Journalism standards matter
JAKARTA: When the media covers a conflict, accusations of bias can land…
Record 205 nominations for 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO: President Barack Obama and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy are believed…
Activists continue Gaza solidarity march despite crackdown
CAIRO: Fifteen Egyptian and foreign activists took part in a solidarity march…
With a Grain of Salt: Three greetings
CAIRO: Three cheers to those who are behind the Al-Hussein explosions on…
Making music, not war, in Baghdad
BAGHDAD: The Baghdad Institute of Music once again hums with activity after…
It's not about symmetry; it's about being locked in the same paradigms
JERUSALEM: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and…
Convoy of kind hearts nears Egypt
Sentimentality isn't really my thing and as a rather hard-bitten and hard-biting…
Netanyahu, Livni fail to agree on coalition
JERUSALEM: Benjamin Netanyahu failed to persuade his centrist rival, Tzipi Livni, to…
Egypt drops 25 places in CIP index
CAIRO: Egypt fell 25 points in the Competitive Industrial Performance (CIP) index,…