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From left to right: UK secretary of state for energy and climate change Ed Davey, UAE foreign minister Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, British PM David Cameron, UK minister of state at the Department of Energy and Climate Change Greg Barker, and
UAE minister of state and CEO of the Abu Dhabi-based Masdar Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

British PM, UAE ministers, inaugurate world’s largest offshore wind farm

by Nadia Al-Turki | Jul 5, 2013 | Business

Margate (UK), Asharq Al-Awsat—British Prime Minister David Cameron and a number of ministers and diplomats from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and European countries gathered yesterday in Margate, UK, for the inauguration ceremony of the “London Array”, the world’s...

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Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi leaves the hall after Tunisian deputies interrupted the presentation by the head of the drafting committee of the draft consontitution, on July 1, 2013, in Tunis. (AFP/Fethi Belaid)

Ghannouchi says Tunisia is not Egypt

by Nadia Al-Turki | Jul 4, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Rachid Ghannouchi, leader of Tunisia’s Islamist Ennahda Movement, stressed that the Egyptian scenario will not be repeated in Tunisia. Ghannouchi spoke to Asharq Al-Awsat after some Tunisian activists announced the launch of an opposition...

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GCC chief says more measures against Hezbollah planned

by Nadia Al-Turki | Jun 25, 2013 | Middle East

Manama, Asharq Al-Awsat—Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) secretary-general, Abdullatif Al-Zayani, has said GCC countries will continue to take more measures against Hezbollah’s interests in the region. In a speech at the ‘UN Public Service Forum 2013’ in Bahrain, he...

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IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR LONDON GATEWAY – British retailer Marks & Spencer announced plans for a major new £200 million distribution center at DP World London Gateway, on the River Thames, Essex, England, on Monday, June 10, 2013

British premier visits London’s super-port

by Nadia Al-Turki | Jun 11, 2013 | Business

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—British prime minister David Cameron has visited the site of the London Gateway, a port development owned by the UAE’s DP World. In a speech during Monday’s visit to the project site in the Tilbury area of Essex, Cameron said: “This is a...

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Former prime minister Hamadi Jebali waves to reporters following the transfer of power ceremony to newly appointed Tunisian prime minister Ali Larayedh, unseen, in Tunis, Tunisia, on Thursday March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)

Hamadi Jebali: A View from Tunis

by Nadia Al-Turki | May 19, 2013 | Interviews

Oxford, Asharq Al-Awsat—With Tunisian elections nominally scheduled to take place before the end of this year, there has been much focus on political divides and infighting in the country’s fledgling democracy. At the same time, Tunisia is dealing with a...