Study finds part-time mums have healthier kids
Mothers who work part-time are more likely to have healthier children than those who work full-time or who are not in the workforce, the author of an Australian study said…
Winter yet again, but designers upbeat
With a long, grueling winter barely over, it is hard to drum up enthusiasm yet for fashion for next autumn.Mercifully the designers showing on the first full day of Paris…
Gene test claims to show what diet works best
Diet not working? Blame your genes. That s the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carbohydrate weight…
MEast oil demand to outpace world with petrodollars
DUBAI/SINGAPORE: Middle East oil demand could grow by nearly 5 percent in 2010, outpacing a modest recovery in global energy demand as the world's top oil exporting governments continue spending…
'Ajami' casts harsh light on Israel's other Arab conflict
JAFFA: In the mixed neighborhood of the Israeli film Ajami, Jews and Arabs rub shoulders on the same quiet, leafy streets, never knowing when someone is going to draw a…
The global roots of Euro-jitters
FLORENCE: It is too simplistic to explain the current wave of concern about the euro in terms of Greece's problems. Greece has massive fiscal and competitiveness problems, but Greece (2.25…
Jinnah's labyrinth
NEW DELHI: Three recent events vividly illustrate the dilemmas of today's Pakistan, which are in many ways the same challenges faced by the country's founder, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, over six…
Building a state under occupation to end occupation
WASHINGTON, DC: Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad forthrightly brought his case for building a Palestinian state to Israeli political and military leaders, and they applauded. The new Palestinian attitude towards…
Editorial: Israel does not seek peace
CAIRO: First it was the hummus, kibbeh and tabouleh, but now Israel's insidious endeavor to usurp Arab culture and traditions, just as it has been usurping Arab land for the…
