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West Asia
Heavy Snowfalls In Amman, Jordan, Cause Traffic Paralysis
Palestinians inspect the area where two women drowned following flooding in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, on Jan, 9, 2013. The fiercest storm hit the area in a decade has claimed the lives of two women who drowned after their car was caught in a flash flood unleashed by…
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West Asia
Palestinian President Gets Together With Saudi Amb. To Egypt In Cairo
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador in Egypt Ahmed al-Qattan, in Cairo, Egypt, on Jan. 9, 2013. <Xinhua/POOL>
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West Asia
Syrian Rebels Free 48 Iranian Hostages In Exchange For More Than 2,000 Prisoners Held By Syrian Gov’t
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, freed Iranian hostages who were captured by the Syrian rebels since August, hold roses as they gather at a hotel, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday Jan. 9, 2013. Rebels freed 48 Iranians on Wednesday in exchange for more than 2,000…
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South Asia
Funeral Ceremony Held For A Victim Of Firing Incidents In Karachi, Pakistan
People attend the funeral ceremony of a victim in Karachi, southern Pakistan, on Jan. 9, 2013. At least five people were killed and many others were injured in different firing incidents in Karachi on Wednesday, local media reported. <Xinhua/Masroor>
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South Asia
People Mourn In Funeral For An Indian Soldier Killed By Pakistani Soldiers In Kashmir
Mourners gather around the body of Indian Army soldier Lance Naik Hamraj who was allegedly killed by Pakistani soldiers on the line-of-control in Kashmir, during his funeral in Mathura district, Utter Pradesh state, northern India, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. India summoned Pakistan’s top diplomat in New Delhi Wednesday to formally…
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West Asia
Libyan PM Speaks In A Meeting Of Council Of Ministers In Benghazi
Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan speaks during a meeting of the Council of Ministers in the city of Benghazi, Libya, Jan. 9, 2013. Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan (C) speaks during a meeting of the Council of Ministers in the city of Benghazi, Libya, Jan. 9, 2013. <Xinhua/Hamza Turkia>
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Will Park ease sanctions on NK?
Speculation grew Wednesday over whether President-elect Park Geun-hye is mulling whether to ease cross-border sanctions on North Korea in order to encourage dialogue with the isolated state. Reports said the sanctions implemented by the incumbent Lee Myung-bak administration after Pyongyang’s deadly 2010 sinking of the Cheonan warship, were under consideration…
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Samsung to talk to leukemia victims’ group
Samsung Electronics is expected to soon resume dialogue with a group representing the firm’s former employees who were diagnosed with leukemia and other illnesses after working at its chip-making plants. “We proposed resuming negotiations to Samsung in December on resolving this matter,” a Banollim spokesperson said. “Some Samsung executives have…
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East Asia
‘Be with US on China’
This is the fourth in a series of letters by experts to President-elect Park Geun-hye. — ED. Dear Madam President-elect, Your dramatic election as the first female head of state in Northeast Asia is epochal, but it also is emblematic of a larger process of Korea’s globalization, evolution, and increasing…
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East Asia
About disappearing jobs
Books published on different kind of extinction No jobs seem to be permanent. Jobs that flourished once would eventually disappear, leaving behind confounded workers. To shed light on this, in a cultural aspect, the National Folk Museum of Korea has recently published three books featuring jobs – match manufacturing, wall…
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