BAGHDAD: A coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki was winning in the all-important capital and a Shiite province in the south, according to a partial tally of election results released on Saturday. Election officials also announced that the prime minister's coalition was leading in Karbala, a Shiite province in southern Iraq where he has been battling his former political allies, the Iraqi National Alliance, a Shiite religious coalition with ties to Iran. With the ...

BY AYSHA TARYAM

On Saturday night, and as per its daily schedule, the Oprah Winfrey Show aired on the locally broadcast television channel MBC4. This episode in particular was enthusiastically awaited by the UAE nationals since it was to feature our b...

BY AYSHA TARYAM

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