Lebanon summer heats up with star-studded festivals
Lebanon is due to kick off star-studded summer festivals with the likes of legendary British bands Deep Purple and Jethro Tull set to rock the country as it seeks to…
Despite risks, Arab investors flocking to Georgia
KUTAISI: Standing amidst a wasteland of abandoned and rusting factories, Mohammed Refat represents the new, and unlikely, face of foreign investment in ex-Soviet Georgia.As he watched over workers renovating an…
Barak says Israel must be respected as Jewish state
CAIRO: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Sunday that more needs to be done for the creation of a Palestinian state, including Arab recognition of Israel as a Jewish…
Russia ventures back to Africa with Medvedev visit
MOSCOW: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev embarks on a four-nation tour of Africa this week in a drive to reassert Moscow s clout in a former Soviet sphere of influence. After…
Democracy can't be an imposition, says Negroponte
CAIRO: John D. Negroponte is an American diplomat whose career has been dogged by controversy for almost three decades dating back to his tenure as US ambassador to Honduras when…
Mohieldin inaugurates new financial supervision authority
CAIRO: Three major supervisory authorities were merged into one new General Authority for Financial Supervision (GAFS), Minister of Finance Mahmoud Mohieldin minister of Finance announced Sunday in a conference. On…
Dancing Gods grace Cairo Opera's Music Library
The Music Library at the Cairo Opera House is currently hosting a silent tribute to an Indian form of devotion - namely the traditional dance practices of "Kathakali and the…
Decoding Egypt: Investing in Tragedies
Following the failed assassination attempt on President Mubarak s life in Addis Ababa in 1995, the Egyptian regime quickly used the occasion to serve its own interests. the Egyptian regime…
The price of Netanyahu
TEL AVIV: Israel has very real reasons to be afraid. But the Netanyahu-Lieberman politics of fear that is supposed to justify occupation of the West Bank has catastrophic consequences, and…