With Palestinians painted into a corner, peace talks hinge on US guidance
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Pig-cull induced street rubbish: a 'national scandal'
CAIRO: The Egyptian government's decision to cull all of the country's 300,000…
Ethiopian jet crashes in flames off Lebanon coast
BEIRUT: An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people caught fire and crashed…
Oil steadies below $75, close to one-month low
LONDON: Oil prices steadied below $75 a barrel on Monday, after slipping…
Cinema El-Fourn: Cairo's new haven for indie film
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The role of informal education in shaping the image of the Other
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China unbound
SYDNEY: The appointment of five provincial-level Chinese Communist Party chiefs in early…
Obamanomics: year one and beyond
BERKELEY: President Barack Obama has not had an easy first year economically.…
Brazil tasked with keeping the peace in quake-hit Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE: The monumental task of stabilizing Haiti, already a challenge for a…
"Guys and Dolls" actress Jean Simmons dies at 80
Jean Simmons, whose ethereal screen presence and starring roles with Hollywood s…