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7/10/2024 12:25:48 PM
Following the surprising results of the French snap polls, Olivier Schouteden, an assistant professor of history at the American University in Cairo (AUC) specializing in European colonial history and its relation to the modern world, spoke to Ahram Online about the election outcomes and the unexpected victory of the leftist National Front.
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International
7/7/2024 10:59:00 PM
A coalition on the left that came together unexpectedly ahead of France’s snap elections won the most parliamentary seats in the vote, according to polling projections Sunday. The surprise projections put President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance in second and the far right in third.
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In Pictures
7/7/2024 10:42:32 PM
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World
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Africa
2/10/2024 9:49:37 PM
Firebrand leftist politician Julius Malema on Saturday accused the ruling ANC of neglecting the country's ills as he launched the party's electoral campaign ahead of a hotly contested poll that could cost the ruling party its parliamentary majority.
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World
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Region
2/6/2024 12:56:47 PM
Turkish police on Tuesday shot dead a man and a woman belonging to a leftist "terrorist" organisation who attacked a security checkpoint outside Istanbul's main courthouse, injuring six people, officials said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/2/2024 6:14:39 PM
A French parliamentary delegation, led by left-wing MP Éric Coquerel, will visit Rafah on the Egyptian-Palestinian border on Sunday to call for an immediate and lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
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World
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Region
10/17/2023 11:46:10 AM
An earring pokes out from under the helmet of Israeli occupation army reservist Amir, a self-professed leftist who is pro-peace but finds himself looking through his rifle scope at buildings inside Gaza.
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Egypt
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Presidential Elections 2024
10/14/2023 12:02:13 PM
Ahmed Tantawi, a former MP and former head of the leftist Karama (Dignity) Party, ended on Friday his campaign for the upcoming presidential elections, nearly 24 hours before the candidacy deadline.
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World
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Region
10/11/2023 10:46:22 AM
A French leftist party, the New Anti-Capitalist Party, is being investigated for supporting Palestinian Hamas raids on Israel, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Tuesday.
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World
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International
5/19/2023 1:56:43 PM
Greece's outgoing conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and leftist challenger Alexis Tsipras will make a final push for votes at closing rallies on Friday ahead of the most uncertain general election in a decade.
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World
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Region
4/28/2023 2:21:23 PM
Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party and its leftist allies called on voters Friday to back President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main rival in the May 14 polls.
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World
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International
1/21/2023 6:18:55 PM
Thousands of people protested in Madrid Saturday against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's leftist government in a rally held in a key election year in Spain that was backed by far-right party Vox.
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International
1/10/2023 11:04:56 PM
The Biden administration is under growing pressure from leftists in Latin America as well as US lawmakers to expel Jair Bolsonaro from a post-presidential retreat in Florida following his supporters' brazen attack on Brazil's capital over the weekend.
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International
1/1/2023 11:10:48 PM
Colombia and Venezuela on Sunday opened a key bridge linking the countries that had been closed for almost seven years amid political tensions, launching an era of improved relations under Colombia's new leftist president.
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World
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International
1/1/2023 8:42:48 PM
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office Sunday for a third term as Brazil's president, in a ceremony snubbed by outgoing leader Jair Bolsonaro, underlining the deep divisions the veteran leftist inherits.
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World
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International
11/2/2022 6:54:48 PM
Thousands of President Jair Bolsonaro's supporters called on the military Wednesday to keep the far-right leader in power, even as his administration signaled a willingess to hand over the reins to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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World
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International
11/1/2022 10:24:30 PM
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday "authorized" the transition to a new government, without acknowledging his defeat to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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World
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International
11/1/2022 1:54:14 PM
Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro maintained an increasingly loud silence late Monday after his election defeat, failing to acknowledge his loss to veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva -- who faces a tough to-do list.
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World
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International
10/31/2022 2:19:19 PM
Congratulations poured in from across the globe for Brazil's leftist president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after his narrow victory over far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro was announced.
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World
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International
10/4/2022 9:27:35 PM
Colombia's government and a delegation from the National Liberation Army (ELN) leftist guerrillas announced on Tuesday they would next month restart peace talks suspended since 2019.
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