Women demand equal rights in new charter
By AFP CAIRO: Fifteen Egyptian groups called on Tuesday for women's rights to be guaranteed in the new constitution, after a popular uprising that toppled the regime paved the way…
Groping in the fog of war
By Philip Whitfield CAIRO: There’s a battle to win hearts and minds in today’s war of words. Not much has changed since Carl von Clausewitz defined military strategy as the employment…
Winning the transition
By Sri Mulyani Indrawati WASHINGTON, DC: Is the Arab Spring turning into a gloomy autumn? With brutal crackdowns in Syria, a bloody civil war in Libya, and Yemen teetering on the…
BDS, the boycott law and Israel’s democracy
By Naomi Chazan July 11, 2011 was a watershed in Israel's political history. The adoption by the Knesset of "The Law to Prevent Harm to the State of Israel via Boycott"…
The future of economic growth
By Dani Rodrik CAMBRIDGE: Perhaps for the first time in modern history, the future of the global economy lies in the hands of poor countries. The United States and Europe struggle…
E. coli outbreak is over, says Germany
BERLIN: Germany's national disease control center says it is declaring the country's deadly E. coli outbreak over. The Robert Koch Institute said Tuesday no one has fallen ill for three…
Instant media wounded by rush to judgment on Oslo
By Alastair Macdonald / Reuters LONDON: As Norway mourns the carnage wrought by a self-styled crusader against Islam, news media around the world face hard questions about their haste to point…
Egypt’s generals, protesters moving to open clash
by Hamza Hendawi and Sarah El Deeb / AP CAIRO: Egypt's ruling military and protesters seeking greater and faster change are moving into an outright collision, as the generals try to…
Report explores youth’s sexual health in MENA region
CAIRO: Youth in the Middle East and North Africa region are physically ready to initiate sexual activity but often lack the information and services needed to protect their sexual and…
Analysis: With bulging cash balances, sovereign funds set for deals
SINGAPORE/DUBAI: Global sovereign wealth funds are set to hasten investing the billions of dollars of cash holdings they have built up in a rebound from the 2008 financial crisis…
