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Palestinian Muslim worshippers break their day-long fast during a charity “Iftar” meal outside the golden Dome of the Rock in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on July 14, 2013. (Photo: AFP – Ahmad Gharabli)
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Pakistan’s incoming prime minister Nawaz Sharif speaks to journalists at his farm house in Raiwind on the outskirts of Lahore on May 13, 2013. Source: AFP Photos/Roberto Schmidt
Pakistan vote count shows big Sharif win
Islamabad, AP—The vote count from last weekend’s nationwide elections in Pakistan on Tuesday indicates a big win for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s party. Figures released by the country’s election commission, based on 254 of the 269 races...Caption:
Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister and head of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N), Nawaz Sharif, celebrate with fireworks the victory of their party a day after landmark general elections, in Lahore, on May 12, 2013. Source: AFP Photo/Arif Ali Topshots
Sharif poised to form government after Pakistan poll
Islamabad, Reuters—Toppled in a 1999 military coup, jailed and exiled, Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and looks set to form a stable government capable of implementing reforms needed to rescue the fragile economy. Sharif may not...Caption:
French President Francois Hollande attends the economic forum with French and Moroccan business leaders at a hotel in Rabat April 4, 2013. (REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal)
France’s Hollande in Dire Straits
Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—Francois Hollande would not be president of France if the elections were to take place today, a recent poll has revealed. A poll conducted by CSA for BFMTV released this week suggests that not only would President Hollande not be elected if the...Caption:
A Palestinian youth jumps on the beach of Gaza City March 29, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA – Tags: SOCIETY)