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Textbooks Showing Israel instead of Palestine Stir Debate in Algeria

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

Algiers-Calls for the resignation of Algerian Education Minister Nouria Benghabrit grew on Friday over a major mistake in a secondary school geography book which labelled a map of Palestine as Israel. This mistake has led to growing resentment of Islamists and...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif attends Human Rights Council at UN in Geneva.-Reuters

NYT Readers Respond to Zarif’s Article: ‘Iran Is Leading Sponsor of Terrorism’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 17, 2016 | World

London- Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Javad Zarif is trying hard to set himself as the hero of the propaganda campaign launched recently by Tehran against Saudi Arabia. On Tuesday, before heading to the Non-Aligned Summit in Venezuela, Zarif told...

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Lebanon’s Prime Minister Tammam Salam Reuters/Jamal Saidi

Lebanon Attends U.N. Refugee Summit amid Naturalization Fears

by Youssef Diab | Sep 17, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-An official Lebanese delegation headed by Prime Minister Tammam Salam traveled to New York on Saturday to participate in a summit on refugees which is set to be held at the United Nations headquarters next week. The summit is expected to discuss the problem of...

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The hair-raising cost of energy security. Photographer: JENS SCHLUETER/AFP/Getty Images

The U.K.’s Nuclear Gamble

by Mark Gilbert | Sep 17, 2016 | Opinion

The U.K. government had to perform two distinct calculations in deciding to proceed with building a nuclear power station at Hinkley Point, one political and one economic. The political reckoning was always going to argue strongly against abandoning the project. The...

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Haftar Turns the Tables

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Sep 17, 2016 | Features

Cairo-Libyan General Khalifa Haftar turned the tables on his rivals in a move reminiscent to actions taken by his ancestors, who launched their campaigns to rule the country from Cyrenaica, the eastern coastal region of Libya. Haftar can now pave the way for a new era...