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Panetta fails to lift the lid on Obama

by Amir Taheri | Oct 13, 2014 | Book Reviews

In their early days, American tabloids often ran stories called “kiss and tell.” These were devoted to sensational confessions and juicy revelations by Hollywood starlets—and sundry other gold-diggers—about their dangerous liaisons with rich and powerful men,...

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A member of the Iraqi security force searches a man at a checkpoint in Ramadi, on October 12, 2014. (Reuters/Stringer)

Iraq: Curfew declared in Ramadi following police chief killing

by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 13, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Authorities in the Iraqi province of Anbar have declared a total curfew in all public areas in its capital of Ramadi “until further notice,” after the province’s police chief was killed in a bomb attack on Sunday. An improvised explosive...

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Yemen’s then-envoy to the United Nations Khaled Bahah talks during an interview with Reuters in Sana’a in this May 21, 2014 file photo. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/Files)

Yemen appoints new PM

by Hamdan Al-Rahbi | Oct 13, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen appointed a new prime minister on Monday, a day after the Houthi movement now in control of Sana’a and other parts of Yemen strengthened its presence in the capital as celebrations got under way for the Shi’ite festival of Eid Al-Ghadeer....

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Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border, on October 13, 2014. (REUTERS/Umit Bektas)

Fight for Syrian border town continues

by Caroline Akoum | Oct 13, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Fighters from the Kurdish volunteer militia, the People’s Protection Units (YPG), held back the advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on the strategically important border city of Kobani on Sunday, as coalition forces...

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Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius arrives at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, on October 13, 2014. (REUTERS/Mike Hutchings)

Pistorius faces sentencing over girlfriend’s death after divisive trial

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 13, 2014 | World

Pretoria, Reuters—Disgraced South African track star Oscar Pistorius arrived at the Pretoria High Court on Monday for a sentencing hearing that will determine whether he serves jail time for the negligent killing of his girlfriend, or walks out a free man. A...