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Wladimir Klitschko: ‘One thing I believe is I don’t feel my age. It’s not empty words. I am getting in the best shape of my life.’ Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images

Wladimir Klitschko: ‘This May Sound Arrogant, But I Am Like Mount Everest’

by Sachin Nakrani | Apr 20, 2017 | Sports

Stanglwirt is a sprawling bio-hotel located in the Austrian Alps and which at first glance looks like the setting for a slow-burning, creepy horror movie. With its mountainous background and somewhat kitsch interior – heavy wood paneling, stripy sofas – it brings...

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Sigrid Kaag, Reuters

Sigrid Kaag to Asharq Al-Awsat: Words on Hezbollah’s Armament Raise Concerns

by Thaer Abbas | Apr 14, 2016 | Interviews

ASHARQ AL-AWSAT: The visit of SG Ban Ki-moon to Lebanon stirred political reviews, particularly concerning the issue of Syrian refugee resettlement. Are there any plans on ground for this? SCL SIGRID KAAG: No, none whatsoever. It is always surprising how this came...

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Kids say the funniest things

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Jan 21, 2013 | Opinion

I recently read a pleasant news item about an eight-year-old girl, Hala Hancerkiran, interviewing Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. According to the news report, Hala had travelled to the Turkish parliament’s headquarters accompanied by her father....