JON B ALTERMAN | NYT NEWS SERVICE The Egyptian revolution did not happen last winter. It is happening now. And it is not taking place in Tahrir Square, but in towns and villages throughout the country.
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NICHOLAS D KRISTOF Here's a paradox: We're finding authentic leadership these days not from our nominal leaders in Washington but from unelected (and mostly unelectable) figures whom we like to deride as self-indulgent narcissists...
TENNIS greats Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are pinning lots of hope on their performances in the Qatar ExxonMobil Open with both set to start their first-round matches at the Khalifa Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Tuesday...
DOHA QATAR Airways National Scholarship Programme (QRNSP) organised a training session titled, 'Ascent to Excellence' for its sponsored students and recent graduates enrolled in different schemes in the country and abroad..
NLONDON EUROPEAN shares made a positive start to the New Year as they extended a two-week rebound in thin trade on Monday, with automotive stocks and eurozone banks leading the charge...
DOHA JABOR al Mutawa of Qatar could not celebrate his debut in the Qatar ExxonMobil Open after he was handed a cruel 0-6 0-6 verdict by Falvio Cipolla of Italy at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex on Monday...
DOHA QATAR University (QU) held its first annual scholarship students gathering in the conference hall of the university's Administration Building on Monday. The meeting was intended to give current students of the university general information on scholarships available through the institution for Qatari nationals...
DOHA A DELEGATION from the Stanford Graduate School of Business from the US recently visited RasGas Company Limited headquarters. They were on an educational visit aimed at gaining a greater knowledge and understanding of Qatar's economy, history and culture as part of their curriculum to develop global management skills. A statement issued by RasGas said the company "is always happy to host such visits and...
THE 20th edition of the Qatar ExxonMobil Tennis Open 2012 got underway at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex on Monday. Organised by the Qatar Tennis Federation, the tennis extravaganza boasts of some of the world's top ranked players, including three times champion and world No. 3 Roger Federer and world No. 2 Rafael Nadal. Both Federer and Nadal arrived in Doha on Sunday from Abu Dhabi after featuring in an exhibition event...
OIL output in Russia edged up 1.2 percent to reach a new post-Soviet high of 10.27 million barrels per day (bpd) last year, as the world's top crude producer eased tax burden and launched pipeline flows to China, the Energy Ministry said on Monday. That is a bit more than the 10.26 million bpd, expected by an analyst poll compiled a year ago, though the increase in 2011 has slackened from a 2.2 percent rise in 2010 when the...
MADRID SPAIN'S new government on Monday warned that the public deficit for 2011 could be even higher than the 8 percent of gross domestic product it predicted last week. The right-leaning government said on Friday the deficit would veer beyond a previous forecast of 6.0 percent of GDP as it unveiled spending cuts and tax hikes to claw back 15.1 billion euros ($19.6 billion) in 2012. ...
LONDON/MUMBAI GLOBAL manufacturing activity was subdued going into 2012, with the eurozone's industrial sector suffering its fifth straight month of declines in December and Asian factories mostly stuck in a rut. Monday's purchasing managers indexes (PMIs) provided further evidence that Europe is unlikely to avoid a recession. The rate of decline of activity in eurozone factories eased slightly to raise hopes the downturn will not be as severe as feared...
DOHA FRENCH Ligue 1 club Paris Saint Germain owned by Qatar Sports Investment with its new Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti started its pre-season training session at the Aspire Academy in Doha on Monday. Nasser al-Khelaifi, president of the QSI, and the club's Sporting Director Leonardo were present at the team's training session. The 52 year-old Ancelotti, who has signed a two and half year contract, had a long talk with Khelaifi and...
SYDNEY BOTH India and Australia will enter the history books when they play the 100th Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Tuesday but the spotlight will still be on Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international century as the two meet for the second Test in their four-match series. History is on India's side, having done generally well at the SCG, and they have their best chance of levelling the four-match series here by avenging the Boxing Day Test defeat....
LONDON CHELSEA bounced back from their home defeat against Aston Villa with a battling 2-1 win at Wolves on Monday to relieve the pressure on underfire manager Andre Villas- Boas. A last-gasp strike from Frank Lampard secured a vital three points for the Londoners, the veteran Chelsea midfielder pouncing in the 89th minute just moments after Stephen Ward had equalised for Wolves...
TWO new planets found orbiting a sun-like star are the first truly Earthsize worlds discovered by NASA's Kepler mission, scientists announced. The find comes on the heels of Kepler's first potentially Earthlike planet orbiting squarely within its star's water-friendly "Goldilocks zone'' – the region that's not too hot and not too cold for liquid water to exist on a planet's surface. Designated Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, the two new planets are comparable in size to Earth and Venus: At 0.87 times the size of Earth...
HORACIO Pagani is a small, neat man with a shock of carefully groomed silver hair, owlish wire-framed glasses, and a penchant for quoting Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci. He also builds one of the most singular supercars in the world. The Pagani Zonda made its debut at the 1999 Geneva show, and impressed with its performance, quality, and surprisingly well-sorted chassis and powertrain...
