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East Asia
Park’s inaugural will draw record 60,000
A record 60,000 people will be invited to Park Geun-hye’s presidential inauguration ceremony at the Nation Assembly square in Yeouido on Feb. 25, a top aide said, Sunday. About 3.1 billion won has been allocated for the ceremony, with the amount reflecting yearly inflation from the incumbent President Lee Myung-bak’s…
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East Asia
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,…
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Society
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…
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South East Asia
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…
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West Asia
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…
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West Asia
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…
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East Asia
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…
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South Asia
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…
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Society
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…
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