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Society
Mother Of A Rape Victim Asks Moroccan Gov’t To Stop Law Allowing Rapists To Marry Their Victims For Exoneration
In this Saturday, April 7, 2012 file photo, Zohra Filali, mother of Amina Filai, right, delivers a petition to the Moroccan government to stop the law which allows rapists to marry their victims and thus exonerate themselves, in Casablanca. Nearly a year after Morocco was shocked by the suicide of…
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South Asia
New Leader Of India’s Main Opposition Party Waves To Supporters Upon Being Elected In New Delhi
Newly elected President of India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajnath Singh, center, waves to supporters in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. Singh was elected unopposed Wednesday morning. Newly elected President of India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajnath Singh, left, and outgoing party president Nitin…
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Culture
Young Gorilla Sits On The Back Of His Mother At The Gulf Breeze Zoo In Gulf Breeze, Fla
Western Lowland Gorilla Kigali sits on his the back of his mother, Rwanda, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, at the Gulf Breeze Zoo in Gulf Breeze, Fla. the young gorilla was originally cared for by zoo staff but was reunited with his mother in October 2012 and turned one year old…
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East Asia
Kim Moo-sung Shakes Hands With Xi Jinping Upon Handing Over Letter From Park Geun-hye In Beijing
Kim Moo-sung, left, a special envoy sent by South Korean President-elect Park Geun-hye, shakes hands with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, right, after he handed over a letter from Park to Xi during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. Chinese…
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West Asia
Women Officers Commissioned To Afghan National Army After Graduation Ceremony In Herat, Afghanistan
Women officers of Afghan National Army march during their graduation ceremony, in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat on Jan. 23, 2013. Nearly two dozen of newly graduate women were commissioned to Afghan National Army in Herat on Wednesday, an army official said. Women officers of Afghan National Army hold their…
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West Asia
Libya’s General National Congress Launches A Campaign To Take Part In Making New Constitution In Tripoli
Dr. Juma Attiga, deputy chairman of Libya’s General National Congress, speaks during the launching ceremony in Tripoli, Libya, Jan. 23, 2013. The Forum for Democratic Libya (FDL) in coordination with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Wednesday launched a dialogue initiative, dubbed “I want in my constitution,” to take…
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West Asia
Jordan’s Parliamentary Election Held For The First Time After Last Year’s Contitutional Amendment
A Jordanian woman casts her vote at a polling station during the first hours of the Jordanian Parliamentary elections, in Al-Salt, Jordan, Wednesday Jan. 23, 2013. Jordan’s monarchy has touted Wednesday’s parliamentary election as a watershed in the kingdom’s democratization. It is the first after last year’s constitutional amendments that…
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East Asia
Are extraterrestrials here?
We sometimes encounter people who behave extraordinarily. When we do, we refer to them as “sachawon” which means four-dimensional. My daughter, now turning 19, is one of these and is often scolded by my wife for her frequent unexpected behavior. Once she disappeared in the middle of eating breakfast leaving…
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East Asia
How to lure more foreign visitors
In front of the main office of the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) in Seoul stands a small stele that is engraved with words by late President Park Chung-hee, the father of President-elect Park Geun-hye. It reads “For the Promotion of Tourism,” and the date shows the commemorative stone slab was…
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‘Xi opposes NK nuke development’
BEIJING — Xi Jinping, China’s Communist Party chief, said Wednesday he opposes the development of nuclear weapons by North Korea, according to an envoy dispatched by President-elect Park Geun-hye. Xi made the remark in a meeting with a special delegation headed by Park confidant Kim Moo-sung, during which the sides…
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