Articles tagged with: elections
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Friday, 17 May, 2013
Last weekend’s general elections in Pakistan are significant for a variety of reasons. For the first time in the country’s history—and, unless the unexpected happens—there were will be a democratic transition of power from one civilian government to another one.
The vote was the clearest demonstration of the country’s young, vibrant civil society and private media, which can trump political corruption and the ever-looming specter of militant violence. Despite Taliban threats to ...
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Friday, 10 May, 2013
LONDON, Asharq Al-Awsat—Hassan Rouhani, a reformist presidential hopeful and Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator from 2003 to 2005, revealed on Tuesday that before the presidential elections in 2005 “British diplomats had predicted the then-mayor of Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, would become Iran’s next president.”
According to the Entekhab news website, he made his comment immediately after submitting his application for candidacy at the Interior Ministry, while answering questions ...
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Friday, 10 May, 2013
The five-day registration process for candidates in next month’s Iranian presidential elections officially opened this Tuesday, marking the beginning of what is likely to be a ve...
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Thursday, 2 May, 2013
LONDON, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran’s supreme leader recommended against spreading ideological dogma and divisive comments in a meeting with groups of religious orators, Iran’s ...
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Friday, 26 Apr, 2013
LONDON, Asharq Al-Awsat—Hojjat Al-Islam Mohammadian, the supreme leader’s representative to Iran’s universities, has harshly criticized the decision to close universities...
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Thursday, 18 Apr, 2013
LONDON, Asharq Al-Awsat—Pro-reformist website Baztab has reported that an internal poll has been conducted by an unknown state organization in Iran to gauge the opinions of t...
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Monday, 15 Apr, 2013
LONDON, Asharq Al-Awsat—At least 20 people were killed and over 100 wounded on Monday, April 15 in a series of car bombings targeting mainly Shi'a areas across Iraq.
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Wednesday, 10 Apr, 2013
On a recent visit to Iraq, I found little appetite or excitement for the upcoming local elections scheduled for April 20. One taxi driver said, “They’ve only recently finis...
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A newborn arrives, kicking and screaming into the world. The child is born in Lebanon, and when registered as a Lebanese citizen the parents will have to fill out the dotted li...
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Wednesday, 3 Apr, 2013
Egypt’s political scene today seems deeply polarized between supporters and opponents of the Muslim Brotherhood. Violent clashes are not a rare sight. In such a context, it is di...
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