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The Sendai nuclear power station in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

Japan’s Sendai nuclear plant wins regional vote to restart

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 7, 2014 | World

Tokyo, Reuters—Regional authorities in Japan on Friday approved the restart of the idled Sendai nuclear plant of Kyushu Electric Power Co, paving the way for a revival of the stalled industry more than three years after the Fukushima disaster. The move represents a...

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Tourists take pictures of themselves at the sea castle of the port city of Sidon, southern Lebanon, on October 3, 2011. (Reuters/Ali Hashisho)

Opinion: No, Lebanon is not finished

by Amir Taheri | Nov 7, 2014 | Opinion

“Lebanon is finished!” This was what a Lebanese friend asserted the other day when he dropped in for commiseration. He came out with a litany of woes about Lebanon: inability to choose a president, a parliament prolonging its paralytic life, a Hezbollah serving Iran...

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Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) head Saleh Muslim speaks during a conference in Paris November 13, 2013. (Reuters/Philippe Wojazer)

Kurdish PYD leaders says Peshmerga “effective” in Kobani fight

by Paula Astih | Nov 7, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Allied Kurdish and Arab forces are continuing to advance against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in and around the besieged border city of Kobani, Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) leader Saleh Muslim said on Thursday. In...

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Syrians shop at stall selling herbs in Damascus, Syria, on October 14, 2014. (EPA/Youssef Badawi)

Syrians turn to herbal remedies as cost of medicine soars

by Hisham Adra | Nov 7, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Damascus, Asharq Al-Awsat—The famous Al-Buzuriyah souq, a traditional market specializing in herbal remedies in the Old City of Damascus, was for decades a destination for dervishes and the poor who sought cheap treatments for their ailments. Today, as Syria’s...

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A member loyal to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) waves an ISIS flag in the Syrian city of Raqqa, on June 29, 2014. (Reuters/Stringer)

Opinion: Extremism only thrives when it is left unchallenged

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Nov 7, 2014 | Opinion

Saudi security forces in six cities have gone after terrorist cells linked to the terror attack in the district of Al-Ahsa that killed seven citizens earlier this week. During a confrontation with gunmen, two members of the security forces were killed, including one...