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South Asia
Movie making based on theme about deadly psychological disorder
R.A Productions presents A Rahul Aijaz film ‘Morgue’ Starring: Muhammad Ahsan Anthony Galli Tayyeb Khan Sherwan Rohel Aijaz As a film student, I am always looking for new ideas to explore. Despising what the mainstream storytelling is all about, I try to find another way to tell stories, experimenting with…
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South East Asia
[Indonesia Report] Indonesian parliamentary delegation visits Palestine
Indonesian mass media, detiknews.com reported on the agenda of Indonesian House of Representative Commission I’s visit to Palestine on December 7. In the report, it said that the meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister of Hamas Ismail Haniyya in Gaza is one of the most important agenda of Commission I’s visit. After meeting…
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East Asia
Year of new things
In this month of year-end gatherings, old friends and acquaintances never fail to get together. Koreans live a fast and hard life, and the last month of the year is a good excuse to put all things behind them and meet friends. They talk about the old days but also…
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West Asia
Egyptian Novelist Youssef Ziedan: Religious terror of fanatic people starts when they speak in the name of God
Youssef Ziedan is an Egyptian scholar who specializes in Arabic and Islamic studies. He worked as director of the Manuscript Center and Museum affiliated to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. He is a university professor, a public lecturer, a columnist and a prolific author of more than 50 books. The study of…
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East Asia
Protecting all members of our human family
I am a great champion of the power of youth to change the world but I am celebrating a 64-year-old responsible for ushering in momentous progress. Not a person but a document that was born on December 1948 and forever altered the view of how we treat members of our…
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East Asia
Winner’s bucket list
Here are five suggestions for what our new President has to do during his or her five-year term. 1) Don’t be ambitious but be ambitious The late former President Roh Moo-hyun once observed, “The fact that I became president,” when asked what he thought was his biggest presidential achievement. Roh didn’t…
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South East Asia
Italian Mafia godfather caught in Bali, Indonesia
Indonesian mass media, vivanews.com, on Friday (December 14) published an article on an Italian Godfather, caught in Bali, Indonesia. In the article, it says, he looks like a polite man, and probably wise. Messicati Antonino Vitale was shown in a picture by many media around the world lying looked relax with his…
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West Asia
Despite revolutions, much of the problems remain intact in Arab countries
2011 has been a busy year for most Arabic countries, as they witnessed the uprisings of revolutions that were later named “Arab Spring.” Now, it’s been almost two years after the revolution, and it seems that no stability is set yet. In Tunisia, the instability is due to Islamists radical…
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Fear of Japan’s regression
LDP’s return to power must not undermine peace Dark clouds are gathering in Northeast Asia as Japan’s conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) returned to power Sunday. The party’s hawkish former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will get a second chance to lead Japan after his one-year stint from 2006 to 2007.…
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East Asia
Japanese election and Korea
The results of the general election in Japan on Dec. 16th have left Koreans uneasy. The establishment Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) that ruled Japan almost unbroken from 1955 to 2009 returned to power in a landslide victory. The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), which took power in a landslide win…
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