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Reactor life extension
Nobody expected Fukushima ― until it happened A nonprofit U.N. agency’s virtual go-ahead to prolong the operation of the nation’s oldest nuclear reactors has fueled controversy surrounding them instead of cooling it down. As always, arguments, pro and con, are contrasting enough to throw any non-specialists into confusion. Environmental groups…
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UAE “Spain needs more than bailout”
<The Gulf News Editorial : June 11, 2012> Spain needs more than bailout Spain — the latest victim of a growing debt crisis in Europe — needs more than a bailout. The $125 billion (Dh459.75 billion) lifeline may give the country a reprieve, but that alone will not solve the…
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India “Eurozone crisis to take its toll on leather industry”
<The Hindu’s Editorial : June 12, 2012> Even orders for next winter will be low, warns industry representative The Eurozone crisis has hit the Indian leather industry badly and the sector will find it difficult to sustain its growth momentum this fiscal, industry representatives said on Monday. While the industry…
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Jordanian artist seeks to uncover secrets of circle
*Editor’s note: This is the sixth and last installment of six-part stories about six Arab women artists devoting themselves to creating different style of art and innovating their methods of expression for “revolutionary” change. Hilda Hayari “The Revolutionary Life Circle” How does the circle control our imagination? It surrounds us as we try to fill our life…
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Vow to renounce privileges
All lawmakers should join drive to reform Assembly The governing Saenuri Party adopted a resolution on six reform measures for the abolition of lawmakers’ privileges and benefits at the end of a two-day workshop in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, Saturday. We applaud the ruling party’s initiative to renovate the National…
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Defending evolution theory
Why does religion try to replace science? Koreans are no longer strangers to global attention ― both cheers and jeers ― economically and culturally. Yet the latest duel between evolutionists and creationists here and foreigners’ interest it has generated are hardly welcome, if not downright shameful. “Nature,” the global science…
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Pakistan suffers from power shortage
Pakistan is facing severe power crisis since a decade, as against the demand of about 19000MW electricity, it produces hardly 11000 to 12000MW through its all resources including hydro power plants installed at dams and some others operating on furnace oil and gas besides two nuclear power plants. Some power…
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Children of sex workers bring honor for Bangladesh
The young Karate team from Bangladesh, achieved marvelous success in the just concluded 18th International High School Karate and Kick Boxing Champion-ship in Katmandu, Nepal. The competition was held from 24th May, 2012 to 1st June, 2012 with a total of 375 participants from eleven countries. Among the eleven participating…
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Chasm in South China Sea
The controversy about China’s juridical claim over the 3.5-million sq.km South China Sea is hotting up, following US defence secretary Leon Panetta’s visit to India, earlier this week. Termed as the ‘US pivot to Asia’ in which Panetta wanted India to play ‘a lynchpin’, the important Asia-Pacific region will witness…
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Morshed awarded as best director in SAARC festival
Bangladeshi film mker Morshedul Islam received the best director award for his film ‘Khelaghar’ at the SAARC Film Festival-2012 held in Sri-Lanka last month. Sri-Lankan Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs WDJ Seneviratne conferred the award to Morshedul Islam at the concluding ceremony of the 5-day festival held at…
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