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Gheorghe Hagi’s performances at USA 94 earned him a move to Barcelona after two seasons with Brescia. – REUTERS

How Gheorghe Hagi Went from Real Madrid to Barcelona … via Serie B

by Richard Hall | Sep 17, 2016 | Sports

It is hard to name many players who have sandwiched a quick jaunt at Brescia between spells at Real Madrid and Barcelona. It is even more bizarre to think that a player would leave Real Madrid for a newly promoted Serie A club, then endure relegation to Serie B, and...

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People shop at a vegetables market near a damaged building in the rebel held al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, August 30, 2016. Reuters, Abdalrhman Ismail

IMF: Economic Costs of Middle East Wars Exceptionally High

by Heba El Koudsy | Sep 17, 2016 | Business

Washington-Armed conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa are not only devastating the economies gripped by fighting but are also sapping growth in neighboring countries and those hosting millions of refugees, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday....

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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble speaks during a news conference at the 2016 World Bank-IMF Spring Meeting in Washington. Reuters

21% of German Society Has Foreign Roots

by Majid al-Khateeb | Sep 17, 2016 | World

Cologne- In the nineties of the last century and after the rise of the Nazi tide affected by the German unification, foreigners in Germany formed “eight percent” organization to express their proportion in the German society. Since then, this rate rose to 14% in 2005...

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Opinion: Coats That Borrow

by Samir Atallah | Sep 17, 2016 | Opinion

Despite the increase in the population of the world, it remains small because it unites friends, families, acquaintances and memories. However, scientists are always researching about the wondrous world that we live in without us realising. One scientist discovers the...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to journalists at an airport in Bishkek on September 17, 2016. Michael Klimentyev / SPUTNIK / AFP

Putin Says Syria Regime Honoring Truce, Hopes U.S. Sticks to its Commitments

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 17, 2016 | Middle East

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said Moscow is holding to its part of the Syria agreement, but accused the rebels of using it to “regroup” and expressed hope that Washington would stick to its commitments. “We see attempts to regroup...