Without jobs, military victory and occupation turn to ashes

Afghanistan's future hangs in the balance as its weak national government struggles to maintain support and legitimacy in the face of a widening insurgency, warlords, the heroin trade, and a…

Jeffrey D. Sachs

Libby's trial is about a cover-up that failed.

Why was the White House so nervous in the summer of 2003 about the CIA's reporting on alleged Iraqi attempts to buy uranium from Niger to build a nuclear bomb?…

David Ignatius

Beware of US gamblers playing with Iran

Regardless of whether the United States' current military surge and slight shift in tactics in Iraq succeeds or not, Washington has clearly defined and started to implement its fallback plan…

Rami G. Khouri

UN agencies raised human rights awareness through photo exhibit

CAIRO: The United Nations, and its various agencies, is known to routinely raise issues of social, economic and political importance and bring to the fore the plight of global impoverishment,…

Alexandra Sandels

The desert-dweller is no less important than water

CAIRO: Human resource development in desert societies is a key element in developing and preserving emerging desert settlements in different parts of the country, stressed a desert expert.Dr Zinat El…

Ahmed Maged

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Hassan Ibrahim

Priority to be given to solving unemployment problem -Nazif

CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said providing new job opportunities and solving the problem of unemployment top the government priorities and constitute a key target the government is seeking to…

Agencies

Moussa: Arab League to persist in Iraq

CAIRO: The Arab League will continue its support for Iraq and is seeking a replacement for its chief diplomat in Baghdad who quit last week, the organization said Wednesday. Secretary…

AFP
AFP

Tunisian becomes first Arab nominated for Holocaust honor

Associated PressJERUSALEM: At the height of the Second World War, Khaled Abdelwahhab hid a group of Jews on his farm in a small Tunisian town, saving them from the Nazi…

Daily News Egypt