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File photo of Egyptian protesters brandishing their shoes outside Maspero television building in Cairo. (AFP)

Egypt’s new TV channels: Who pays the piper?

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Jun 11, 2013 | Media

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—A great deal of debate continues to surround the financing of satellite television channels in Egypt. It is strange that despite the drop in TV advertising revenues, the number of private channels continues to rise. More than 25 private...

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File photo—Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses on April 16, 2013 members of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara. (AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN)

Opinion: Which Erdoğan do you see?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jun 5, 2013 | Opinion

When protests suddenly kicked off at Taksim Square in the Turkish city of Istanbul, many thought the situation was akin to that in Tunisia, Egypt and Syria at the beginning of their revolutions. Hastily formed opinions made themselves heard; an Egyptian said that he...

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Radical Islamist movement Ansar al-Shariah supporters clash with Tunisian police officers after Tunisia’s Interior Ministry on Friday. (AP Photo/Nawfel)

Tunisian forces prepare to confront jihadists

by Monji Saidani | Jun 3, 2013 | Middle East

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Tunisian government has sent military reinforcements to Jebel Ech Chambi in the Kasserine province in the west of the country following an incident in which Tunisian troops came under attack two days ago. In this latest attack, a number of...

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US President Barack Obama listens as a protester shouts during a speech about his administration’s drone and counterterrorism policies, as well as the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, at the National Defense University in Washington, DC, May 23, 2013. (TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/Saul LOEB)

Obama seeks end to perpetual U.S. ‘war on terror’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 24, 2013 | World

Washington, Reuters—Twelve years after the “war on terror” began, President Barack Obama wants to pull the United States back from some of the most controversial aspects of its global fight against Islamist militants. In a major policy speech on Thursday,...

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Pakistani security officials are pictured at the site of a bomb attack on a vehicle used by security forces on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of restive Baluchistan province, on May 23, 2013. (AFP/Banaras Khan)

Car bomb kills 12 in southwest Pakistan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 23, 2013 | World

Quetta, AP—A Taliban car bomb targeting a police vehicle killed 11 policemen and one civilian Thursday in an area of southwest Pakistan wracked by Islamic militancy and a violent separatist insurgency, police said. The bombing on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital...