People Help A Man Injured By Fire At A Club In Santa Maria City, Brazil, That Left More Than 200 Dead
People help an injured man, victim of a fire in a club in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. According to police more than 200 died in the devastating nightclub fire in southern Brazil. Officials say the fire broke out at the Kiss club in the city of […]
Summit Of Community Of Latin American And Caribbean States And EU Opens In Santiago, Chile
In this photo provided by the CELAC-EU, an image of Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera is televised on a large screen as he addresses the attendees of the CELAC-EU economic summit in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Leaders from the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean are in the Chilean capital for the 60-nation, […]
Trip to Bulgar following the footsteps of Ahmad bin Fadhlan who first taught Islam in the land
In front of the White Mosque in the village of Bulgar on the River Volga, Tatar girls dressed in sky-blue clothes were waiting for us, making traditional eurhythmic movements. Historical clothes, vast expanse, severe cold and different faces returned me more than a thousand years back, as if they were historical celebrations. It was here […]
US may learn from Korea’s gun control
The recent shooting tragedies in the United States and ensuing debates on gun control are shocking and almost incomprehensible to South Koreans because they don’t face such issues pertaining to firearms. There are strict laws here regarding the possession of hand guns. Citizens can only buy hunting guns and air rifles after obtaining a license […]
Apple pressured to provide iOS 6 source code
Samsung Electronics claimed Friday it should be able to access Apple’s software source code to confirm whether or not its technology patents were infringed upon in the latest i0S 6 operating system powering iPhones and iPads. Apple has denied the request of its Korean rival, calling it ridiculous. Both Motorola and Google have also asked […]
U.S. Envoy On NK Affairs Speaks To Reporters After Meeting With His South Korean Counterpart In Seoul
U.S. envoy to North Korea Glyn Davies, right, speaks after meeting with South Korea’s nuclear envoy Lim Sung-nam at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. The North Korean military commission led by leader Kim Jong Un warned Thursday that the regime is poised to conduct a nuclear test in defiance […]
Queen Beatrix Of The Netherlands Reviews Honor Guard During Her 2-Day Visit To Singapore
Singaporean President Tony Tan Keng Yam (R) meets with Netherlands’ Queen Beatrix at the Istana in Singapore, Jan. 24, 2013. Queen Beatrix is on a 2-day official visit to Singapore. <Xinhua/Then Chih Wey> Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands inspects an honor guard with Singapore’s President Tony Tan, behind her, during a welcome ceremony on Thursday, […]
The new old year
NEW YORK ― Any look back at 2012 would necessarily focus on three parts of the world: the eurozone, with its seemingly endless financial uncertainties; the Middle East, with its many upheavals, including, but hardly limited to, the Muslim Brotherhood’s accession to power in Egypt and Syria’s savage civil war, which has already claimed more […]
U.S. Special Envoy On NK Affairs Arrives In Seoul For Consultation With His South Korean Counterpart
U.S. special envoy for policy on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Glyn Davies speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Jan. 23, 2013. Glyn Davies, who is accompanied by Clifford Hart, U.S. chief envoy for the six-party talks, will meet with South Korea’s top nuclear envoy […]
Mother Of A Rape Victim Asks Moroccan Gov’t To Stop Law Allowing Rapists To Marry Their Victims For Exoneration
In this Saturday, April 7, 2012 file photo, Zohra Filali, mother of Amina Filai, right, delivers a petition to the Moroccan government to stop the law which allows rapists to marry their victims and thus exonerate themselves, in Casablanca. Nearly a year after Morocco was shocked by the suicide of a 16-year-old girl who was […]