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Minister of State for Environment of Peru Manuel Pulgar-Vidal (L), UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C), Chairman of the IPCC Rajendra K. Pachauri (1st R) and Secretary of the IPCC Renata Christ (2nd R), present a comprehensive report by the UN climate panel, summarizing the three interim reports previously released on climate changes, Sunday Nov. 2. 2014, at Tivoli Congress Center in Copenhagen, Denmark. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Jens Dresling)

Climate change fight affordable, cut emissions to zero by 2100: UN

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 2, 2014 | World

Copenhagen, Reuters—Governments can keep climate change in check at manageable costs but will have to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2100 to limit risks of irreversible damage, a UN report said on Sunday. The 40-page synthesis, summing up 5,000 pages of work...

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President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (C, in a wheelchair) waving as he leaves after voting in the presidential elections in Algiers, on April 17, 2014 (AP Photo/Sidali Djarboub, File)

Algeria: Bouteflika leaves Presidential Palace for first time in almost four months

by Bouallem Ghamrasa | Nov 2, 2014 | Middle East

Algiers, Asharq Al-Awsat—Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika made a rare public appearance on Saturday, leaving the Presidential Palace in Algiers for the first time in almost four months to attend celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the start of...

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Relatives of Lebanese soldiers being held hostage in Syria by Islamic extremists stage a sit-in at the entrance of Lebanon’s governmental palace in downtown Beirut in order to pressure the government to work on their release, on October 28, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID)

Al-Nusra Front issues demands for release of captured Lebanese soldiers

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 2, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front issued a list of demands for the release of 27 Lebanese soldiers it has held hostage since August on Saturday. In a statement, the group said it had passed on three sets of demands to Ahmed Al-Khatib, the...

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Views of Mecca and Medina by HA Mirza & Sons, 1907

Digital library poised to change understanding of Gulf’s history, say experts

by Grace Perriman | Nov 2, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Accessing detailed accounts of what life used to be like in the Arabian Peninsula has long frustrated historians. If you wanted to learn about the daily existence of Najdi Bedouin or the dealings of imperial agents who jealously guarded their...

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Protesters hold banners as they demonstrate against the deployment of armed militia of the Shi’ite Houthi movement in Yemeni cities in Sanaa, on November 1, 2014. (REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi)

Houthis target Yemeni Muslim Brotherhood offices

by Arafat Madabish | Nov 2, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a and Al-Hudaydah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Shi’ite Houthi movement continued to target the offices of rival political and religious groups over the weekend, taking over the Yemeni branch of the Muslim Brotherhood’s headquarters in the central city of Ibb after...