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South Asia
Nepali journalists stand up against gov’t for not punishing Maoists who killed a journalist
KATHMANDU, Jan 13 – Journalists in Nepal have taken to street against Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai for his attempt to halt the investigation into an eight-year-old murder incident and dismiss the case. Led by the Federation of the Nepali Journalists (FNJ), the umbrella organization of the journalists, they have been…
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East Asia
61-year-old former lawmaker to become oldest legal trainee
A 61-year-old former lawmaker will become the oldest trainee to join the training required for those who passed the state-run bar exam after the military government in the 1980s disqualified him from it. Chung Chin-sup, once a two-term lawmaker of the ruling Saenuri Party, will begin a two-year training course…
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Big firms toe line on Park’s pro-labor calls
Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor and Ssangyong Motor are toeing the line set by President-elect Park Geun-hye regarding labor relations. Samsung has recently proposed to hold negotiations with an advocacy group representing families of employees who died from what it says were industry-induced diseases. On Thursday, Ssangyong Motor agreed to reinstate…
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East Asia
China’s One-Child Policy Seen To Change Chinese Society Significantly
A parent takes photos of her daughter playing the drums at a children’s play area in a shopping mall in Beijing Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. In China, a law generally limits urban families to having just one child. They grow up as the sole focus of doting parents. How does…
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East Asia
With the people
What is a good slogan for the new government to be led by Park Geun-hye, who will be inaugurated as president on Feb. 25? I suggest that it should be “With the people” in English and in Korean “국민과 같이.” The suggestion comes from my interest in Abraham Lincoln, the…
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Illegally adopted baby to return home from US
A seven-month old Korean-born baby illegally adopted by an American couple and currently at the center of a legal dispute is likely to return home. The Circuit Court of Cook County in Illinois, which initially granted the couple the right to take care of the child in November, nullified its…
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South Asia
Indian Soldiers Patrol Along The Fence Near India-Pakistan Border In Kashmir
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) troopers patrol along the border fence at an outpost along the India-Pakistan border in Suchit-Garh, some 36 kilometres southwest of Jammu, the winter capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Jan. 10, 2013. Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated following deadly skirmishes on line-of-control (LoC) in Kashmir. India…
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South Asia
Indian Pilgrims Warm Themselves Amid Intense Cold Wave In Calcutta
Indian pilgrims warm themselves in Calcutta, capital of eastern Indian state West Bengal, Jan. 10, 2013. An intense cold wave swept over north and east India this winter. <Xinhua/Tumpa Mondal>
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West Asia
Unusual Snowfall In Jordan Cripples Air And Gound Traffic Across The Nation
Yafa, 8, watches the snowfall from her bedroom window, in Amman, Jordan, Jan. 10, 2013. The storm dumped two feet of snow on many parts of Jordan, shutting schools, stranding motorists and delaying international flights, Jordanian weatherman Mohammed Samawi said. He called it the “fiercest storm to hit the Mideast…
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South Asia
A Bomb Blast In Quetta, Pakistan, Leaves 12 Dead, 115 Injured
Pakistani police officers and local residents gather at the site of a bomb blast that targeted paramilitary soldiers in a commercial area in Quetta, Pakistan, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than 40 others, according to police, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. A series of bombings in different parts…
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