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East Asia
Algerian PM Says In Algiers That 37 Hostages Killed And Another Five Remain Missing
In this image made from television Japanese Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Minoru Kiuchi, right, and Koichi Kawana, president of Japanese engineering firm JGC Corporation, bow towards the Ain Amenas gas facility a day after special forces stormed the plant to end a four-day siege, in Algeria, Sunday, Jan.…
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South Asia
Sri Lankan Lawyers Condemn The Threats Against Lawyers Who Opposed Impeachment Of Chief Justice
Sri Lankan lawyers of Lawyers’ Collective gather to sign a petition condemning the threats received by the lawyers who opposed a controversial impeachment that fired country’s chief justice, outside the cout complex in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. Threatening letters have been sent to lawyers who protested the…
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South East Asia
Thailand Patriotic Group Members Protest Against International Court Of Justice Ahead Of ICJ’s Verdict On Disputed Territory
Members of the Thailand Patriot Network hold a banner during a rally to protest against the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Royal Plaza in Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 21, 2013. The ICJ is scheduled to hold hearing in April and deliver a verdict in the next six months on…
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West Asia
Ban Ki-Moon Meets With UN And Arab League Joint Special Envoy To Syria Lakdhar Brahimi In UN Headquarters
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) meets with UN and Arab League joint special envoy to Syria Lakdhar Brahimi at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Jan. 21, 2013. <Xinhua/Shen Hong>
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West Asia
A Restaurant For The Deaf Opens For The First Time In Palestinian Gaza Strip
A Palestinian waiter serves a meal at the first deaf restaurant in Gaza city on Jan. 21, 2013. For the first time in the Palestinian Gaza Strip, a society that cares for hearing impaired people has opened a restaurant with all deaf staff. This project is launched by Atfaluna Society…
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South Asia
A Vendor Prepares “Qehwa,” A Popurar Winter Drink Among Pakistanis, In Pashawar
A vendor prepares “Qehwa”, one of the most popular drink for recreation among Pakistanis in winter, in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on Jan. 21, 2013. A vendor boils milk at a shop in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on Jan. 21, 2013. <Xinhua/Umar Qayyum>
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South Asia
Nepalese Elderly Women Attend Literacy Class Being Conducted Free Of Charge In Basundhara, Katmandu
An elderly Nepalese woman asks a question while she attends a literacy class for women in Basundhara, Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. Around 105 women from age group of 16 to 60 year-old have been attending this class which is being conducted free for the past one year. Most…
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East Asia
Rule of law in China
China’s new leader Xi Jinping gave a major address recently in which he pledged to curtail power and investigate violations of the law so as to protect the rights of Chinese citizens. “No organization or individual has the special rights to overstep the constitution and law, any violation of the…
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Dying alone
Last week, the skeleton of a man was found in the southeastern port city of Busan about six years after he apparently committed suicide. The man, identified only as Kim, was 49 when he hung himself at a rented house in 2006. Kim, an unmarried manual laborer, had lived alone…
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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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