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‘Nuclear weapons don’t help deter war’

As 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit, is going to be held on March 26-27, with participation of heads of state and different organizations of over 53 countries, to discuss international cooperative measures to combat the threat of nuclear terrorism, protection of nuclear materials and related facilities and prevention of illicit…

Society

23 children under nine have HIV in Fiji

Some 23 children under 9 years old in Fiji are HIV positive, according to the Fiji Network for Positive People on Wednesday. The network’s advocacy coordinator Joeli Colati told media that the major mode of transmission is from mother to child for these cases while a case reported in 2000 was…

World

Putin Becomes Main Hero in Art Exhibition

Russian Prime Minister Bladimir Putin who is the absolute winner of the March 04 presidential election in Russian Federation with the 63.6 vote rate, also became the main hero in an art exhibition which titled “A Good Person” in Russian city of St Petersburg. Russian painter-artist Alexey Sergiyenko draw 12…

Society

Students in Nepal appear for school graduation test

The School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examination which is the final examination of high schools students in Nepal started from Tuesday. A total of 528,257 students are appearing for the examination. Out of the total number, there are 229,751 boys and 216,233 girls who will appear the exams as regular examinees.…

South Asia

New Year’s Day Celebration in Afghanistan

KABUL – Afghan men dance outside the Sakhi Shrine during a ceremony as Afghanistan celebrates the start of Noruz, the Afghan new year, in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 20, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Ahmad Massoud> news@theasian.asia

East Asia