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Nigeria health official display a leaflet explaining Ebola Virus Disease at the arrival hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (C), military personnel, and children place their hands on a detonator at an event marking the announcement of plans for a major upgrade of the Suez Canal, in Cairo, Egypt on August 5, 2014. (Reuters/Egyptian Presidency Handout)
Egypt begins project to dig new Suez Canal
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt launched a project on Tuesday which includes building a new Suez Canal waterway in a bid to increase revenues from the trade route—a vital source of foreign currency to the country whose economy has been rocked since the overthrow of...Caption:
Lebanese singer Assi El-Helani performs during the opening of the Baalbeck International Festival in Lebanon on July 30, 2014. (AFP Photo/STR)
Syria militants threaten line-up at Baalbek festival
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—It appears that the Baalbeck International Festival will once again have to move out of its impressive setting among the Roman temple ruins in the Beqaa Valley, to which it returned on July 30 this year. As the security situation in Lebanon...Caption:
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki speaks during an interview with Reuters in Baghdad in this January 12, 2014 file photo. (Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani)
State of Law refuses to back down on Maliki
Baghdad and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki’s State of Law coalition said on Tuesday it was pressing ahead with the nomination of Maliki for a third term as premier, and denied reports that he had demanded immunity from...Caption:
Lebanese army soldiers flash victory signs while riding on armored carriers and military vehicles as they advance towards the Sunni Muslim border town of Arsal, in eastern Beqaa Valley. (Reuters/Hassan Abdallah)