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Vice President of the Republic Osama Abdul Aziz al-Nujaifi called for international monitoring to ensure the fairness and transparency of the elections.

Al-Nujaifi received on Wednesday the Australian Ambassador in Iraq Joan Lundes, who congratulated him on the occasion of the victory of Iraq on the Daesh terrorist organization, and offered Australia's contributions with the International Coalition to help Iraq, both in the training aspect or grants. 

Vingt-quatre observateurs européens ont commencé à se déployer hier dans les régions libanaises, dans le cadre d’une mission de la délégation de l’Union européenne pour l'observation des législatives (EU EOM). 

L’affluence sur les opérations d’implantation de l’Union pour la République est très forte. «Trop forte». Au point de faire douter une partie de ses responsables sur l’éventualité «d’un complot visant à ridiculiser le processus». Mais qui a intérêt à faire échouer le processus de renouveau de l’UPR ?

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The United Arab Emirates’ Cabinet approved a bill guaranteeing equal pay for men and women as the Gulf nation strives to bring more females into its workforce. “We don’t want any exceptions to equal opportunities between the sexes,” UAE Prime Minister and Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid al-Maktoum said on Twitter. He didn’t say when the bill would be presented to the country’s advisory federal national council for final approval.

he names of voters among the police and military will not be revealed, said Najla Brahim, member of the Independent High Authority for the Elections (ISIE).

The publication of their names outside the polling stations or their participation in electoral campaigns is prohibited, she said, adding that the results of the poll will not, under any circumstances, be revealed immediately after the voting operation not to reveal its trends.

Alors que l’opposition exige une large concertation, en vue d’avoir des élections apaisées et transparentes, l’Union Pour la République(UPR) est dans une phase de massification. 

Une campagne d’adhésion à cette formation politique au pouvoir entamé depuis la semaine dernière risque de se prolonger dans les jours qui viennent, apprend- on de sources sûres. Une situation qui risque encore une fois de plus de mettre l’opposition significative, incarné par le Forum national pour la démocratie et l’Unité (FNDU) dans tous ses états. 

Battles for Lebanon's parliamentary elections have brought back political confrontations between the two Druze leaders in Mount Lebanon, leader of the Progressive Socialist Party MP Walid Jumblat and head of the Lebanese Democratic Party, Minister of the Displaced Talal Arslan, Asharq al-Awsat daily reported Tuesday.

The Independent High Authority for Election (ISIE) has launched an awareness programme to encourage the voters to go to the polls massively, on May 6, 2018, the day of the municipal elections, said Tuesday ISIE President Mohamed Tlili Mansri.

This awareness programme includes the dissemination of awareness spots in several avenues in different regions of the country, the dissemination of awareness spots on national and regional television and radio, the sending of SMS awareness messages and the dressing of four trucks, he explained during an awareness meeting held in the capital.