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Dhaka: UNHCR must solve root cause of Myanmar refugee

DHAKA, June 13 — Bangladesh Wednesday (June 13) denied the idea of harboring Myanmar refugees into Bangladesh further as Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni is scheduled to hold dialogue with UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) next week. The foreign minister, however, insisted that the meeting with the UNHCR’s second-in-chief would…
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Iraqi Bomb Attack Even Kills Innocent Baby

Karim Hamid kisses the dead body of his nephew Morteda Faleh, who was killed with his father, mother, brother and sister in a car bomb attack in Baghdad, before burial in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 13, 2012. A wave of bombings targeted religious…
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Pyongyang jumps into the fray

Ideological quarrels approaching farce North Korea has joined in the ideological mudslinging among South Korean politicians, turning an already wasteful dogfight into a farce. “If we disclose what some conservative South Korean politicians said in North Korea, most South Koreans will fall down in a fit,” said the North’s Committee…
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Sim Sang-jung vs. Lim Su-kyung

The Cheongsong Shim (my surname) family association invited me Monday, in my title as political editor of The Korea Times, to a meeting to celebrate those from the clan elected as lawmakers through the April general elections. They came from three parties with a diverse ideological spectrum ― the conservative…
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Bangladesh helps Myanmar solve sectarian violence

DHAKAㅡ Bangladesh is in close consultations with Myanmar to check the influx of Rohingya refugees following the sectarian violence in Rakhine state of the neighbouring country, Bangladesh foreign ministry officially stated in Dhaka today (June 12). “Bangladesh and Myanmar are maintaining close consultations to ensure that developments in the Rakhine state…
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Discord on primary rules

Does Park have problems in communication? The ruling Saenuri Party is mired in acute intraparty discord over rules to select a candidate for the presidential election scheduled for Dec. 19. Those who support hopeful candidates other than Park Geun-hye staged protests outside the party headquarters Tuesday in protest against the…
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Ideological reflection in S. Korean society

Last week, a South Korean politician, Lim Soo-kyung, told Joseph Baek, a North Korean defector, who happened to be dining in the same restaurant as her that he was a “son of a bxxxx,’’ a “senseless North Korean defector’’ and a “bastard betrayer.’’ This aroused a heated discussion among South…
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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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