On a sunny Friday afternoon in June 2003, Rajat Gupta was greeted at his waterfront home in Westport, Connecticut, by scores of his McKinsey & Co. partners. They had come from London, Frankfurt, New Delhi and other cities around the world — and brought along an elephant, which they tethered […]
In a precedent described by dissenting justices as “breathtaking” and “unnecessarily broad,” the Indiana Supreme Court ruled last week in a 3-2 vote that doing anything to resist police busting down your door and conducting an illegal search is now a criminal act. Dissenting Justices Brent E. Dickson and Robert […]
PARIS — French accident investigators said Monday that they had succeeded in downloading all of the flight data and cockpit conversations from the so-called black boxes of an Air France jet that crashed two years ago in the Atlantic Ocean — a critical breakthrough that could finally resolve the mystery behind […]
ALL UNITED NATIONS STAFF CAN HELP TO MAKE THE UNITED NATIONS A HOMOPHOBIA-FREE WORKPLACE. UN-GLOBE CALLS FOR EQUAL RIGHTS FOR GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER EMPLOYEES. While the United Nations protects human rights worldwide, its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff members continue to face stigma and discrimination in the […]
AMMAN (JT) – His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday underlined America’s pivotal role in the peace process and the region, stressing that despite the current regional developments, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict will remain the region’s core issue. Speaking to the press in Washington, DC, ahead of his meeting with US Secretary […]
Want to convince someone to do something? A new University of Michigan study has some intriguing insights drawn from how we speak. The study, presented May 14 at the annual […]
Oil dropped again on Monday, and drivers are starting to see a little relief at the gas pump just ahead of the summer driving season. The average price for a gallon of regular was $3.955 nationally. That’s down about 3 cents from Friday, but still nearly 14 cents more than […]
http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2011/05/14/florida_imams_arrested_for_pakistani_taliban_aid.html?wpisrc=newsletter_slatest Three U.S. citizens, including two imams of Florida mosques, were among the six people who have been indicted on charges of financing and supporting the Pakistani Taliban. Five are family members. The three U.S. citizens were arrested, while the other three are at large in Pakistan. The indictment accuses […]
With President Obama about to meet two big allies and make a major speech on the region, the timing of his special Mideast envoy’s departure couldn’t be more uncomfortable. Daniel Stone on why Mitchell is going—and what it means for Israel and Palestine. Two days after Barack Obama’s inauguration, George […]
By ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: An inappropriate choice of a photo to clarify a point by a visiting US academic led to the abrupt end of his lecture following the protest of the audience at Taif University on Tuesday. The audience was deeply upset by the photo of a dog wearing […]
MORGANZA, La. – Over the next few days, water spewing through a Mississippi River floodgate will crawl through the swamps of Louisiana’s Cajun country, chasing people and animals to higher ground while leaving much of the land under 10 to 20 feet of brown muck. The floodgate was opened Saturday for […]
By MUNIR AHMED | AP ISLAMABAD: Members of Pakistan’s Parliament slammed the United States on Saturday for the raid that killed Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden on their soil, but also demanded that an independent commission probe the debacle instead of one led by the country’s powerful armed forces. The […]
BP has finally been given permission to start deepwater exploration off the coast of Brazil after having to wait more than a year for approval from the national regulator in the wake of the Macondo well tragedy The Brazilian National Petroleum Agency (ANP) finally sanctioned BP’s purchase of Devon Energy’s […]
A ?MAN is shot in the head, and joyous celebrations break out 7,000 miles away. Although Americans are in full agreement that the demise of Osama bin Laden is a […]
Larry Smith’s desire to make sure he’s alive to watch his grandchildren grow up was his light bulb moment. “I was on the path to not living old and this […]
By BRADLEY WILKINSON, LIFE.STYLE@ARABNEWS.COM One man’s dream has the power to affect many. In this case, it was one Saudi man’s dream to relive the past, which brought together six men (three Saudis and three Americans) of different ages and backgrounds. For the Saudis, it was a chance to reconnect; […]
BEIJING – China expects to promote the establishment of a new-type of military relations with the United States through a senior military official’s visit to the US from May 15 to 22. Qian Lihua, director of the Foreign Affairs Office with the National Defense Ministry, made the remarks during an exclusive interview […]
The relationship between the US and Pakistan has often been compared to a troubled marriage. A week since Osama Bin Laden’s discovery, living under the noses of the Pakistani intelligence services, some wonder if it’s heading for divorce. Some US lawmakers are threatening to suspend billions of dollars in annual […]
WASHINGTON — Jess Smochek arrived in Bangladesh in 2004 as a 23-year-old Peace Corps volunteer with dreams of teaching English and “helping the world.” She left six weeks later a rape victim after being brutalized in an alley by a knife-wielding gang. When she returned to the United States, the […]
Hillary Clinton’s expression, right hand clasped over her mouth in astonishment, is largely responsible for making the above photo iconic–and, to at least one newspaper, sexually suggestive. In the photo, President Obama and his national security team are huddled around a conference table in the White House Situation Room, watching CIA […]