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South East Asia
Thai anti-government protesters rally calling for nationwide uprising
Anti-government protesters in Thailand vowed Tuesday to take control of state offices nationwide in their bid to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, escalating the biggest challenge she has faced since taking office. Opposition-led protesters camped out overnight at the Finance and Foreign Ministries after storming their gates during a chaotic…
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South East Asia
20,000 evacuated to shelters as volcano threat rises to highest in Indonesia
About 12,000 people from villages on the mountainside of Mount. Sinabung volcano in North Sumatra have fled homes since Sunday, bringing the total internally displaced persons to nearly 20,000 as the volcano erupted again, officials said on Monday. Bowo Asa, senior official at the disaster management and mitigation agency at…
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West Asia
History-shaping Iran nuclear deal in Geneva breaks 3-decade gridlock
In this photo released by the Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA, Iranians hold posters of President Hassan Rouhani as they welcome Iranian nuclear negotiators upon their arrival from Geneva at the Mehrabad airport in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. Hundreds of cheering supporters greeted Iran’s nuclear negotiators as…
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IT-Science
[Photo Break] Seven Deadly Sins
Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice – Mahatma Gandhi The photo shows Piyain River, of Jaflong in the north-eastern part of Bangladesh. It boasts of the natural beauty of mountains and waters flowing from India.…
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Politics
UN Sec-Gen Ban visits Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday visited the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz to pay tribute to Holocaust victims. Ban walked through the infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” (“Work Makes You Free”) gate to see exhibitions that document the inhumane conditions that the inmates suffered there. Housed in red brick…
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