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South Asia
People In Srinagar, India, Hold Rally To Denounce Anti-Islam Movie
Kashmiri medical students protest against an anti-Islam film called “Innocence of Muslims” that ridicules Islam’s Prophet Muhammad Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Srinagar, India. Kashmiri medical students shout slogans against the United States as they march in a protest rally against an anti-Islam film called “Innocence of Muslims” that ridicules…
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South East Asia
Residents Set Up Barricade To Resist Planned Demolition Of Their Shanties
Residents at an informal settlers’ community in the financial district of Makati city burn tires as they set up a barricade to resist an anticipated demolition of their shanties Wednesday Sept. 19, 2012, east of Manila, Philippines. The local government is planning to tear down shanties housing about 200 families…
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East Asia
Planned Classes On Chinese Patriotism Spark Harsh Protest Of HK Students
Students gesture during a demonstration demanding the government to withdraw the new subject “Moral and National Education” from the school curriculum, at the City University of Hong Kong , Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Hong Kong officials backed down on plans to make students take Chinese patriotism classes following protests in…
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South East Asia
Philippine : Aquino’s back channel to China is Trillanes
Major News of <Inquirer> : Aquino’s back channel to China is Trillanes A tempest is brewing in the country’s diplomatic front with Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario saying his efforts to resolve the lingering standoff with China over disputed territories in the West Philippine Sea were being torpedoed by a…
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Column
‘Pieta’
Last Saturday night I went to a movie theater near my house to watch “Pieta,” the winner of the top Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. It’s a small cinema with fewer than 200 seats. I found a few dozen people in the theater and luckily no one…
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Business
Patent troll?
Experts criticize Apple’s move to triple damage payment from Samsung The patent hearing between Samsung Electronics and Apple in the U.S. on Sept. 21 is expected to be when the world sees the American technology giant turn into a patent monster. The firm is preparing to request record damages from…
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Column
Deadlocked Korea-Japan ties
Two countries need dialogue. Japan should look honestly at history to clear the past. After President Lee Myung-bak visited Dokdo, Korea’s easternmost islets, on Aug. 10, Tokyo recalled its ambassador to Korea, Masatoshi Muto, and announced it would take the issue of Dokdo to the International Court of Justice. Japanese…
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Society
Nostalgia for sights and sounds of the ’90s
In the early 90s, before the days of iPhones, rapper Psy and even the Internet, people still used evolving hi-tech communication, and were often star-struck by celebrities and, of course, had fun. To younger people, perhaps the famous figures and fashions of that time seem dowdy and find it hard…
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Business
Volvo Group launches UD Trucks in Korea
Volvo Group launches UD Trucks in Korea UD Trucks, the Japanese subsidiary of Volvo Group, the leading global maker of commercial trucks, announced the launch of its Korean business Wednesday, aiming to get a significant slice of the market for midsized trucks. The launch came as part of efforts for…
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Society
Divorce rate of older couples hits new high
Divorce rate of older couples hits new high More and more middle aged and elderly couples are choosing to split up, according to the Supreme Court. Statistics released by the court Wednesday showed that among 114,284 couples who separated in 2011, those married for more than 20 years accounted for…
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