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Head of the Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC) Ahmad Yousuf Nuristani, center, speaks during a press conference in Kabul on May 15,2014. (AFP Photo/Wakil Koshar)

Afghan election results delayed amid fraud accusations

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 2, 2014 | World

Kabul, Reuters—Preliminary results from Afghanistan’s presidential election, due to be announced on Wednesday, have been delayed, the head of the election commission said, amid accusations of fraud that threaten to split the fragile country along ethnic lines....

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File photo—Tunisian prime minister Ali Laarayedh speaks during a meeting as part of the dialogue between Tunisia’s ruling Islamists and the opposition on October 5, 2013. (AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID)

Ali Laarayedh: Ennahda will be a major force at next elections

by Monji Saidani | Jul 2, 2014 | Interviews

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Tunisian political parties gear up for parliamentary elections scheduled for October 26, and presidential elections one month later, Asharq Al-Awsat talks to former Tunisian prime minister and senior Islamist Ennahda Movement leader Ali...

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Smoke rises from the family home of Palestinian Ziad Awad in the town of Idna, 8 miles (13 kilometers) west of the West Bank city of Hebron, on Wednesday, July 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

Palestinians fear Israeli reprisals over death of three settlers

by Kifah Ziboun | Jul 2, 2014 | Middle East

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The body of a Palestinian youth was discovered in a Jerusalem forest on Wednesday amid fears that the missing Palestinian teen had been killed as part of reprisals following the deaths of three abducted Israeli teens. Naftali Frenkel, 16,...

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The Arabtec office building is seen in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Arabtec says has Aabar’s backing, no projects scrapped

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 2, 2014 | Business

Dubai, Reuters—Major Dubai construction company Arabtec retains the support of major shareholder Aabar Investments and has not cancelled any projects as a result of recent management changes and a restructuring of the firm, its chairman said on Wednesday. Khadem...

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Salman Al-Dossary appointed Asharq Al-Awsat Editor-In-Chief

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 2, 2014 | Media

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Research & Marketing Group (SRMG), Sheikh Abdullah Salem Bahamdan, has issued a decree appointing Salman Al-Dossary as the new editor-in-chief of Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. Al-Dossary’s...