Sole Arab diplomat in Iraq quits over lack of vision
CAIRO: The Arab League envoy to Baghdad, the sole Arab diplomat still in the city, has resigned because of a lack of Arab vision over the conflict in Iraq, according…
Gaza neighborhood becomes ghost town
GAZA CITY: In Gaza s Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood, the buildings are riddled with bullet holes and windows have been shattered - grim reminders of the fierce internecine clashes that have…
UN condemns Holocaust denial in draft US resolution
ReutersUNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly condemned on Friday denials of the Holocaust in a US-drafted resolution responding to a Tehran conference dominated by speakers questioning the extermination of 6…
Kefaya to focus on political reformation rather than demonstrations
CAIRO: The appointment of Abdel Wahab El Messiri as the new General Coordinator of the Kefaya opposition movement is expected to refocus the group's energies to push for political reformation.Hany…
Accidents and how to avoid a tumbling wall
I am often asked, mostly by taxi drivers, what religion I belong to. I have given various answers, all of them funny, but it has dawned on me, the driver…
Book fair's highlights
Seminar: Civil society and development. 1 pm, 6th of October hall.Seminar: Peaceful applications of nuclear reactors. 3 pm, 6th of October hall.Seminar: Europe, Christianity and Islam: A 14 century old…
Jordan begins reacting to the Sunni-Shia rift
The timing of the execution of Saddam Hussein on the first morning of Eid al-Adha, the video clips officially released by the Iraqi government and those from the cell phones…
Enough abuse of the streets in Lebanon
Just as it was half a century ago, Lebanon is once again a pioneer and pace-setter in the Arab world, though this time the direction of movement may be toward…
America's new Middle East strategy: containing Iran
What's America's strategy in the Middle East? US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice this week sketched a new framework based on what she calls the "realignment of states that want…