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A handout picture released by the Moroccan Royal Palace shows Morocco’s King Mohammed VI (C) posing with ministers of his newly appointed government on October 10, 2013 at the Royal Palace in Rabat. (AFP)

Morocco’s king names new ministers, Islamists lose ground

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 11, 2013 | Middle East

Rabat, Reuters—Morocco’s King Mohammed VI named 19 new ministers on Thursday after the prime minister reached a deal to form a new coalition that weakens the ruling Islamists who are trying to push through unpopular reforms to subsidies and the pensions system....

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Mali’s new President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, former Prime Minister and President of the National Assembly, smiles as he is sworn in to office in Bamako, Mali, 04 September 2013. (EPA/Tanya Bindra)

Mali’s new president promises to bring peace, fight graft

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 4, 2013 | World

Bamako, Reuters—Mali’s new president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, pledged to stamp out corruption and bring peace to the turbulent north as he was sworn in on Wednesday, 18 months after a coup and rebel uprising plunged the gold exporter into chaos. The former prime...

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Italy’s lower house of parliament. (Andreas Solaro, AFP/Getty Images)

Italian parliament gives final approval to growth package

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 9, 2013 | World

Rome, Reuters—Italy’s lower house of parliament on Friday gave final approval to a package introduced by Enrico Letta’s government to try to help pull the country out of recession with measures to cut bureaucracy and promote public work projects. The...

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A supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi tries to take cover as a police officer uses a shotgun during clashes in Nasr city area, east of Cairo July 27, 2013. (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)

Egypt: More than 100 killed in Cairo massacre

by Mahmud El Shafey | Jul 27, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—More than 100 people have been reported killed by security officials in Egypt in what represents the worst state-led massacre since former president Hosni Mubarak’s ouster. The violence took place in the early hours of Saturday morning at a...

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People celebrate at Tahrir Square with a portrait of Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after a broadcast confirming that the army will temporarily be taking over from the country’s first democratically elected president Mohammed Morsi on July 3, 2013 in Cairo. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI.)

Opinion: Egypt’s Testing Times

by Bakir Oweida | Jul 26, 2013 | Opinion

Last Sunday, I received an email signed, “Kylil Morrow, 18 years old from Michigan University,” containing the following question: Do you expect the Syrian scenario to be repeated in Egypt—not between the army and the people, but between the Muslim...