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A contagion of bad ideas
By Joseph Stiglitz NEW YORK: The Great Recession of 2008 has morphed into…
THE REEL ESTATE: Remembering Egyptian screen idol Kamal El-Shenawy
His striking looks, soft-spoken voice and pencil-thin moustache led some critics to…
The last days of Qaddafi
By Yuriko Koike BENGHAZI: The endgame in the Libyan conflict has at last…
Spring, the tents and the occupation
By Yossi Beilin Endless tracts have been written in recent years about the…
Germany must defend the Euro
By George Soros NEW YORK: Financial markets abhor uncertainty; that is why they…
Stagnant and paralyzed
By Michael Spence MILAN: The recent dramatic declines in equity markets worldwide are…
Women and religious radicalism in Indonesia
By Inayah Rohmaniyah YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia: Perhaps surprisingly, women’s issues have become a top…
China’s $3.2 trillion headache
By Yao Yang BEIJING: While the downgrade of Unites States government debt by…
Middle Eastern students learn that history can unite
By Ruth Eglash AMMAN: Within minutes of joining a mixed group of Jordanian…