• West Asia

    Major news in Lebanon on June 27: Syria TV station attacked, 3 staffers killed

    Major news in <The Daily Star>: Syria TV station attacked, 3 staffers killed Syria’s state-run news agency says gunmen have attacked the headquarters of a pro-government TV station, killing three employees. SANA says the attack on Ikhbariya TV in the town of Drousha, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) south of…

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  • West Asia

    Major news in Saudi Arabia on June 27: I’m not leaving KSA, says Mursi’s son

    Major news in <Saudi Gazette>: I’m not leaving KSA, says Mursi’s son The son of Mohamed Mursi, the president-elect of Egypt, has been working as a doctor in Al-Ahsa for the past two years. He recently spoke to an Arabic daily and said he was not in a hurry to…

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  • Politics

    Erdogan:Turkish Military Authorized Against Future Syrian Attacks

    The growing conflict between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkish government and Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime worsened on Friday following the shooting down of a Turkish jet by Syria. Erdogan stated that Turkey will no longer tolerate security threats from Syria along its border. Turkish PM Erdogan spoke to…

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  • Politics

    NATO condemns Syria for shooting down Turkish jet

    NATO member states condemned Syria on Tuesday for its shooting down of a Turkish military jet, calling it “unacceptable” and demanding that Damascus take steps to prevent further incidents. Ambassadors of NATO’s 28 member states met in Brussels on Tuesday to consult with Turkey on the incident. Turkey, a NATO…

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  • Society

    311 counties to pilot China’s hospital reform

    BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) — China has nominated 311 counties or county-level cities in a program to pilot reform of the country’s public healthcare facilities, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday. The national initiative includes 83 counties or county-level cities in east China, 136 in central China and 92…

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  • South Asia

    Major news in Nepal : SC recommends action against two appeal judges

    Top news in <The Himalayan Times> : SC recommends action against two appeal judges Says granting bail to man accused of attempt-to-murder was wrong KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court has referred a case related to two appellate court judges, who had freed an attempt-to-murder accused by granting bail, to the Judicial…

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  • South Asia

    International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

    A Pakistani man walks past a pile of burning drugs during an event marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, June 26, 2012. About 2,500 kilograms of drugs were burned during the ceremony organized by the anti-narcotics force in Islamabad on…

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  • Education

    Scenery of Examination Room in Yemen

    Yemeni students take their final exam in a classroom in Sanaa, capital of Yemen, June 26, 2012. The illiteracy rate stands at 29.8 percent for men and 62.1 percent for women in the war-torn country. The Yemeni government has taken measures to improve education among the people to decrease illiteracy.…

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  • East Asia

    Foreign Journalists Feel What Division Is At DMZ

    Foreign journalists pose with a military police when they visited Dorasan Station, located nearest to the  DMZ dividing South and North Korea, in Paju, Geyong-gi province, as part of their DMZ tour Sunday (June 24). The foreign journalists visited Seoul to attend the International Media Conference held at Yonsei University on June 22-24.…

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  • Visa rules for Chinese tourists to be eased

    The Ministry of Justice said Tuesday that it will allow more Chinese nationals to obtain multiple-entry visas or enter the country without a visa from Aug. 1. “We are improving the visa system to attract more Chinese tourists to the country. We expect the new rules to help boost the…

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