German student wins EU photo contest on Egypt's contrasts
CAIRO: Philipp Spalek, a 25-year old student from Germany, won the Delegation…
Old method of heart bypass better than 'off-pump'
It seemed like a great idea - doing bypass surgery while the…
Berlin, birthplace of modern Asia
NEW DELHI: By marking the Cold War's end and the looming collapse…
External interference a major obstacle to Palestinian reconciliation
AMMAN: When the PLO leadership was in exile, Yasser Arafat would often…
Italian judge convicts 23 in CIA kidnap case
MILAN: An Italian judge found 23 Americans and two Italians guilty Wednesday…
Saudi bombs Yemen rebels across border, say diplomats
SANAA: Saudi Arabia has launched a large military incursion across the border…
Waiting for Obama
This is the season for Asian gatherings. The Association of Southeast Asian…
Hope for the Roma
BRUSSELS: Hated, alienated, and shunned as thieves and worse, the Roma have…
The new monetary disorder
PRINCETON: Currency chaos is back, highlighting demands for a revised international monetary…
Learning to leave extremism
BEIRUT: Report after report from the World Bank, United Nations Development Program,…