[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ⑦
[11] On the way back home Khodeir drives slowly along Cairo’s busy streets with elevated bumps, repeating his familiar sentence: “Cairo his become just a big bump with a million children who play with our cars. As he drives fast along the Nile, Donia asks herself: “What attracts me to Emad? I didn’t have time […]
Pashupatinath saw largest crowd at Shivaratri festival
Kathmandu – “Jaya Shambho! Jaya Shambo!!” Some 1.2 million Hindu devotees thronged into the Pashupatinath temple area chanting these words on the day of Shivaratri festival on Sunday. Famous Pashupatinath Temple located in the heart of Kathamndu is one of the famous pilgrimage sites for Hindus. Every Hindu has a desire to visit this Shiva […]
Israeli ambassador tells of the creative economy’s driving force
As Korea sets its sails to make a “creative economy,” which will create new jobs through the development of science, technology and IT, it looks to the start-up nation of Israel as a model. Israel has a population of 7.8 million and an area of approximately 20,700 square kilometers, about one-fifth the size of South […]
Suspected al-Qaida members led away to detention center in an Iraqi army base
In this Friday, July 20, 2012 file photo, blindfolded and handcuffed suspected al-Qaida members are guarded by Iraqi army soldiers in an Iraqi army base in Hillah, Iraq. Al-Qaida’s branch in Iraq claimed responsibility on Monday for the killing last week of 48 Syrian soldiers and nine Iraqi guards in western Anbar province. In this […]
A series of blasts in Karachi, Pakistan, claim four lives, injuring 11 others
Police officials inspect the blast site in southern Pakistan’s Karachi on March 11, 2013. At least four people were killed and 11 others including four policemen were injured in three separate attacks in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Monday, local media and police said. <Xinhua/Masroor>
People protest against UN saction against NK and annual military drill at U.S. embassy in Seoul
South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally denouncing the UN’s new sanction against North Korea, and the annual joint military exercises, dubbed Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, between South Korea and the United States, near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. North Korea’s young leader urged front-line troops to […]
Chinese leaders sing national anthem at closing session of annual CPPCC in Beijing
A delegate puts on her coat as she arrives for the closing session of the annual Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference held at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, in China, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. China’s top political advisors, who represent a broad spectrum of prominent people in business, academia, finance and other areas, closed […]
Mishing tribal people share Apong, traditional rice beer, at their hut in Jajimukh, India
A Mishing tribal woman distributes Apong, traditional rice beer to her other family members inside their hut on the banks of the river Brahmaputra in Jajimukh in north eastern Assam state, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. A Mishing tribal woman drinks traditional rice beer outside a hut on the banks of the river Brahmaputra in […]
People in Cairo burn Libyan flag in protest over death of an Egyptian in prison there
Egyptian protesters burn the Libyan flag during a protest in front of the Libyan embassy, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, March 11, 2013. An Egyptian Foreign Ministry official says a man suspected of trying to spread Christianity in Libya has died in prison there. <AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid> An Egyptian protester chants anti Libyan government slogans […]
A monk in Yangon buys a newspaper carrying a report on copper mine incident that injured 108 people
A Buddhist monk buys a state-run newspaper with a report by an investigation commission on an incident at Latpadaung copper mine, in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. The eagerly awaited official report has confirmed that police in Myanmar used smoke bombs that contain phosphorus during a crackdown on anti-mine protesters last year that left […]