An Iraqi woman running in the March elections has appealed to voters to back her up, but put the picture of her husband instead of her own on her campaign poster. She also identified her brother-in-law to capitalise on his name. “Elect the one who is part of you … Mrs Shadha Razzaq...
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Turkish President Abdallah Gül is expected to visit Afghanistan in spring to officially open 68 schools built by Turkey. The schools are part of Ankara’s multi-dimensional aid programme for Kabul that encompasses education, health, agriculture and human resource development,” the Turkish Daily News reported, quoting unnamed sources. Afghanistan’s education minister Faruk Wardak said that...
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The world economic forum on the Middle East and North Africa will be held in Morocco in October, sources have said. “The forum will be hosted by the government of Morocco on October 26-28 in Marrakech,” the sources told Gulf News. Last year, Claus Schwab the president of the World Economic Form said that...
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A vociferous lawmaker who has often waded into controversy with his peers and officials said that he would not be running for a third term this autumn. “I would like to retire and devote myself to religious causes. I have had my share of parliamentary action and would rather now focus on working...
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Women make up 17 per cent of Kuwait’s labour force in the private sector, a study has indicated. However, Kuwaiti authorities said that they wanted to boost the figure through measures that will foster women’s economic and political empowerment. The study commissioned by the social affairs and labour ministry said that seven per cent...
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