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East Asia
Park backs merit-based appointments
President-elect meets US, China envoys President-elect Park Geun-hye pledged Thursday to appoint people to important positions based on their merits, not hometowns or school ties. “I will do my best to end the history of division here by adopting measures for reconciliation and putting a halt to cronyism in public…
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East Asia
President-elect’s business network
Park has links with POSCO, Hanwha, GS With Park Geun-hye elected as the next president, market players are paying attention to how close her relationships are with domestic business leaders. Park has an extensive network within the business world. Companies with ties forged with the President-in-waiting include Korea’s biggest steelmaker…
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West Asia
Yemenites Hold Rally To Show Support For Their President In Sanaa
A female protestor with Yemen’s flag painted on her face and Arabic writing on sunglasses that reads, “we support the decision,” during a rally to show support for President Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Yemeni soldiers stand guard near the residence of Yemen’s president…
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Society
Explosion Of Oil Pipeline Causes Inferno At Ijeododo Near Lagos, Nigeria
Smoke and flames billow from a burning oil pipeline in Ijeododo on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The oil pipeline belonging to Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation exploded near Nigeria’s largest city as thieves tried to siphon oil from it Monday. Fire fighters try to contain flames…
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South Asia
Pakistani Activists Condemn Killing Of Nine Polio Workers By Militants
Pakistani activists rally in Karachi Pakistan to condemn killings of health workers, on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Thousands of polio workers escorted by police guards pressed on with a vital immunization program in Pakistan’s second largest city Thursday despite the deaths of nine people gunned down by suspected militants while…
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Society
Sudan’s Vice President Inaugurates An Oil Field In South Kordofan
Sudan’s Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha walks during an event inaugurate an oil field, South Kordofan, Sudan, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Workers and others gather for the inauguration of an oil facility by Sudan’s Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, unseen, in South Kordofan, Sudan, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.…
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West Asia
Egyptian, Jordanian PMs Get Together For Talks In Amman
Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil (L) and his Jordanian counterpart Abdullah Ensour attend a joint news conference in Amman, Jordan, Dec. 20, 2012. <Xinhua/Mohammad Abu Ghosh> Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil (L) meets with King Abdullah II of Jordan in Amman on Dec. 20, 2012. <Xinhua>
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South Asia
People In India Recognized As Descendants Of Jew Leave For Israel To Live
A Bnei Menashe Jewish community woman, right, bids goodbye as other leaves for Israel from Churachandpur, in India’s northeastern state of Manipur Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The Jews from India’s northeastern state of Manipur are known as Bnei Menashe and claim to be descendants of one the 10 lost tribes…
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West Asia
Growing Number Of Syrians Under Treatment At Hospitals Due To Gov’t Airstrike
In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 photo, the bed of a Syrian patient, not pictured, at an intensive care unit of a hospital is seen in the village of Atmeh, Syria. In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 photo, Syrian patients lie in their beds at an intensive care unit of…
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Society
Rituals Performed By Shamans In Hope Of Preventing Apocalyptic Mayan Prediction
Peruvian shamans perform a ritual against the alleged 2012 apocalyptic Mayan prediction in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The supposed 5 a.m. Friday doomsday hour had already arrived in several parts of the world with no sign of the apocalypse. The social network Imgur posted photos of clocks turning…
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