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From R-L, Nuri Al-Maliki, Midhat Al-Mahmoud, Osama Al-Nujaifi and Iyad Allawi are seen during a swearing-in ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, September 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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This undated file photo shows the Sharjah skyline. (Reuters)
Sharjah debut Islamic bond 10 times oversubscribed
Sharjah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Gulf emirate Sharjah launched its first sovereign sukuk on Wednesday, a 10-year, 750-million-US-dollar Islamic bond with a 3.764 percent yield that has been more than 10 times oversubscribed, in what was the emirate’s debut debt issue on...Caption:
French Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem holds a press conference during her visit of the Crous of Paris, on September 8, 2014, in Paris. (AFP PHOTO/ MARTIN BUREAU)
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem: France’s Rising Star
Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—A recent opinion poll conducted by a French newspaper showed that Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, France’s new minister of education, had become the country’s second most popular politician, only 15 days after her official appointment. The 36-year-old...Caption:
Judge Thokozile Masipa delivers her judgement in the trial of Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, September 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Phill Magakoe/Pool)
South African judge clears Pistorius of murder
Pretoria, Reuters—A South African judge cleared Oscar Pistorius of all murder charges on Thursday, saying prosecutors had failed to prove the Olympic and Paralympic track star intended to kill his girlfriend or an imagined intruder on Valentine’s Day last year....Caption:
Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad (R) meets Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Damascus on Wednesday, January 15, 2014, in this handout released by Syria’s national news agency, SANA. (Reuters/SANA/Handout via Reuters)