...layered with a bevy of alien sounds: Tibetan horns from the Tashi Lhunpo monks, middle eastern percussion, sarangi from Murad Ali Khan and unnecessary chugging keyboards from Patrick Sebag. Overall more turns out to be less, but when the singers are in full...

...His role in the episode was heroic. He was criticised recently for sympathising with Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali after a correspondent from Le Monde was expelled from the country, but it is worth noting that he made these remarks on Berbère...

Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, the president of Tunisia, has been elected...in "an atmosphere of repression".Mr Ben Ali, who won against three challengers from...presidential candidate considered Mr Ben Ali's only real opponent in the race.Tunisia...

Zein al-Abidine Ben Ali, the president of Tunisia, has been elected...in "an atmosphere of repression".Mr Ben Ali, who won against three challengers from...Ibrahim, the candidate considered Mr Ben Ali's only real opponent.Heba Saleh, Cairo Full...

Zein al-Abidine Ben Ali, the president of Tunisia, has been elected to a fifth term in office...Rights Watch as having taken place in "an atmosphere of repression".Mr Ben Ali, who won against three challengers from weak political parties, has been...

...do role-play of famous women like Benazir Bhutto. When I pitched the idea of doing a talk show as the character Begum Nawazish Ali, the TV channel said it was a very risky proposition, cross-dressing in Pakistan. I kept pushing, pushing, pushing. I knew people...

...prices, which Mr Ahmadi-Nejad has vowed to curb."The government believes the prices of housing and land should not increase," says Ali Nikzad, the housing minister. Mr Nikzad wants construction of housing units under the Mehr plan to act as an engine for other...

...attack the problems. They attack the symptoms, not the causes," said Boris Segura, an economist at the Royal Bank of Scotland.Ali Rodriguez, finance minister, attributed the greater-than-expected contraction to oil production cutbacks required by Opec, the...

...make a recovery hard to engineer."They attack the symptoms, not the causes," said Boris Segura at the Royal Bank of Scotland.Ali Rodriguez, finance minister, attributed the greater-than-expected contraction to oil production cutbacks required by Opec, the...

...south Asia bureau chief, interviewed Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari at the presidency in Islamabad on Wednesday 9 September...prospects do you see for the future of Pakistan's democracy? Asif Ali Zardari: The democratic government on assuming power inherited...