TWITTER followers were stunned earlier this week when singers Chris Brown and Rihanna were spotted tweeting "love tweets" that seemed to be meant for each other. As fans of the singer speculate (some hopefully, others with legitimate concern) that Rihanna is considering taking back her ex (Chris Brown), new reports indicate that the Twitter reconciliation was a sign that the couple were getting back together....
SEOUL SOUTH Korea’s president opened the door on Monday to possible nuclear talks with North Korea and warned the neighbouring country to avoid any provocations, saying the Korean peninsula is at a crucial turning point.
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH Africa’s ruling ANC marks its 100th anniversary this week with a huge celebration attended by dozens of heads of state and buoyed by an unbroken 17 years in power since the end of apartheid...
DOHA QATAR University (QU) held its first annual scholarship students gathering in the conference hall of the university's Administration Building on Monday. The meeting was intended to give current students of the university general information on scholarships available through the institution for Qatari nationals...
DOHA A DELEGATION from the Stanford Graduate School of Business from the US recently visited RasGas Company Limited headquarters. They were on an educational visit aimed at gaining a greater knowledge and understanding of Qatar's economy, history and culture as part of their curriculum to develop global management skills. A statement issued by RasGas said the company "is always happy to host such visits and...
THE 20th edition of the Qatar ExxonMobil Tennis Open 2012 got underway at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex on Monday. Organised by the Qatar Tennis Federation, the tennis extravaganza boasts of some of the world's top ranked players, including three times champion and world No. 3 Roger Federer and world No. 2 Rafael Nadal. Both Federer and Nadal arrived in Doha on Sunday from Abu Dhabi after featuring in an exhibition event... 
OIL output in Russia edged up 1.2 percent to reach a new post-Soviet high of 10.27 million barrels per day (bpd) last year, as the world's top crude producer eased tax burden and launched pipeline flows to China, the Energy Ministry said on Monday. That is a bit more than the 10.26 million bpd, expected by an analyst poll compiled a year ago, though the increase in 2011 has slackened from a 2.2 percent rise in 2010 when the...
MADRID SPAIN'S new government on Monday warned that the public deficit for 2011 could be even higher than the 8 percent of gross domestic product it predicted last week. The right-leaning government said on Friday the deficit would veer beyond a previous forecast of 6.0 percent of GDP as it unveiled spending cuts and tax hikes to claw back 15.1 billion euros ($19.6 billion) in 2012. ... 
LONDON/MUMBAI GLOBAL manufacturing activity was subdued going into 2012, with the eurozone's industrial sector suffering its fifth straight month of declines in December and Asian factories mostly stuck in a rut. Monday's purchasing managers indexes (PMIs) provided further evidence that Europe is unlikely to avoid a recession. The rate of decline of activity in eurozone factories eased slightly to raise hopes the downturn will not be as severe as feared...
DOHA FRENCH Ligue 1 club Paris Saint Germain owned by Qatar Sports Investment with its new Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti started its pre-season training session at the Aspire Academy in Doha on Monday. Nasser al-Khelaifi, president of the QSI, and the club's Sporting Director Leonardo were present at the team's training session. The 52 year-old Ancelotti, who has signed a two and half year contract, had a long talk with Khelaifi and...
SYDNEY BOTH India and Australia will enter the history books when they play the 100th Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Tuesday but the spotlight will still be on Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international century as the two meet for the second Test in their four-match series. History is on India's side, having done generally well at the SCG, and they have their best chance of levelling the four-match series here by avenging the Boxing Day Test defeat.... 
LONDON CHELSEA bounced back from their home defeat against Aston Villa with a battling 2-1 win at Wolves on Monday to relieve the pressure on underfire manager Andre Villas- Boas. A last-gasp strike from Frank Lampard secured a vital three points for the Londoners, the veteran Chelsea midfielder pouncing in the 89th minute just moments after Stephen Ward had equalised for Wolves...
TWO new planets found orbiting a sun-like star are the first truly Earthsize worlds discovered by NASA's Kepler mission, scientists announced. The find comes on the heels of Kepler's first potentially Earthlike planet orbiting squarely within its star's water-friendly "Goldilocks zone'' – the region that's not too hot and not too cold for liquid water to exist on a planet's surface. Designated Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, the two new planets are comparable in size to Earth and Venus: At 0.87 times the size of Earth... 
HORACIO Pagani is a small, neat man with a shock of carefully groomed silver hair, owlish wire-framed glasses, and a penchant for quoting Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci. He also builds one of the most singular supercars in the world. The Pagani Zonda made its debut at the 1999 Geneva show, and impressed with its performance, quality, and surprisingly well-sorted chassis and powertrain... 
TWITTER followers were stunned earlier this week when singers Chris Brown and Rihanna were spotted tweeting "love tweets" that seemed to be meant for each other. As fans of the singer speculate (some hopefully, others with legitimate concern) that Rihanna is considering taking back her ex (Chris Brown), new reports indicate that the Twitter reconciliation was a sign that the couple were getting back together....
