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West Asia
Hamas Chief: His Group Want To Reach Truce With Israel In Gaza Strip
Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal speaks during a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 19, 2012. Meshaal said here Monday that the Islamic group wants to reach a truce with Israel, with its demands met, official MENA news agency reported. <Xinhua/STR>
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Israel Continues To Make Air, Ground Attacks On Gaza Strip, Raising Palestinian Death Toll To 96
Israelis soldiers take part in a manoeuvre near the Israel-Gaza border on Nov. 19, 2012. Israeli ground troops continue to gather near the Israel-Gaza border on Monday. <Xinhua/Jini> Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Israeli aircraft struck crowded areas in the Gaza…
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West Asia
Ban Ki-moon Visits Yemen To Mark First Anniversary Of Power Transfer Deal That Ended Its Internal Conflict
Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, speaks during a meeting at presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Ban Ki-moon told reporters that the United nations, the international community and the U.N. Security Council will support Yemen in the transitional period leading to the 2014 presidential and…
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East Asia
Classic Korean Story “Tale Of Chun Hyang” Performed At Circus Theater In Pyongyang, North Korea
A North Korean acrobat, center in red, plays the female lead Song Chun Hyang during a theatrical performance of the classic Korean story “Tale of Chun Hyang” at the Pyongyang Circus Theater in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. The traditional folktale tells the love story of the daughter…
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West Asia
UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon Moves Around Arabic Nations To Achieve Immediate Ceasefire In Gaza Strip
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr in Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 19, 2012. Ban Ki-moon arrived Monday evening in Cairo for a two-day visit to push for an early ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, official MENA news agency reported.…
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East Asia
‘Gender card’ makes little appeal to woman
Will the gender of the candidates have any effect on voting behavior in the upcoming presidential election? Most women answered “no” to this question. Rep. Park Geun-hye, the standard bearer of the ruling Saenuri Party, has played the gender card to woo female voters, saying the nation needs its first…
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East Asia
Campaigns of convenience
No TV debate, political jockeying baffle voters With the presidential election just around the corner, Lee Ho-yeong, a 35-year-old college lecturer, remains confused. Although he thinks it would be one of the most important elections in his life, Lee like many others is still wondering whether Moon Jae-in and Ahn…
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East Asia
No. of students studying overseas falls
Economic slump puts pressure to curtail education spending The number of South Korean students studying in foreign colleges for degrees decreased this year for the first time in seven years mainly due to the economic slump, according to a government report, Monday. Money remittance from parents in Korea to their…
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Eliminating discrimination key to multiculturalism
As Korea is becoming more multicultural and multiracial, the government is seeking to introduce an anti-discrimination law, arguing that racism should not be tolerated. Minister of Gender Equality and Family Kim Kum-lae pointed out that the country doesn’t have a law banning racial discrimination although it is seeing a growing…
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East Asia
‘I’ll be a singer more famous than Michael Jackson’
GWANGJU ― Everybody recognized him. On his way back home from school on Nov. 12, eight-year-old Hwang Min-woo, the boy who appeared in Psy’s “Gangnam Style” music video, was surrounded by other students who kept following him, calling him “the Gangnam Style boy” and even asking for his autograph. He…
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