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Yemeni protesters wave flags of the former People’s Democratic Republic of South Yemen and march through the streets during a demonstration demanding renewed independence in the southern city of Aden, on November 30, 2014. (AFP Photo/Stringer)

Divisions within Yemen’s Al-Hirak delay announcement of Southern independence: sources

by Arafat Madabish | Dec 1, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a and Aden, Asharq Al-Awsat—Divisions within the Southern secessionist Al-Hirak movement prevented the group’s declaring the independence of the South from the rest of Yemen on Sunday, senior sources within the movement told Asharq Al-Awsat, as the group’s...

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Chow, secretary-general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, reacts as he is taken away by police after storming into government headquarters in Hong Kong. (Reuters)

Hong Kong warns protesters not to return after clashes close government HQ

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 1, 2014 | World

Hong Kong, Reuters—Thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists forced the temporary closure of government headquarters on Monday after clashing with police, defying orders to retreat after more than two months of sustained protests in the Chinese-controlled city....

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Lord Thomas King of Bridgewater. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

UK Trade Envoy to Saudi Arabia: Kingdom’s economy has huge potential outside oil sector

by Najlaa Habriri | Dec 1, 2014 | Business

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—At a time when the global economy is struggling to maintain growth, the Saudi economy is expected to attain growth rates of above 4 percent in 2015 and 2016. While it remains the world’s top exporter of oil, the Kingdom has enacted numerous...

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Julio Cesar Cervantes, a suspected leader of the drug gang “The Resistance,” gets his handcuffs adjusted during a presentation to the media in Guadalajara February 2, 2011. According to local media, hitmen initiated shootouts and attacks with grenades and Molotov cocktails, and blocked streets with burning vehicles last night as a reprisal to the arrest. […]

Opinion: Pardoning Murderers in the Gulf

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Dec 1, 2014 | Opinion

Yet another sickening narrative in the world of crime has brought up an old question: Isn’t it about time we reconsidered provisions in some Gulf countries that allow criminals to be released and escape punishment as a result of a pardon from the victim’s...