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Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey was working at a Save the Children specialist ebola hospital in Sierra Leone in November 2014. (EPA/HO)

British nurse with Ebola in critical condition: hospital

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 3, 2015 | World

London, Reuters—A British nurse being treated for Ebola in London is in a critical condition after deteriorating over the last two days, her hospital said on Saturday. The Royal Free Hospital has been treating Pauline Cafferkey, 39, with blood plasma from an Ebola...

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French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (C) speaks in front of French soldiers of the Barkhane operation on January 1, 2015, in Madama. (AFP/Dominique Faget)

French military intervention in Libya within three months: diplomat

by Michel Abu Najm | Jan 3, 2015 | Middle East

Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—France could undertake military intervention in Libya within the next three months, an Arab diplomatic source informed Asharq Al-Awsat as French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian gave the strongest indication yet that Paris is considering the...

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President Barack Obama answers questions during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, in Washington DC on Nov. 5, 2014 (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Opinion: What can we expect from Washington in 2015?

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jan 3, 2015 | Opinion

Having just bidden farewell to 2014 with a failure at the UN Security Council to pass a resolution ending the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories within three years, let’s wish everybody a happy new year. In fact, the US had made its intentions clear by...

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Lebanese girls hold pictures of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri as they visit his grave in Beirut’s Martyrs Square.
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UN chief extends mandate of Hariri tribunal until March 2018

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 3, 2015 | Middle East

United Nations, AP—Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon authorized a three-year extension Friday of the mandate for the UN-backed tribunal prosecuting suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The suicide truck bomb that killed Hariri...

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Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir addresses a crowd in North Khartoum, on June 8, 2013. (Reuters)

Opinion: Sudan’s False Promises of Change

by Osman Mirghani | Jan 3, 2015 | Opinion

The Sudanese people on Thursday celebrated the 59th anniversary of national independence but without any feelings of optimism that there will be any real change to their political, economic and living conditions in the near future. All promises of change made since...