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In this July 15, 2014 file photo, Shi’ite lawmaker and Deputy Parliament Speaker Haider al-Abadi speaks to the media after an Iraqi parliament session in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Haider Al-Abadi: From Electrical Engineer to PM-Designate

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 13, 2014 | Profiles

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi, the man tasked with forming the country’s next government and resolving a longstanding political crisis that has very real security implications on Iraq, appears to have come out of nowhere....

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Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak attends a hearing in his retrial over charges of failing to stop killings of protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his downfall, in the Police Academy-turned-court in the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Tarek el Gabbas, File)

Egypt’s Mubarak denies ordering killing of protesters

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 13, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Reuters—Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak denied in court on Wednesday ordering the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his 30-year rule. Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison in 2012 for complicity in the deaths of demonstrators...

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Syrian national opposition coalition`s newly elected president Hadi Al-Bahra speaks during press conference on July 9, 2014 at a Syrian opposition meeting in Istanbul. (AFP/Ozan Kose)

Syrian National Coalition head urges Beirut to “withdraw” Hezbollah militants from Syria

by Thair Abbas | Aug 13, 2014 | Middle East

Istanbul, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Lebanese government should take tangible steps to curb Hezbollah’s role in the Syrian war, the newly elected head of the Western-backed main opposition group in Syria told Asharq Al-Awsat on Wednesday. “We understand adopting a policy of...

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Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry Director General Hamad Buamim. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Dubai Chamber Director General: Gulf states will invest $61 bn in Africa annually

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Aug 13, 2014 | Business

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Though often seen through the lens of poverty and homegrown conflicts, sub-Saharan Africa is fast becoming a major destination for global, and Gulf, capital. Investors are now rushing to secure a share of what has been over the past 10 years...

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Outgoing Iraqi PM Nuri Al-Maliki meeting with senior military and police officers (Handout, Iraqi PM’s office)

International leaders congratulate Abadi as Maliki stands firm

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 13, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad and Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, congratulated Iraq’s new leaders, President Fuad Masoum, Prime Minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi and Speaker of Parliament Salim Al-Jabouri, on Tuesday. In his...