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Swiss Federal President Doris Leuthard (left) poses with China’s President Xi Jinping (right) during the launch of the Swiss-Sino year of tourism next to a panda ice sculpture on the side line of the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, 17 January 2017. Photograph: LAURENT GILLIERON / POOL/EPA
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An armed man loyal to the Houthi movement holds his weapon as he gathers to protest against the elected government deciding to cut off the Yemeni central bank from the outside world, in the capital Sanaa, Yemen August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi
Yemeni Army Seizes ‘Zelzal’ Rocket Artillery in Eastern Sana’a
Aden- Yemeni Army units on Tuesday successfully retook control over rebel-held locations, confiscating arms and ammunition from coup militants. Unguided Iran-made ‘Zelzal’, Arabic for earthquake, rockets were retrieved from insurgency militias in Sana’a’s eastern...Caption:
Chelsea Manning seen in an undated photo. (AFP Photo/HO)
Obama Shortens Sentence of WikiLeaker Manning, More Clemency Coming
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday slashed the sentence of transgender army private Chelsea Manning, who had been sentenced to 35 years behind bars for handing classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks amid reports he is planning more commutations in his final days...Caption:
Maroun Semaan’s wife Tanya and their daughter Nour with AUB President Dr. Fadlo R. Khuri and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Dr. Philip S. Khoury
Boldly AUB: A Campaign to Safeguard More Abundant Future
The American University of Beirut (AUB) launched on Monday “BOLDLY AUB: The Campaign to Lead, Innovate, and Serve,” in a spectacular ceremony at the Charles W. Hostler Student Center auditorium on campus attended by regional dignitaries, business leaders,...Caption:
Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, seen in this 2014 file photo. AP