Conan O'Brien to make TBS his new late-night home
The late-night guessing game is over, with a startling twist: Conan O Brien has chosen TBS as his future talk-show home.Expected to debut in November, the as-yet-untitled show will return…
Conversations with other women
It s still a man s world. These words may appear incongruous in modern society, but there is truth in them. A report released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation…
The return of industrial policy
CAMBRIDGE: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown promotes it as a vehicle for creating high-skill jobs. French President Nicolas Sarkozy talks about using it to keep industrial jobs in France. The…
Will China lead?
NEW YORK: China's willingness to join negotiations on potential sanctions against Iran and to send President Hu Jintao to a nuclear security summit in Washington this month are important preliminary…
Heeding Hillary's words
NEW YORK: For a wisp of a moment, it seemed as if the two-state solution had been taken off life-support. Still bedridden, to be sure, but no longer leaning at…
Will religious Zionist soldiers disobey orders to evacuate settlements?
JERUSALEM: Ever since the Obama administration insisted upon the settlement freeze, the Israeli public in general and religious Zionists in particular have been concerned (again) with the issue of whether…
Tagammu Party members declare support for ElBaradei
CAIRO: Young members of the leftist Tagammu Party announced their support for Mohamed ElBaradei and declared that they joined the National Coalition for Change.A statement signed by 200 members from…
Egypt cleric featured in Jewish lobby group ad
CAIRO: A full-page advertisement in Tuesday's Washington Post criticized several prominent Muslim leaders for hindering a Middle East peace process, including Egyptian cleric Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi.The advertisement, paid for by…
Polluted water in Kafr El-Sheikh threatens lives, say lawyers
CAIRO: The Hisham Mubarak Law Center (HMLC) and the Association for Health & Environmental Development (AHED) are calling on MPs and members of the local council of Desouk to step…
