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Pororo hits big screens

Pororo hits big screens

A 3D film version of animated TV series “Pororo the Little Penguin” will open in theaters nationwide Thursday. Ahead of the official release of “Pororo: the Racing Adventure,” a press preview was held at a movie theater in eastern Seoul on Wednesday. The big screen debut of the inquisitive penguin, the main character of the […]

French Foreign Legionnaires Check Their Equipment In Niono, Mali

French Foreign Legionnaires Check Their Equipment In Niono, Mali

French foreign legionnaires check their equipment in Niono, some 400 kilometers (249 miles) north of the capital Bamako Sunday Jan. 20, 2013. The Malian military announced late Saturday that the government was now controlling Diabaly, marking an important accomplishment for the French-led offensive to oust the extremists from northern and central Mali. French foreign legionnaires […]

Filipinos Who Survived From Terrorist Attack At Oil Field In Algeria Arrive At Aquino Airport In Manila

Filipinos Who Survived From Terrorist Attack At Oil Field In Algeria Arrive At Aquino Airport In Manila

A soldier, and rescue vehicles are seen near Ain Amenas, the gas plant where the hostage taking occurred, Sunday Jan. 20, 2013. Algeria’s special forces stormed the natural gas complex in the middle of the Sahara desert in a final assault Saturday, killing 11 militants, but not before they in turn killed seven hostages, the […]

Turkey’s Leftist Union Members Opposed To Deployment Of NATO Patriot Missile In Turkey

Turkey’s Leftist Union Members Opposed To Deployment Of NATO Patriot Missile In Turkey

Members of Turkey’s leftist unions stage a protest against the NATO Patriot Missile Defense Systems to protect Turkey in case neighboring Syria launches an attack, in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. The German Patriot Unit will arrive in the Mediterranean port city of Iskenderun Monday and will be stationed in Kahramanmaras in southern Turkey. […]

Call for Jewish to return to Egypt was answered by call for revolution to return to Egypt

Call for Jewish to return to Egypt was answered by call for revolution to return to Egypt

Mr. Al-Erian (which means naked in Arabic), is a member of Muslim Brotherhood. He called the Jewish to come back to Egypt to show that Muslim Brotherhood political party is not in war with Israel. His call raised many sarcastic comments, as Muslim Brotherhood are in contradiction with Christians who live in Egypt! The sign […]

Chinese Military Leader Arrives In Myanmar For Strategic Security Consultation

Chinese Military Leader Arrives In Myanmar For Strategic Security Consultation

Speaker of the House of Representatives of Myanmar U Shwe Mann (R) meets with visiting Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Qi Jianguo in Nay Pyi Taw, capital of Myanmar, on Jan. 20, 2013. Qi jianguo arrived here Saturday for the first China-Myanmar strategic security consultation. Speaker of the House […]

India Gets Removed From WHO’s List Of Countries Plagued By Polio

India Gets Removed From WHO’s List Of Countries Plagued By Polio

A health worker administers pulse polio vaccine to a child in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. India marked a major success in its battle against polio last year by being removed from the World Health Organization’s list of countries plagued by the crippling disease. The country must pass two years without new cases to […]

Obama Officially Sworn-In In The Blue Room Of The White House During Inauguration

Obama Officially Sworn-In In The Blue Room Of The White House During Inauguration

President Barack Obama is officially sworn-in by Chief Justice John Roberts, not pictured, in the Blue Room of the White House during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. <AP Photo/Brendan Smialowsi, Pool> President Barack Obama is officially sworn-in by Chief Justice John Roberts, not pictured, in the Blue Room of the […]

Ethnic Mongolians In Traditional Costume Attend Winter Nadam Fair In Xilingol, China’s Inner Mongolia

Ethnic Mongolians In Traditional Costume Attend Winter Nadam Fair In Xilingol, China’s Inner Mongolia

Women and children of the Mongolian ethnic group in traditional ethnic costume attends the winter Nadam fair in Xilingol, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 20, 2013. Nadam, meaning entertainment and playing in Mongolian language, is a folk festival of the Mongolian ethnic group. During the event, local residents participate in activities like horse […]

Egyptian Protesters Clash With Police In Alexandria Over Result Of Court Ruling On 2011 Uprising

Egyptian Protesters Clash With Police In Alexandria Over Result Of Court Ruling On 2011 Uprising

Protesters confront with the police during clashes in the coastal city of Alexandria, Egypt, on Jan. 20, 2013. Police and protesters clashed here on Sunday after the presiding judge investigating the killing of protesters in Egypt’s 2011 uprising returned the case. A burning vehicle is seen during clashes in the coastal city of Alexandria, Egypt, […]

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