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Indonesia President reprimands preacher for humiliating iced tea seller
Elitha Evinora JAKARTA: Miftah Maulana, an Islamic preacher from Indonesia, received a reprimand from President Prabowo Subianto after humiliating an iced tea seller in public. President Prabowo issued the warning after Miftah’s video went viral on social media. In the video, Miftah humiliates Sunhaji who was selling iced tea at…
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Dear Mexican president-elect Lopez Obrador
Please remember Korean woman Hyun-jung Yang, who is unfairly detained in Santa Martha prison. Dear Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the Mexican people, may happiness and glory always be with you. I hope that Mexico will become one of the top countries in the world as well as in…
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[Indonesia Report] Reward offered to those who arrest Indonesian President during his visit to Britain
The Free West Papua, pro-independence group campaigning for Wes Papua freedom, offered 50,000 British pound or about $81,000 reward to anyone who put Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, under “citizen’s arrest” during his visit to Britain that is scheduled for October 31 to November 2. Indonesia Presidential House through its…
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Putin Elected as a Russian President
Supporters of Vladimir Putin gather to celebrate his winning in Moscow on March 4, 2012. Russia’s presidential candidate Vladimir Putin announced here Sunday that he had won the presidential election. According to an exit poll conducted by the state-run pollster VTsIOM released earlier Sunday, Putin is expected to garner 58.3…
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Hadi Elected as Yemeni New President
Yemeni people take part in a celebration after the official results of the country’s presidential election was announced in Sanaa, Yemen, on Feb. 24, 2012. Yemen’s Supermen Committee for Elections and Referendum (SCER) said Friday evening that Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was elected as the country’s new president with 6.6 million…
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West Asia
“Why President Should be Muslim?”
Syrians participate in a rally to protest against the article No.3 of the new draft constitution stating that the president of the country should be Muslim, in Damascus, Syria, Feb. 21, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Qin Haishi> news@theasian.asia
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Plevneliev’s Inaugurated as Bulgarian President
Bulgaria’s new President Rosen Plevneliev (Front) reviews the guard of honor during his inauguration ceremony at the Tomb of the Unkown Soldier in Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, on Jan. 22, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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World
Liberian President Starts Her 2nd Term
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf makes an inaugural speech in Monrovia, capital of Liberia, Jan. 16, 2012. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was sworn in her second six-year term as president of Liberia in front of the Capitol Hill in Monrovia on Monday. <Photo: Xinhua/Bai Jingshan> news@theasian.asia
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