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Opinion: The US Presidential Election – the Show is Not Over Yet

by Amir Taheri | Apr 8, 2016 | Opinion

Norman Muller is a white-collar worker in Illinois who is sure about at least one thing: he has never voted and intends never to vote in his life. And, yet, by a quirk of fate he is chosen by a super-computer as the only representative of the American electorate in...

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Al-Azhar: We Support Saudi Efforts to Fight Terrorism and Extremism in the World

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Apr 8, 2016 | Middle East

Egypt’s Al-Azhar highlighted the large role played by Saudi Arabia in defending Islam and the comments came in the context of King Salman bin Abdulaziz’s visit to Egypt. The Undersecretary of Al-Azhar Dr Abbas Schumann told Asharq Al-Awsat that Saudi Arabia “is...

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Former Baath official and deputy to deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri

The Invulnerable Izzat al-Douri

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 8, 2016 | Middle East

Former Iraqi Vice President Izzat al-Douri might be the most fortunate person in the world as his death was announced several times in the past 12 years, yet, just like myths, every time he reappeared to prove them false. The most recent appearing for al-Douri was a...

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Nine Network Australia, which was involved in documenting the kidnap of two children from Dahieh in Beirut

Australian TV Crew Detained for Kidnapping Two Children in Beirut

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 8, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- A family dispute was transformed into an international problem as Australians, who participated in abducting two Lebanese-Australian children to return them to their mother, were detained in Lebanon. Hours after abducting the two Al-Amin children from Beirut’s...

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John Kerry and Gulf Foreign Ministers of GCC in their meeting in Manama on Thursday

Kerry: We Do Not Trust Iran… Cooperating with GCC States is Indispensable

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Apr 8, 2016 | Middle East

Manama-U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Gulf state ministers on Thursday in Manama where the parties discussed latest developments and challenges in the region. Saudi Foreign Minister, Adel al-Jubeir said that the meeting tackled US assurances on responding...