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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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West Asia
Hezbollah leader vows to support ally Syria while it is under attack
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah delivers a broadcast speech during a rally commemorating “Liberation Day,” which marks the withdrawal of the Israeli army from southern Lebanon in 2000, in Mashghara village, Bekaa valley, Lebanon, Saturday May 25, 2013. Nasrallah said his Shiite militant group will not stand idly by while…
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East Asia
Japan offers 51 bn yen loan and major aid package to Myanmar
Japan on Sunday provided a fresh loan of about 51 billion yen (about 504 million U.S. dollars) to help Myanmar’s infrastructural development projects for Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ), official sources said. According to the notes exchanged between the visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Myanmar President U Thein…
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People
UN Secretary-General Ban visits Heal Africa hospital in Goma, Congo
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed Thursday that security must go hand-in-hand with development in Congo’s troubled eastern city of Goma, arriving just hours after a rebel group halted fighting to allow the visit to proceed. The U.N. chief traveled to Congo, and specifically to Goma, for the first time…
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West Asia
US Secretary of State Kerry meets with Palestinian President Abbas
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, May 23, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in Jerusalem Thursday, May 23, 2013. The United…
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West Asia
Arab FMs attend emergency meeting on Syria at AL headquaters in Cairo
Foreign ministers attend the emergency meeting of Arab Ministerial Committee on Syria at the headquarters of Cairo-based Arab League (AL) in Cairo, Egypt, May. 23, 2013. The Arab Ministerial Committee on Syria held an emergency meeting Thursday here in the headquarters of Cairo-based Arab League (AL) to discuss efforts exerted to…
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East Asia
80-year-old Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura, oldest to summit Mt. Everest
A team of climbers led by 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura, third from left on the peak, stand on the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, May 23, 2013. Miura on Thursday became the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Everest, a Nepali official and Miura’s Tokyo-based support…
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East Asia
Chinese Premier Li meets Pakistani President to strengthen alliance
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) meets with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari in Islamabad, Pakistan, May 22, 2013. <Xinhua/Pang Xinglei> Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, center, and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, fourth right, watch as Pakistani and Chinese officials, foreground, sign an agreement during a ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan…
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