The median overnight interbank rate on Egypt s pound rose to…