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Libyan firefighters dousing a huge blaze at an oil tank started by clashes around Tripoli airport, on July 28, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED ELBOSIFI)
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South Korean Coast Guards searching for passengers near a ferry that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon, in April 2014. (AFP PHOTO / FILES / South Korea Coast Guard)
Teens helped each other escape sinking Korean ship
Ansan, AP—Students who survived a South Korean ferry disaster earlier this year testified on Monday that they were repeatedly ordered by loudspeaker to stay in the sinking ship, but eventually helped each other flee after their cabins flooded. The six girls spoke at a...Caption:
Members of Iraqi Special Operations Forces patrol looking for militants of Islamic State in a neighborhood in Ramadi. (Reuters)
After Iraqi army crumbles, Maliki turns to state TV for help
Baghdad, Reuters—Iraq’s state television is working overtime to persuade Iraqis to help Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki confront an Al-Qaeda offshoot that has seized wide tracts of the country, but its unifying call has been blunted by his sectarian reputation....Caption:
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi meets with Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt on Sunday, July 27, 2014. (Asharq Al-Awsat/Egyptian Presidency)
Egyptian parliamentary elections to be held before end of 2014
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s parliamentary elections are to be held by the end of this year, the government announced on Sunday. A government statement said President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi had discussed plans to hold parliamentary elections by the end of the year...Caption:
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz. (Saudi Press Agency)