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ZUGDIDI, Georgia: People hold banners and wave flags during a rally in the city of Zugdidi, about 300 km from the capital Tbilisi, yesterday, to demand the release from jail of their ex-president and opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili. - AFPnn

Georgia ruling party, opposition stage rival rallies ahead of polls
RUSTAVI: A photograph shows a view of the prison in Rustavi, outside Tbilisi. Former Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili has been arrested and placed in Rustavi prison upon his return from exile. - AFP n

Georgia's ruling party leads polls, opposition alleges electoral fraud
AL WAKRAH, Qatar: A waiter pours a drink as Qataris sit during a campaign rally for Qatar's inaugural Shura Council election, in Al-Wakrah.- AFP n

Qataris gearing up for first legislative polls
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Campaigning opens for first ever Qatar legislative polls
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier and Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union's (CDU) chancellor candidate Armin Laschet during a session at the Bundestag, the German lower house of parliament yesterday. - AFP n

Merkel goes all out for Laschet as German party lags in polls
BIALYSTOK, Poland: Polish soldiers unload materials to construct a barbed wire fence on the border with Belarus in Zubrzyca Wielka near Bialystok, eastern Poland.-AFPn

Losing steam, Polish govt plays immigration card
DOHA: Candidates leave after registering to run in the country's upcoming election to the Shura Council in Doha Sunday.-AFPn

Qatar opens registration for Oct 2 polls
OTTAWA: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (center), his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau (second left) and children Ella-Grace (left), and Hadrien arrive at Rideau Hall to ask Governor General Mary Simon to dissolve Parliament yesterday in Ottawa. - AFPnn

Canada snap polls coming as Trudeau seeks new mandate
LUSAKA: Voters wait at noon in long queues to cast their ballots outside the Post Office in central Lusaka, yesterday. - AFPn

Debt-ridden Zambia votes in closely contested polls
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OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghais.
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DOHA: Kuwait’s Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah speaks at the 41st meeting of the Interior Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council. — KUNA photos
Interior minister calls for uniting GCC security efforts
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Committee strips Kuwaiti citizenship of 1,647 individuals
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Oxford Academy School students pose for a photo with their Kuwait Times copies.
Oxford Academy School students visit Kuwait Times and Kuwait News
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Ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov from the Mariinsky Ballet performs during a dress rehearsal of 'Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux' at the Saddlers Wells theatre in London, on October 15, 2008. --AFP
Funeral of famed Russian ballet star set for Thursday