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WHO Assistant Director General Aylward gestures during a news conference at the organization’s headquarters in Geneva. (Reuters)

WHO: Ebola decline in Liberia could be real trend

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 29, 2014 | World

Dakar, AP—The rate of new Ebola infections in Liberia appears to be declining and could represent a real trend, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, but the epidemic is far from over. The disease is still raging in parts of Sierra Leone, Dr. Bruce Aylward, an...

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Still from the film ‘El Ott’ (The Cat). (Ibrahim El-Batout, 2014.)

War reporter-turned movie maker turns camera on Egyptian slums

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 29, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Abu Dhabi, Reuters—After working as a war cameraman for 18 years, and getting injured twice along the way, Egyptian journalist Ibrahim Al-Batout decided to get away from the real-life violence and make movies. But his latest venture El Ott (The Cat), which premiered...

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Picture shows US ambassador Alberto Fernandez (bottom-R), and American jihadist Omar Hammami (bottom-L). (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Waging the Information War on ISIS

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Oct 29, 2014 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Although the US-led airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the Al-Nusra Front have grabbed most of the headlines, US officials have been careful to emphasize that there is no purely military solution to the threat...

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File photo of Sudan’s Democratic Unions party leader Muhammad Othman Al-Mirghani. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Sudan Democratic Unionist Party leader calls for dialogue

by Mohamed Said Mohamed Al-Hassan | Oct 29, 2014 | Middle East

Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sudan’s Democratic Unionist party leader Muhammad Othman Al-Mirghani called for comprehensive national dialogue on Tuesday, warning that the sub-Saharan African country could witness the “Libyan scenario” unless its divided political parties...

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File photo of Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz meeting with Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber in Riyadh on 28/10/2014. (SPA)

Saudi King and Emir of Kuwait meet ahead of GCC summit

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Oct 29, 2014 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud met with Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in Riyadh on Tuesday evening to discuss the latest regional developments, including the diplomatic dispute between a number...