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South Asia
Mourners Attend Funeral For A Victim Killed With Some 30 Others By Recent Firing Incidents In Karachi, Pakistan
People participate in a funeral ceremony of violence victim in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, on Nov. 11, 2012. At least 30 people were killed and several others including a local journalist were injured in separate incidents of firing in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi over the last…
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West Asia
Tunisian, Turkish, Qatari FMs Get Together In Doha, Qatar, To Form New Syrian Opposition Coalition
Participants pose for a group photo after a meeting was held to form the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces, a new Syrian opposition group, created after signing an agreement with the Syrian National Council (SNC), in Doha, Qatar,on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. From left Tunisia’s Foreign Minister…
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East Asia
Vietnamese Delegates Delighted Upon Winning Right To Host 2019 Asiad
The delegates of Vietnam celebrate the victory during the OCA’s (Olympic Council of Asia) general assembly hosted in Macao, China, Nov. 8, 2012. Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, won the right to host the 2019 Asian Games. The delegate of Vietnam delivers a speech during the OCA’s (Olympic Council of Asia)…
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South East Asia
Heightened Security Enforced Around Sittwe In Western Myanmar Hit By Buddhist-Muslim Violence
Myanmar soldiers patrol as they provide security in Sittwe, Rakhine state, western Myanmar, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and lawmakers from ethnic minority parties are calling on the government to deploy more troops to restore peace and stability in the western state hit by…
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South East Asia
Some 10,000 People Take Part In Mass Yoga Session In Taipei, Taiwan
More than eight thousand people participate in a mass yoga session in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Citizens attend a yoga assembly on Ketagalan Boulevard in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, Nov. 11, 2012. Some 10,000 people took part in the yoga assembly on…
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West Asia
Thousands Of Foreign, Lebanese Runners Attend 10-Kilometer Beirut Fun Run Race
A Lebanese woman dressed as a clown poses for a photograph as she takes part in the 10 kilometer (6.2mile) Beirut Fun Run race in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Thousands of runners from Lebanon and other nations are participating in this year’s annual Beirut Marathon events. Lebanese and…
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East Asia
Some 10,000 South Korean Laborers March Central Streets In Seoul Demanding Better Working Conditions
Workers march through central Seoul, South Korea, during a rally against government’s labor policy on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. About 10,000 members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions demanded better working condition and the end to companies’ use of temporary employees. Workers shout slogans during a rally against government’s…
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East Asia
Thousands Of Japanese Stage Anti-Nuclear Protest At PM’s Official Residence In Tokyo
Protesters hold a bouquet of flowers and a “change engery” sign during a rally in front of the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Thousands joined the rally to call for the end of nuclear power. Protesters shout slogans though plastic horns in front of the…
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East Asia
International Students Festival of Korea University contributes to deepening understanding among foreign students
As world becomes smaller and smaller thanks to technological advance, people from other continents find themselves have easy access to each countries’ trends in cultures, music, lifestyle, following economics and political development. Time and space’ boundaries are gone through access of Internet. It becomes easier for people to travel around the…
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World
Obama’s reelection and priorities
WASHINGTON ― Many nations around the world are wondering what Barack Obama’s reelection means to them. Obama won a second term by a narrow 2-percent margin of the popular vote, but with an overwhelming victory of 303 to 206 in the Electoral College, over Republican opponent Mitt Romney. President Obama…
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