Israeli President Shimon Peres Talks With EU High Representative For Foreign Affairs In Jerusalem
Israeli President Shimon Peres (R) meets with the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Baroness Catherine Ashton in Jerusalem on Oct. 24, 2012. <Xinhua/Jini>
Israeli Airstrike Claimed Caused Explosion At Military Factory In Khartoum, Sudan
A Sudanese man shows damages in his home caused by an artillery shell in Khartoum, Sudan, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Sudan claimed Wednesday that Israeli airstrikes caused an explosion and fire at a military factory south of the capital, Khartoum, killing several. <AP Photo/Abd Raouf>
People Pay Respect To Chinese Killed In Korean War At Their Cemetery Rebuilt Lately In NK
People visit the Cemetery of the Fallen Fighters of the Chinese People’s Volunteers (CPV) in Hoechang County, South Phyongan Province, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Oct. 24, 2012. The completion ceremony of the rebuilding of the CPV cemetery was held here on Wednesday. People attend the completion ceremony of the reconstruction of the Cemetery […]
Self-Immolation By Tibetan Farmer Raises Tension In Xiahe, Northwestern China
In this photo taken Tuesday Oct 23, 2012 and released by Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet, Chinese paramilitary police officers and residents converge on the body of Dorje Rinchen, a farmer in his late 50s, unseen who self immolated on the main street in Xiahe in northwestern China’s Gansu province. This was the second self-immolation […]
10 Taliban Fighters Stand In Line After Being Captured By Afghan Security Forces
Ten Taliban fighters stand handcuffed after they were captured with their ammunitions during an operation by Afghan security forces in Helmand province south of Afghanistan, Oct. 24, 2012. Around ten Taliban fighters captured with their ammunitions by Afghan security forces during an operation on Wednesday, officials said. <Xinhua/Zaheer>
Tension Heightens In Okinawa After Rape Of Japanese Woman By Two U.S. Soldiers
In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 photo, Okinawa citizens stage a demonstration denouncing a rape of a Japanese woman by two U.S. sailors and the U.S. military’s decision to deploy the Marines’ MV-22 Osprey hybrid aircrafts to a base in front of U.S. Marine Corps’ Camp Foster in Kitanakagusuku in Okinawa, southern Japan. Weary of […]
Kim Yu-na reunites with former coaches
Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na has rehired two former coaches. Shin Hea-sook and Ryu Jong-hyun will take charge of helping the 22-year-old to return to the competitive skating starting with the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships in March. Ryu worked with Kim when she started skating at the age of seven until she was […]
‘Dokdo School’ to be launched in March
The Independence Hall of Korea said Wednesday it will begin an educational program called “Dokdo School” next year after Korea’s easternmost islets that are the subject of a territorial dispute with Japan. The memorial center, located in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, said the program will be launched on March 1, a national holiday to commemorate […]
Egyptian Court Decision Over Who Makes New Constitution Causes Activists’ Protest
Egyptian activists chant slogans and carry banners in Arabic that read, “the constituent assembly has no legitimacy,” following the High Administrative Court’s session in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. An Egyptian court on Tuesday has referred the decision on whether to disband the panel writing the new constitution to the country’s highest court, in […]
Cambodian King Thanks Buddhist Monks Praying For His Deceased Father Sihanouk
Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni, right, greets Buddhist monks in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. Sihamoni and his mother, Queen Monineath on Tuesday visited mourners gathered in front of the Royal Palace from across the country to pay tribune to their former king late Norodom Sihanouk. Cambodia’s Queen […]
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