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South Asia
Pakistan’s woman cricketer Sana Mir to receive Asia Game Changers Award
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Former captain of Pakistan’s women cricket team Sana Mir has been selected for the prestigious Asia Game Changers Award by the Asia Society. According to a statement by Asia Society, Mir will receive the award along with five other women who have excelled in…
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Culture
Uzbekistan to host Raks Sehri Annual International Festival
Tashkent: Uzbekistan. In a country that its people see as a place where different nationalities, traditions and culture co-exist peaceful and live harmoniously, where its rich historical and architectural heritage gets along fine with modern buildings and high technology, the Raks Sehri (Magic of Dance) Annual International Festival stands as…
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Culture
In a first for the country, Saudi Arabia to host The Wizard of Oz in October
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia will for the first time host The Wizard of Oz, “the greatest family musical of all time”. The production, a spectacular celebration of the iconic 1939 MGM film, will be held on October 2-12 at the King Abdul Aziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) and will include…
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Society
Kyrgyzstan celebrates Komuz Day with great fanfare, impressive displays
Osh: Kyrgyzstan celebrated with great fanfare Komuz Day, a special cultural event that brought together around 500 komuzists to play Komuz, the Kyrgyz national three-stringed musical instrument. During the event organized by the Department of Culture of Osh city, the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan and located in the south…
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Entertainment
In Kyrgyzstan, fallen officer awarded honor medal posthumously
Bishkek: Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbay Jeenbekov has presented a posthumous medal to honor Colonel Usenbek Niyazbekov, a senior security officer who was killed during an operation to arrest the country’s former leader. Jeenbekov met with Niyazbekov’s mother Oktam Mamaeva, wife Nazira Bazarbayeva, brother Asanbek Niyazbekov, and son Timur Niyazbekov, national news…
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South Asia
Citing security concerns, senior Sri Lankan cricketers refuse to travel to Pakistan
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Several senior Sri Lankan players have expressed their reservations over travelling to Pakistan for the upcoming one-day international and T20 series. According to a report on BBC Urdu, senior players including ODI captain Dimuth Karunaratne, T20 captain Lasith Malinga and former captain Angelo Mathews…
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Culture
World’s largest underwater theme park opens in Bahrain
By Habib Toumi Manama: The world’s largest underwater theme park, Dive Bahrain, was officially opened on Friday. The initial phase of the project has been completed recently by submerging a 70-meter long decommissioned and specially prepared Boeing 747, 20-22 meters below the water North of Bahrain, to become the first…
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Culture
Classical concert at Seokjojeon reminiscent of past glories, grief
Seoul: One late summer night, well-known Mozart music fills the neoclassical manor of Seokjojeon at Deoksu Palace, one of the five royal palaces in central Seoul. At the majestic, elegant entrance hall with ivory colored walls and pillars decorated with gilted plum flower patterns, arched windows and rococo-style fireplaces, three…
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People
New record as 3 million people use Bahrain-Saudi Arabia causeway in August
By Habib Toumi Manama: Close to three million people used the King Fahad Causeway linking Bahrain with Saudi Arabia in August, setting a new month record for the terrestrial link opened in 1986. Figures show that 2,918,993 people used the 25-kilometer causeway, a daily average of more than 94,000 people.…
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Business
Azerbaijan to host IATA conference on safety, flight operations
By Habib Toumi Baku: Safety and flight operations will be the main topic to be discussed at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) conference to be held next year in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The international conference will be hosted on March 31 – April 2 at the Baku…
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