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West Asia
Netanyahu Votes To Decide Leadership Of Likud Party At A Polling Station Near Jerusalem
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, stands behind a voting booth while casting his ballot for the Likud party leadership election at a polling station in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Givat Zeev, near Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. More than 120,000 Likud voters are eligible to cast ballots…
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Sri Lanka’s North and South begin to see common ground
This month the BBC broadcast yet another report on alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, this time supposed to be an United Nations internal “leaked” documents. While the BBC (and much of the British media) has been preoccupied by chasing up war crimes dossiers on Sri Lanka for the past…
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South East Asia
[Indonesia Report] Protest held to condemn Israel for attacking Palestinians in Gaza Strip
Indonesians keep on holding demonstrations in some areas across the country to condemn Israel’s aggression to Palestinians in Gaza Strip. In Demak, Central Java Province in Indonesia, tens of activists from Indonesian Muslim Student Movement (PMII) held the same demonstration on Sunday (November 25). The demonstration took place in the…
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Politics
UN Security Council Welcomes Ceasefire Agreement Between Israel And Hamas
Israel’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), Haim Waxman, speaks to media reporters at the UN headquarters in New York, on Nov. 21, 2012. The UN Security Council on Wednesday welcomed the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas and called on relevant parties “to act seriously” and “in…
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East Asia
Rally Against NK Held In Seoul On Eve Of NK Attack Anniversary On Yeonpyeong Island
A South Korean veteran stands in front of portraits of marines who were killed in North Korea’s attack on Yeonpyeong island, during a rally against North Korea on the eve of the second anniversary of the North’s artillery shelling of the island, in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012.…
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East Asia
New Chinese Leadership Kicks Off Action For Comprehensive National Reform
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (C), also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, presides over a conference on national comprehensive reform pilot areas in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 21, 2012. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, also…
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West Asia
Egyptian President Replaces Prosecutor General To Cement His Grip On Power
A handout picture released by the Egyptian presidency on Nov. 22, 2012, shows Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (R) meeting with the newly appointed Prosecutor General Talaat Ibrahim at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. Morsi also on Thursday fired the country’s top prosecutor Abdel-Maguid Mahmoud by decreeing with immediate effect…
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East Asia
[ASEAN Report] Indonesian President SBY asks Obama to push for peace in Gaza Strip
The 21st ASEAN Leaders Meeting took place on Nov. 18-20 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It also marked as a symbolic handover of the Asean chairmanship for 2013 between Cambodia and Brunei. During the ASEAN Summit on Monday, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono asked US President Barack Obama to stop violence on Palestinians in…
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West Asia
Arab League Secretary-General Arrives In Gaza Strip To Forge A Truce In The Region
Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil Elaraby (C) arrives in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Nov. 20, 2012. Turkey’s foreign minister and a delegation of Arab League traveled to Gaza on a truce mission between Palestine and Israel on Tuesday. <Xinhua/Khaled Omar>
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West Asia
UN Chief Ban In Jerusalem As Part Of Diplomatic Effort To End Conflict In Gaza Strip
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in Jerusalem, on Nov. 20, 2012. <Xinhua/Pool/Jim Hollander> United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, speaks with Israel’s President Shimon Peres during a joint press conference at the President’s residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Ban is in…
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