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South Asia
Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai receives Clinton’s Global Citizens award
The Clinton Global Initiative presented its Global Citizens awards to a Pakistani teen activist shot by the Taliban, the founder of a Harlem nonprofit bakery and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg, one of only seven recipients, nabbed the group’s “Leadership in Public Service” award for his three terms in…
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South Asia
Pakistan’s massive quake creates new island as death toll rises to 348
Hungry survivors dug through rubble to find food and thousands slept under the open sky or in makeshift shelters for a second night as the death toll from Pakistan’s massive earthquake rose to 348 on Thursday. Rescuers battled to reach remote areas of the impoverished region in the wake of…
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Kazakh expats on a cycling tour to promote Astana Expo 2017
Kazakhstan expats cycle 513km from Busan to Seoul during the Chuseok (Korean thanksgiving) holiday in order to promote Kazakhstan Astana Expo 2017. Daniyar Aitkulov, 25, and Meruert Zhakupova, 30, completed the full journey while Darya Umbina, 25, joined in the Seoul area due to spinal pains. Aitkulov organized this cycling…
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Population crisis in Afghan slums
Urban slums describe parts of cities where living conditions are very poor. The number of slum dwellers in the developing world has risen from 767 million in the year 2000 to an estimated 828 million in 2010 according to UN HABITAT in 2011. This has resulted in a lack of…
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World
Nairobi shooting: Kenya forces take over mall after long standoff, 62 dead
Kenyan security forces continue its operation on Tuesday inside the mall where 62 people were killed by gunmen since Saturday, after more gunmen were killed as the siege of the mall enters the fourth day. “Security forces killed 6 of the remaining attackers,” Kenya’s Citizen TV said without giving detail…
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South Asia
Pakistan, a nation hostage to criminals
The entire Pakistani nation is virtually hostage to terrorists, kidnappers, killers and other criminals, as the number of crimes including heinous crimes like murders, kidnapping for ransom, highway robberies, bank robberies, rape, gang-rape, extortion, car and bike theft and snatching, shooting dead for a mobile phone and other street crimes…
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Central Asia
Afghan presidential election race kicks off with candidate nominations
Afghanistan’s presidential race kicked off Monday as election authorities began accepting the nominations of would-be candidates, the start of a wide-open race whose winner will oversee the final phases of the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops amid a relentless Taliban insurgency. The election, set for April 5, will determine who succeeds…
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East Asia
Understanding S. Korea’s ‘386 generation’ and pro-north activists
As all our readers are surely aware, South Korea is now in the middle of yet another political scandal. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) recently produced evidence that seemingly indicates that Lee Seok Ki, a member of parliament from the far-left United Progressive Party, was engaged in conspiracy and was…
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