Political parable raises eyebrows in 2B Continued Fest
Clearly, there is something about the plays of Eugene Ionesco that lend…
Tunisia unrest hits Egypt stocks, currency, debt
CAIRO: Egyptian stocks posted their biggest drop in seven months and the…
Gov’t proposes law on election rule change
By Ashraf Badr /Reuters CAIRO: Egypt's cabinet said on Sunday it had…
Sudan split ‘virtually certain’, says observer mission
KHARTOUM: The largest foreign poll observer mission said on Monday that the…
Talks to find new Lebanon PM postponed
BEIRUT: Talks on naming a new premier in crisis-hit Lebanon were postponed…
Israel’s defense minister quits Labor Party
JERUSALEM: Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak abruptly announced Monday that he was…
Ben Ali’s hated in-laws looted Tunisia’s wealth, say experts
By Deborah Pasmantier/ AFP PARIS: Long feared, now despised, the wealthy clan…
Sudan’s Turabi says Tunisia-style unrest ‘likely’
By Simon Martelli/ AFP KHARTOUM: Sudanese Islamist opposition leader Hassan Al-Turabi said…
Egypt says fear of Tunisia-style revolt ‘nonsense’
By AFP SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Sunday…
Questions over Africa’s appetite for arms in I. Coast
UNITED NATIONS: Doubts are being expressed about the threat by West African…