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Britain Soccer Football – Wolverhampton Wanderers v Chelsea – FA Cup Fifth Round – Molineux – 18/2/17 Chelsea manager Antonio Conte applauds fans after the game Reuters / Darren Staples

Italy Still Producing Prize Managerial Exports from Its Winning System

by Richard Williams | Feb 19, 2017 | Sports

As long as he doesn’t blow it, and nothing in his record suggests that he will, sometime within the next three months Antonio Conte will become the fourth Italian manager to lead a team to the Premier League title. Remarkably, that quartet – in which he would join...

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King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. SPA

King Salman Sponsors Global Integrity Conference ‘Nazaha’ on Raising Awareness on Government Transparency, Accountability

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 19, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- Saudi Arabia’s Capital Riyadh will be holding the activities of the second Global integrity conference ‘Nazaha’ as of Monday. The event kicks ff under the patronage of his majesty King Salman bin Abdulaziz. This year’s conference is held under the topic of...

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U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order to impose tighter vetting of travelers entering the United States, at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Constraints Threaten Trump’s Promise of an Immigration Crackdown

by Michael D. Shear and Ron Nixon | Feb 19, 2017 | World

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s efforts to secure the nation’s borders and get tough on illegal immigrants, announced just days after he took office, now face serious logistical problems along with the legal challenges that threaten his ability to make good on a...

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6 Factions Constitute the Core of Turkey-Backed Syrian National Army

by Paula Astih | Feb 19, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – The process of uniting the larger part of Syrian opposition factions in north Syria has been initiated to form a national army with direct support from Turkey, said a prominent opposing military source to Asharq Al-Awsat. The source said that currently,...

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Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov. PHOTO: AFP

Lavrov Announces Truce in Eastern Ukraine

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 19, 2017 | World

Munich, Moscow- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced on Saturday that a truce in eastern Crimea will start as of Monday. The agreement was reached after a meeting in Germany’s Munich in which each of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France participated....