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A man leaves the polling booth after casting his vote at a school in Sao Bernardo do Campo, south of Sao Paulo, on October 5, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / NELSON ALMEIDA)
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Tunisian youth look at election posters put up on a street in Tunis on October 4, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID)
Campaigning begins for Tunisia’s parliamentary elections
Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Campaigning began on Saturday for Tunisia’s second set of parliamentary elections following the ouster of longtime dictator Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011. The election, scheduled for October 26, will see an electorate of 5.3 million—including...Caption:
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salman receiving military officers and the heads of Hajj delegations at the Royal Palace on October 4, 2014 (SPA)
King Abdullah praises “colossal efforts” of Saudi security forces
Mina, Asharq Al-Awsat—Custodian of the Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz praised on Saturday the “colossal efforts” of the Saudi security forces in protecting Hajj pilgrims this year and their role in safeguarding the Kingdom from “errant groups.” Speaking on...Caption:
Smoke rises after a shell landed in Kobani in Syria as fighting intensified between Syrian Kurds and the militants of ISIS, on October 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Kurds battle Islamist militants closing in on Syrian town
Mursitpinar and Beirut, Reuters—Kurdish forces battled overnight with Islamists trying to seize a hill overlooking a Syrian border town with Turkey as US-led coalition warplanes carried out raids on the militants, a Kurdish official and a monitoring group said on...Caption:
Displaced Iraqis forced to flee their homes ahead of gains made by ISIS militants in and around Mosul, shelter at the Bahrka Refugee camp, Erbil, northern Iraq, on September 19, 2014. (EPA/MOHAMED MESSARA)