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West Asia
UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon Moves Around Arabic Nations To Achieve Immediate Ceasefire In Gaza Strip
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr in Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 19, 2012. Ban Ki-moon arrived Monday evening in Cairo for a two-day visit to push for an early ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, official MENA news agency reported.…
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West Asia
Barak, Israeli Defense Chief, With U.S. Ambassador In Front Of Iron Dome Designed To Intercept Rocket, Artillery Attacks
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, left, shakes hands with US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro after speaking to journalists in front of a military Iron Dome defense missile system, designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells, near the costal city of Tel Aviv, Sunday, Nov. 18,…
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South East Asia
Heads Of ASEAN Member Nations Pose For Group Shot At Summit Meeting In Phnom Penh, Cambodia
From left to right, Philippines’ President Benigno Aquino III, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laos’ Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak…
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South East Asia
Obama, Shinawatra Arrive At Government House For News Conference In Bangkok
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrive for a joint news conference at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. <AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster>
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East Asia
Chinese Premier Arrives In Phnom Penh, Cambodia, To Attend ASEAN Summit Meeting
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R, front) is greeted after arriving in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, Nov. 18, 2012, to attend a series of meetings among East Asian leaders held here from Nov. 18 to 21. <Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng> Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao (R) meets with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang…
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East Asia
[Indonesia Report] Indonesian civil servants receive training on bureaucratic reform in Korea
Some 26 of Indonesian Ministries’ staffs came for training in bureaucratic reform in Korea. The first batch came last Monday (November 6) and stayed for a week to have a training on reformation of bureaucratic system at Korea University. The second batch of around 20 people are now attending the workshop. Civil Servants attending…
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East Asia
Unique election system is product of history
With just five free presidential elections under its belt, Korea is still a young democracy. The struggles experienced over free speech and citizen empowerment during the past decades as the nation detached itself from dictatorship have shaped a unique set of election laws and a system that is dependable but…
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East Asia
Ahn calls off talks on single candidacy
Moon says misunderstanding can be resolved The campaign team of independent presidential hopeful Ahn Cheol-soo called off negotiations over merging candidacies with Democratic United Party (DUP) contender Moon Jae-in Wednesday, accusing the opposition party of spreading false rumors to gain advantage in the competition. The two candidates have been in…
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West Asia
Libya’s National Assembly Ratifies A Law Governing Organization Of Protest
Libyan National Congress spokesman Omar Hmaidan holds a press conference, after Libya’s national assembly announced the ratification of a law governing the organization of protests that could lead to jail sentences, in Tripoli, Libya, Nov. 13, 2012. <Xinhua/Hamza Turkia>
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East Asia
Xi Jinping, Other Newly Elected Chinese Communist Party Leaders Hold Their First Press Conference
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), speaks at the press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 15, 2012. Xi led the newly elected members of the Standing Committee of the 18th CPC Central…
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