Jackson's motivation: Constant disappointment'
Peter Jackson is driven by a deep-seated neurosis: The fear that his films are terrible.In the beginning, at least.Now, the director who won legions of devoted fans and Oscar glory…
Let Finance Skeptics Take Over
CAMBRIDGE: The race is on to fill the most important economic policy position in the world. United States Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's term ends in January, and President Barack…
Buy shares in the Syrian Dream
DAMASCUS: I spent summers as a young boy in Damascus, while my fellow Syrians were flocking to my coastal hometown of Tartous to savor the waters of the Mediterranean Sea.…
A shadow on the wall
PRINCETON, NJ: "It is as if two insane people, crazed with wrath, had decided to turn into a fatal embrace the forced marriage from which they cannot free themselves. Forced…
Antiquities committee to date largest pyramid
CAIRO: Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), will hold a meeting with a committee of archaeologists from the council and public universities to date the…
Journalists' Syndicate gives Qandil red card over new book
CAIRO: The Journalists' Syndicate refused to open one of its halls Sunday night to host a seminar commemorating the publication of Abdel-Halim Qandil's new book "Red Card to the President.…
Doctor conducting FGM procedure arrested
CAIRO: Ahmed Gad Al-Karim was arrested for circumcising an 11-year-old girl in Minya, marking the first arrest of its kind after the practice was criminalized last year, according to the…
Lawyer calls for Coptic committee in syndicate
CAIRO: Coptic lawyer and activist Mamdouh Ramzy said his call for a Lawyer's Syndicate committee to promote Christian religious law was meant to counteract a similar committee by the Muslim…
Israeli soldiers shoot Egyptian policeman
JERUSALEM: Israeli soldiers mistakenly shot and wounded an Egyptian policeman Monday along the border between the two countries, the Israeli military said.A routine patrol identified an armed figure at the…