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Occupy Central protesters confront police as they march in Hong Kong. (Reuters)

China: No open nominations for Hong Kong leader

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 31, 2014 | World

Beijing, AP—China’s legislature on Sunday ruled out allowing open nominations in the inaugural election for Hong Kong’s leader, saying they would create a “chaotic society.” Democracy activists in the Asian financial hub responded by saying...

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A member loyal to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) waves an ISIS flag in the Syrian city of Raqqa, on June 29, 2014. (Reuters/Stringer)

Lebanese minister calls for ISIS flag burners to face trial

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 31, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Lebanon’s justice minister has called for the “sternest punishments” to be applied to individuals who burned the flags of the militant groups the Islamic State of Iraq (ISIS) and the Al-Nusra Front in Beirut on Saturday, leading to widespread...

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Volunteers sit in wooden boxes at Parliament Square, to represent living conditions in Gaza, during a protest in London, United Kingdom, on August 14, 2014. (Reuters/Dylan Martinez)

British public opinion shifts after latest Gaza war

by Grace Perriman | Aug 31, 2014 | Features

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—While the skies over Gaza have fallen silent, the struggle between Israel and the Palestinians for global public opinion continues as it has for the best part of a century. In the UK, the recent fighting in Gaza has led to a small but...

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Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi speaks during a news conference in Baghdad on August 25, 2014. (Reuters/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud)

Talks on new Iraqi government collapse

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 31, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Talks between the Sunni Iraqi Forces Alliance and the Shi’ite National Alliance on the formation of a new Iraqi government led by Prime Minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi collapsed on Saturday. Salman Al-Jumaili, head of the Sunni delegation...

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A man looks at a BlackBerry product display in a shop at a mobile and computer shopping complex in northern Tehran, Iran, on January 18, 2011. (Reuters/Raheb Homavandi)

Rouhani government under pressure to halt 3G network

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 31, 2014 | Business

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A political showdown between Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani and his conservative opponents is brewing over plans to renew licenses and expand the country’s 3G cellular phone network, in a development that could have a massive impact on the...