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Politics
Netanyahu Starts Election Campaign For Another Term As Israeli PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the inauguration of his election campaign in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. Israel has advanced the process of building 942 more settler homes in east Jerusalem under a new fast-track plan to tighten its grip on the territory, which the Palestinians claim as…
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West Asia
Gulf Cooperation Council Summit Closes In Manama, Bahrain
Leaders from Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) member states attend the closing ceremony for the 33rd GCC Summit in Manama, Dec. 25, 2012. GCC leaders on Tuesday stressed the importance to move toward a Gulf Union and the development of a “common defense system” to deal with any threats in the…
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Gov’t plans to enforce media policy at wrong time
Asia Journalist Association, Nepal, (AJA Nepal) is dismayed to learn that Nepal Government was planning to enforce the media policy-2012 drafted last January. It is a wrong time to implement the media policy because there is neither parliament nor political consensus in the country. The national politics is all in…
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East Asia
Finishing Touches Underway To Open Harbin Ice And Snow World Next Week
Photo taken on Dec. 23, 2012 shows the night scene of the Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. The 14th Harbin Ice and Snow World will open to the public on Jan. 5, 2013. Photo taken on Dec. 23, 2012 shows the scene…
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East Asia
Books about president-elect popular
Books about President-elect Park Geun-hye have come into the limelight, following her Dec. 19 victory, after being overshadowed by those of her former rivals Moon Jae-in and Ahn Cheol-soo. According to officials from online book store Yes24, her autobiography “Despair Trains Me and Hope Moves Me” saw the biggest increase…
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South Asia
Indian Women Sell Festive Hats Ahead Of Christmas In Mumbai
Indian woman Gita, right, tries to calm her son as she sells festive hats ahead of Christmas in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. Although Christians comprise only two percent of the population Christmas is a national holiday and is observed across the country as an occasion to celebrate. <AP…
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Society
Traditional Healer Gives A Baby Treatment For Vomitting In Moussoro, Chad
In this Nov. 5, 2012 photo, traditional healer Hakki Hassan cuts out the epiglottis of 8-month-old Moustafa Abdallah Lamine before also removing four un-erupted baby teeth as a treatment for vomiting and diarrhea, in Moussoro, Chad. In this Sahel nation, childhood malnutrition and related mortality persist at alarming rates, despite…
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East Asia
Herdsmen In China’s Inner Mongolia Face Difficulties Due To Severe Cold Wave
Herdsmen carry daily supplies against the cold in the West Ujimqin Banner of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Dec. 23, 2012. A severe cold wave has been sweeping most parts of Inner Mongolia since Saturday, with temperatures dropping by around 10 degrees Celsius. <Xinhua/Ren Junchuan>
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Sejong ready for role as new administrative hub
The new city of Sejong in central Korea is ready to serve as the country’s new administrative hub, as the first phase of the movement is almost finished, officials said Monday. Sejong City, some 150 kilometers south of Seoul, came officially into being as a “special autonomous city” in July…
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West Asia
Palestinians Take Pictures At Church Of Nativity In West Bank Town Of Bethlehem
Christian worshipers walk out of the Grotto, at the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. Palestinian youths pose for a photograph next to a Christmas tree at the Manger Square, outside the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank town…
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