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People queue for subsidized bread in front of a bakery in Alexandria, in this June 2, 2013 file picture. (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)
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In this Wednesday, July 10, 2013 photo, supporters of ousted Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi, hold posters of him as they protest during the Islamic month of Ramadan, in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Egypt braces for fresh violence on first Friday of Ramadan
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Supporters and opponents of ousted President Mohamed Mursi are set to take to the streets in the Egyptian capital today, the first Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, as tensions continue to soar between the two camps. More than a week...Caption:
Nouri Abusahmain, the new head of Libya’s General National Congress (GNC), smiles in Tripoli June 25, 2013. (Reuters/Ismail Zitouny)
Nouri Abusahmain: The view from Tripoli
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Nouri Abusahmain is the newly elected president of the Libyan General National Congress (GNC), making him the country’s interim head of state during the current transitional period. Speaking exclusively to Asharq Al-Awsat, Abusahmain spoke...Caption:
In this June 27, 2013 photo, an armed police officer stands guard in Lukqun township, Xinjiang, China. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
China’s troubled Xinjiang hit by more violence – state media
Beijing, Reuters—More than a hundred people, riding motorbikes and wielding knifes, attacked a police station in China’s ethnically divided western region of Xinjiang, state media said on Saturday, in the latest unrest to hit the restive region in the past week....Caption:
A Bahraini policeman extinguishes tyres burning during clashes with riot police following a protest in solidarity with jailed Bahraini women in the village of Jidhafs, west of Manama, on June 13, 2013. (AFP/Mohammed Al-Shaikh)