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West Asia
IT means democratising of information
Interview with internet and education activist Wael Ghonim Wael Ghonim, 32, became an international figure in 2011 for his role in the pro-democracy revolution in Egypt as co-creator and administrator of the Facebook page that helped spark the revolution. He was named one of the 100 most influential people of…
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West Asia
Kuwaiti and Iraqi FM sign MOUs on border marking, housing project
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Sabah (L) and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari arrives at a joing press conference at foreign ministry building in Kuwait City on 28 May 2013. Kuwait and Iraq sign two memorandums of understanding regarding measures to do maintenance work on the border marking the…
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East Asia
Hashimoto makes another controversial remark on wartime sex slave
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo Monday, May 27, 2013. The outspoken Japanese politician apologized Monday for saying U.S. troops should patronize adult entertainment businesses as a way to reduce rapes, but defended another controversial remark about Japan’s…
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Politics
African leaders urge ICC to transfer charge against Kenyan President
African leaders on Monday asked the International Criminal Court to transfer charges against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to the Kenyan legal system. The African Union summit, which ended Monday in Addis Ababa, agreed to press the United Nations to move the charges against Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto, to…
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East Asia
Indian PM Manmohan Singh arrives in Tokyo for four-day official visit
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks to journalists upon arrival at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Monday, May 27, 2013. Singh is here for a four-day official visit. <AP Photo/Koji Sasahara>
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West Asia
EU ends arms embargo on Syrian rebels to press Assad’s regime
The European Union said its member states within days will be able to send weapons to help Syria’s outgunned rebels, seeking to pressure President Bashar Assad’s regime ahead of planned peace talks mediated by the United States and Russia. Though no EU country has any such plans now to send…
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East Asia
China, US officials pave way for first Xi-Obama summit in early June
Chinese President Xi Jinping met U.S. National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon on Monday, forecasting that his upcoming talks with U.S. President Barack Obama will feature discussions on important and strategic issues. “I look forward to meeting with President Obama in California in earlier June,” Xi said at the start of…
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Culture
Cannes awards give global recognition for Asian cinema
A clutch of awards at the Cannes Film Festival has given global prominence to what insiders say is a bold era in Asian filmmaking, where China is emerging as a creative power. Directors from China, Japan, Singapore and Cambodia took to the stage at the Palais des Festivals where the…
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West Asia
Iranian presidential candidate insists Iranian nuclear is of peaceful nature
Iranian lawmaker and presidential candidate Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel addresses a news conference in Tehran, capital of Iran, on May 26, 2013. Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said Sunday that “the West is aware of the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear activities.” However, the Westerners do not intend to publicize it for some “deliberate” reasons,…
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West Asia
Israeli and Palestinian President shake hands at World Economic Forum
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, Israeli President Shimon Peres, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas all shake hands during the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa at the King Hussein Convention Centre at the Dead Sea in Jordan Sunday May 26, 2013. <AP Photo/Pool,…
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