Europe, the missing key to Mideast peace
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida: The latest American Middle East peace initiative has been launched in the absence of change in the attitudes of the protagonists or in the political landscape.…
The big bank fix
LONDON: Two alternative approaches dominate current discussions about banking reform: break-up and regulation. The debate goes back to the early days of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal, which…
The phony attack on climate science
NEW YORK: In the weeks before and after the Copenhagen climate change conference last December, the science of climate change came under harsh attack by critics who contend that climate…
Statehood soon, freedom of association sooner
JERUSALEM/CAIRO:Years ago the Israeli government told Rami he couldn't travel outside his West Bank town of Ramallah, where he had no work. He then fled to Jerusalem to work at…
Ministry of Social Solidarity mulls raising bread prices, compensating citizens
CAIRO: The Ministry of Social Solidarity is currently considering halting the production of subsidized bread costing 10 and 20 piasters to produce higher quality loaves at 15 piasters, and compensating…
Moussa discusses Mideast conflict at Nadia Younes memorial lecture
CAIRO: At the fourth annual Nadia Younes Memorial Lecture, Secretary-General of the Arab League Amr Moussa discussed the role of the United Nations, saying the misconceptions that surround it resulted…
Official trade union fed fails to reach resolution with Tanta Flax workers
CAIRO: Negotiations between striking workers from the Tanta Flax and Oils Company and representatives of the Egyptian Federation of Trade Unions (EFTU) failed to reach a solution yesterday, as the…
Egypt court acquits Muslims accused of killing Christian
CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Monday acquitted four Muslims accused of killing an elderly Christian, saying that testimony from witnesses had not established they were the murderers, a judicial source…
