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Lebanese anti-government protesters, center, crossed the first barrier of the barbed wires that block the road to the government building, as they throw stones and bottles against the on-going trash crisis and alleged government corruption, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015. Some thousands of people staged the largest of the demonstrations that began last […]
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From R-L, Nuri Al-Maliki, Midhat Al-Mahmoud, Osama Al-Nujaifi and Iyad Allawi are seen during a swearing-in ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, September 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraq: Maliki, Nujaifi say PM’s decision to cancel vice president posts “unconstitutional”
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Two of Iraq’s three outgoing vice presidents say Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi’s decision to cancel their posts is unconstitutional. In exclusive comments to Asharq Al-Awsat, Osama Al-Nujaifi, one of the three vice president post-holders,...Caption:
In this Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 file photo, Italian energy giant Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi poses for a photo prior to the start of a conference, in Rome. The Italian energy company Eni says it has discovered a “supergiant” natural gas field off Egypt. A company statement on Sunday, August 30, 2015 is calling it the “largest-ever” found in the Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)