A multi-trillion dollar showdown
A great deal can unfold in the span of 24 hours in Davos. That certainly was the case on the issue of banking regulation. The annual meeting of the forum…
EU gives Egypt ?20 mln to stimulate R&D
CAIRO: Egypt will receive ?20 million from the European Union in 2010 to stimulate research and innovation, Marc Franco, ambassador of the European Delegation in Egypt, said Wednesday. The funds…
Art Dubai shows interest in Egyptian art
One of the world's youngest contemporary art fairs, Art Dubai has already emerged as the most significant commercial art event in the region and already figures among its more venerable…
One on one with IMAX's Richard Gelfond
From fantasy to three dimensional reality, one film is pulling more cinema-goers into IMAX theaters than ever before. And it's, of course, James Cameron's "Avatar. It's the first film to…
One short sojourn
We are all traveling, even those who seem to be still, says Gamal Al-Ghitani in his new novel/diary "Men Daftar Al-Eqama (From the Book of Sojourn). In the seventh installment…
'Avatar' soars to new box office record
Science-fiction epic Avatar soared to a new global box office record, taking $1.85 billion and sinking Titanic to become the biggest earning film of all time, figures showed Tuesday. On…
Muslims helping Haiti
FREMONT, California: Haiti is experiencing unimaginable suffering from its devastating earthquake, with more than 150,000 dead and one to three million individuals displaced. Individuals, groups and governments from around the…
A year of US-China discord?
NEW YORK: In 2009, Forbes magazine named US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao the "world's most powerful people. In 2010, we will discover that neither has the…
The unbearable lightness of change
MADRID: Barack Obama's first year in office has been a sobering exercise in the limits of presidential power. It also carries lessons about how the resilient and impersonal forces of…