Two victims outcry danger of nuclear power plant
HAPCHON, Korea – “There is no perfect safety as far as nuclear program is concerned. A land once devastated by nuclear pollution will never be restored to the state it used to be,” outcried two victims of nuclear fallout who visited Korea on the occasion of the Anti-Nuclear and Peace Festival held in Hapchon, about […]
Turkey’s Jewish protest at shampoo ad showing Hitler
Turkey’s Jewish community has protested a Turkish commercial that uses old film footage of Adolf Hitler to sell shampoo. The commercial, for a men’s shampoo called Biomen, shows Hitler delivering an enthusiastic speech, urging male viewers to buy the product, which is “a 100 percent male shampoo.” In the ad, Hitler says, “If you are […]
Ashes widely used as detergent in Bangladesh
DHAKA, March 29 (Xinhua) — Some old practices are still surviving in Bangladesh, competing with modern inventions for kitchen. Ashes produced in conventional home-made oven and modern detergent are in a queer combination in the country. Ashes are sold by vendors in the residential districts of the capital Dhaka. Nobody can say exactly when the […]
English becomes main foreign language in Georgia
A Georgian student majoring in Chinese edits a script at the get-together in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia, Jan. 26, 2011. <File photo> TBILISI, Georgia, March 28 (Xinhua) — The Georgian Education Ministry on Wednesday announced that English has become the main foreign language for examination with a choice rate of 73 percent of test takers. […]
BRICS summit held in New Delhi
From left to right, Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chinese President Hu Jintao and South African President Jacob Zuma join hands during the group picture for the BRICS 2012 Summit in New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 29, 2012. Heads of States of the five nations are meeting […]
EU urges NK to give up missiles, nukes
President Lee Myung-bak, right, shakes hands with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso as European Council President Herman Van Rompuy looks on during a joint news conference after their summit at Cheong Wa Dae, Wednesday. The leaders of the European Union (EU) urged North Korea Wednesday to end the practice of spending tens of millions […]
Imported strollers sell for double original prices
Seo Hyun-jin, 30, will become a mother in two months. She recently went shopping for a stroller at a department store but left empty-handed. She said she was shocked by the prices of imported strollers. “They were much more expensive than I expected,” she said. “Strollers from well-known imported brands such as Stokke or Orbit […]
Slovak scientists invent cloak of invisibility
<Filephoto=Newsis> BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (Xinhua) — Slovak scientists have invented a device that can create the illusion of invisibility by hiding objects from a static magnetic field, researchers said Tuesday. Although it was a team of Barcelona-based scientists who came up with the original idea, the three Slovaks from the Slovak Academy of Sciences were able […]
Kathmandu to be cleaner thanks to cleaning campaign
Nepal’s former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal (L) sweeps the road during a cleaning campaign in Kathmandu, Nepal, Oct. 7, 2010. <File photo: Xinhua> KATHMANDU, Nepal (Xinhua) — Nepali capital city may soon take on a cleaner look after the city launched a clean city campaign. The metropolis is all set to boost public […]
Leaders reiterate opposition to “Taiwan independence”
Hu Jintao <File photo> BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhua) — Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Wu Po-hsiung, honorary chairman of the Kuomintang party, reiterated their opposition to “Taiwan independence” and recognition of the “1992 consensus” during their recent meeting, a government spokesman said Wednesday. “They have developed a […]
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