Articles tagged with: president
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Friday, 17 May, 2013
The two most populous Arab states after Egypt, Algeria and Iraq have been without a president: Algeria for a few weeks, and Iraq a few months. The two countries rank among the richest in terms of natural resources, and both have the Arab world's bloodiest recent past.
Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika is said to have been in poor health since 2005. Rumors about his death are frequent on Twitter. He has been taken abroad on many occasions to receive medical treatment, but last month ...
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Wednesday, 15 May, 2013
CAIRO, Asharq Al-Awsat—Responding to the Tamarod (Rebellion) petition seeking to oust Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi—which at last count had gathered more than two million signatures—the Islamists have launched a petition of their own in support of the embattled leader.
Mursi supporters have launched a Tajarud (Impartial) petition following calls by Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiyya leader Assem Abdul-Majid. This battle of the petitions comes in the week that an independent public opinion re...
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Friday, 12 Apr, 2013
RAMALLAH, Asharq Al-Awsat—Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad tendered his resignation earlier this week over a dispute with President Mahmoud Abbas.
Fayyad’s resignat...
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The translucent white marble stairs and cream gilt and stucco ceilings of the ceremonial hall of Ankara’s new presidential palace rarely echo to spontaneous applause, but the...
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Tuesday, 15 Jan, 2013
Referring to the generals who deposed him twice, former Turkish Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel once said that the trouble with Turkish politics was that while “politicians ...
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Monday, 10 Dec, 2012
In an attempt to quell public anger in Egypt, President Morsi has backed off from the controversial decree that he issued a month ago that put him above the law and granted him u...
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Wednesday, 28 Nov, 2012
Somebody needs to defuse the crisis in Egypt, or the country is heading for an explosion. Yesterday tens of thousands of people poured into Tahrir Square in scenes reminiscent of t...
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Thursday, 8 Nov, 2012
He won—but he won ugly.
The same US president who first captured the White House in poetry and governed in competent—if lackluster—prose has been re-elected despite an...
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Wednesday, 7 Nov, 2012
President Barack Obama has won a second term in the White House, defeating Republican candidate Mitt Romney. Obama won comfortably, with 303 of the Electoral College votes to R...
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Tuesday, 11 Sep, 2012
Watching Mitt Romney address the Republican National Convention this August, it is easy to see that he is comfortable being the center of attention and that he has been there many ...
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