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Politics
First ‘Ghost protest’ in Seoul
Amnesty International Korea staged an anti-government “ghost rally” using holographic images in Seoul, the first of its kind in Korea. The international human rights group projected holographic images of protesters on a screen at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, Wednesday, the eve of President Park Geun-hye’s third anniversay in office.…
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West Asia
Egypt jails Christian students for insulting Islam
Four Coptic Christian school students, ages 15 and 16, have been sentenced on Thursday 25th February by a Minya court to five years in jail on charges of contempt of religion. Minya’s Juvenile Misdemeanor Court sentenced Mueller Atef, Albert Ashraf, and Bassem Amgad to five years in jail, and Clinton…
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West Asia
Iranian media outlets add $0.6m to bounty for killing Salman Rushdie
Iranian state-run media outlets have added $600,000 to a bounty for the killing of British author Salman Rushdie, imposed in 1989 over the publishing of his book “The Satanic Verses”. The leader of Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa, or religious edict, that called…
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East Asia
Developing economic relations between Korea, Pakistan important, says Pak. Ambassador to Korea
Pakistan Ambassador to Korea, Mr. Zahid Nasrullah Khan discusses economic and diplomatic relations, his activities as an ambassador and further, in an exclusive interview with Magazine N. Q. Please introduce yourself to the Magazine N readers. A. I joined the foreign service in 1989 and since then, I have served in many…
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West Asia
“A River on Travel”: a cultural evening in Kuwait’s Egyptian cultural office
The Egyptian cultural office in Kuwait held a cultural evening to discuss the traveling-themed book “A River on Travel” by the journalist and traveler Ashraf Aboul-Yazid. Invited by the Egyptian cultural counselor Dr. Nabil Bahgat and under the patronage of Egyptian ambassador Yasser Atif and his wife. The book was…
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Politics
Seoul ceases on sending humanitarian aid to North Korea
The South Korean government is expected to stop sending humanitarian aid to North Korea soon, in the wake of the repeated provocations by Pyeongyang. The ministry of unification spokesperson “Jong Jung hye” revealed this plan during a press conference on Wednesday 17th February. Where he answered questions on the possibility of…
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West Asia
“A River on Travel” in the Egyptian cultural office in Kuwait
Next Saturday, 20th February 2016, at 19:30 pm, hosted by the Egyptian Cultural Office in Kuwait, under the patronage of the Egyptian Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Mr. Yasser Atef, the Egyptian cultural attaché Dr. Nabil Bahgat is a forum night to celebrate the new book of the writer…
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South Asia
Pakistani scientist who helped detect Einstein gravitational waves
Last week’s big news has certainly got to be, not the Valentine’s Day celebrations, but the scientific breakthrough hypothesized by Albert Einstein a century ago. Amid the celebratory roars around the world, Pakistan’s were the loudest. Not particularly because people were excited for this groundbreaking progress and discovery in the…
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South Asia
Over 150 Children die in fresh outbreak of diseases in Thar Desert of Pakistan
At least 150 children have died of waterborne disease since January this year in Pakistan’s impoverished desert district of Tharparkar, which has been devastated by drought since 2013. The media reports suggest the death toll around 173 but the government authorities have termed it an ‘exaggerated figure’. Civil society groups…
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