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West Asia
Saudi Arabia: King Abdullah launches fund-raising drive for people of Syria Major News in <Asharq alawsat>: King Abdullah launches fund-raising drive for people of Syria Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, launched the Saudi National Campaign to Support Brothers in Syria with a generous donation of 20 million Saudi Riyals [SR]. Following this, Saudi…
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President Lee’s approval rate recoreded lowest
According to a survey conducted by Gallup Korea in the third week of July, only 18 percent of those polled replied positively about President Lee Myung-bak’s performance of duty while 62 percent of the respondents said negatively about Lee’s performance. The survey marked the lowest approval rating for President Lee during his tenure of office. The…
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West Asia
Israel: Obama would visit Israel in 2nd term, says adviser Major news in <The Jerusalem Post> : Obama would visit Israel in 2nd term, says adviser. WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama is expected to visit Israel during his second term, should he be reelected, according to a former US defense official now helping the president’s campaign. Colin Kahl, former deputy assistant…
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People
Reception for Uruguayan delegation held
Dr. Alba Florio Legnani, Ambassador of Uruguay to South Korea, hosted a welcome reception for a visiting Uruguay delegation at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 20th, 2012 at Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul. The high-profile Uruguay delegation visited Korea in commemoration of the Uruguay Day to discuss matters of common…
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West Asia
Syria: Syria hints at use of chemical weapons Top News in <Aljazeera>: Syria hints at use of chemical weapons Syria has said it will not use chemical and biological weapons against Syrians but would use them against foreign “aggression”. At a news conference in Damascus on Monday, foreign ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi said that Syria was in “self…
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Consumption pattern among rich Chinese Changes rapidly
Consumption pattern of wealthy Chinese has changed greatly in recent days, according to a report by the KOTRA Shanghai Office released on July 16. The rich people in China changed to prefer commodities with cutting-edge technological functions to just luxury bands. They no longer stick to buying expensive commodities just for demonstration. Thay have come…
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