by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 22, 2013 | World
Beijing, Reuters—A man in the northeastern Chinese province of Shandong has been infected by a new strain of bird flu, the first case found in the province, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday, bringing the total number of victims in China to 105. The H7N9 virus...
by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Mar 6, 2013 | Features
Aleppo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Choked, chaotic Aleppo: two years ago this was the mercantile capital of Syria, now it is a city made medieval by war. Since last summer there has been no grid power in the neighborhoods controlled by the Free Syrian Army (FSA), and as the sun...