Egyptian family completes takeover of Hull
By AP HULL, England: An Egyptian family has completed the protracted takeover of second-tier English side Hull. Local businessmen Assem and Ehab Allam initially struck a deal on Nov. 10 to…
34 African migrants arrested in Sinai
By Maggie Michael /AP CAIRO: An Egyptian police official says 34 African migrants have been arrested in separate incidents in the Sinai peninsula heading to the border with Israel to try…
‘Pink Panther’ director Blake Edwards dies
Oscar-winning director Blake Edwards, who made the "Pink Panther" movies and the 1961 classic "Breakfast at Tiffany's," has died at the age of 88, his agent said Thursday. Edwards, who…
Avant-garde rocker ‘Captain Beefheart’ dead at 69
Don Van Vliet, an avant-garde rocker who performed under the name "Captain Beefheart" and whose artistic influence dwarfed his popular appeal, has died at the age of 69. Van Vliet…
Iran’s supreme power struggle
By Mehdi Khalaji WASHINGTON, DC: Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has never been happy about the status of the Iranian presidency — neither during his own tenure, from 1981-1989, nor…
Seeing REDD on climate change
By George Soros CANCÚN: The official communiqué from the Cancún climate-change conference cannot disguise the fact that there will be no successor to the Kyoto Protocol when it expires at the…
The non-smoking gun
By Jorge Castañeda MEXICO CITY: Everyone these days, it seems, has their own favorite American diplomatic cable — or will soon — given that the 250,000 documents obtained by WikiLeaks include…
Europe’s myopic defense cuts
By Uffe Ellemann-Jensen COPENHAGEN: All over Europe, budgets are being pared as a new age of austerity takes hold. Defense expenditures are proving to be the easiest of targets. Even Britain…
Saudi Nov inflation unchanged at 5.8 pct yr/yr
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia's annual inflation remained unchanged from the previous month at 5.8 percent in November, state news agency SPA said late on Saturday, underpinned by rising housing and transport…
Lebanon awaits Hariri indictments on tenterhooks
By Rita Daou/ AFP BEIRUT: The Beirut government is in paralysis, business deals are on hold and rumors abound as Lebanon anxiously awaits indictments by a UN tribunal probing former premier…
