Water wars and water woes
WASHINGTON, DC: Water privatization is often portrayed as morally wrong but if…
Orascom Telecom leads Egypt indexes up
CAIRO: Egyptian stock indexes edged higher on Tuesday, led by market heavyweight…
The fatal myth of a drug-free world
VIENNA: Negotiations at the United Nations High Level Summit on drugs in…
Squash can expand Olympic chances says Nicol
LONDON: Squash can broaden the range of nations who could win Olympic…
Warhol's Pop Art 60s and 70s revived in Paris
Days before the opening of the world's first major show of portraits…
Egyptian Youssef Ziedan takes home the 2009 Arabic Booker
CAIRO: Historian and novelist Youssef Ziedan won the second International Prize for…
Overtures toward Iran
After nearly two months in office, the new US president appears to…
Egyptians tell of 'days of terror' in pirate hands
CAIRO: With gunfire whizzing overhead, an Egyptian mechanic faced down Somali pirates…