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East Asia
Tiger-Head Shoes Made In Hope Of Children Grow As Robust As Tigers
An old woman shows her handmade tiger-head shoes in downtown Bozhou City, east China’s Anhui Province, Jan. 7, 2013. Tiger-head shoes, a kind of traditional Chinese shoes made of colourful cotton fabric and thread, are popular for local people who hope their children grow as robust and healthy as tigers…
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South Asia
Cold Spell Attacks Kathmandu, Recording The Lowest Of 0.7 Degree C
A milk vendor, dressed in warm clothes, talks to a shopkeeper on a winter morning in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. The temperature in the Kathmandu Valley was recorded at its lowest of 0.7 degree Celsius (33 degrees Fahrenheit) for this year on Sunday morning, according to news reports.…
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West Asia
Campaign Billboard Of Netanyahu Erected Near Tel Aviv For General Election On Jan. 22
An Israeli ultra-orthodox Jewish man walks past an election campaign billboard of Israeli Prime Minister and Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, in Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. General elections in Israel are scheduled for Jan. 22, 2013. Israelis walk past an election campaign billboards of…
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South East Asia
Mass Circumcision Performed For Muslim Boys Free Of Charge In Indonesia
Paramedics perform circumcision to a boy during a charge-free mass circumcision in Aceh Besar, Aceh province, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. In accordance with Islamic tradition Indonesian Muslim boys are circumcised before they reach puberty. A boy cries in pain as a relative tries to calm him down during a…
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South East Asia
Gunbattle Takes Place Between Police And Criminals In Atimonan, Philippines
In this photo released by the Philippine National Police Quezon Provincial Director’s Office, police officers gather evidence as bodies of suspected criminals lay on the road after a shootout with army and police at a checkpoint along a road in the town of Atimonan in Quezon province, about 140 kilometers…
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South Asia
Bangladesh opposition wants dialogue for restoration of caretaker system
In medical science, BNP (B-type natriuretic peptide) is a simple, safe blood test that can help doctors evaluate cardiac function. Natriuretic peptides are part of the body’s natural defense mechanisms designed to protect the heart from stress and play an important role in regulating blood circulation. Cardiologists are exploring the…
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West Asia
Afghan Women Walk Along A Road In Kabul
Afghan women walk along a road in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 6, 2013. Afghans walk at a dusty road in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 6, 2013. <Xinhua/Ahmad Massoud>
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East Asia
Brazil, Korea seek synergy over next five years
“May the best man win”- so the old saying goes. But coming from Brazil, presently governed by a lady president, and living in Korea, whose citizens have recently chosen a woman for the highest office, I never doubted that to be successful in the globalized world of today is not…
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East Asia
Politics of food
Lawmakers halt MB’s ‘hansik’ globalization project Bureaucratic ambitions to foster “hansik,’’ or traditional Korean food, as the newest star in global cuisine appears to be on hold as lawmakers vow to look into allegations that the existing government investment has been wasted and abused. Representatives of the governing Saenuri Party…
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East Asia
Choi Jin-sil tragedy relived
Ex-husband hangs himself The apparent suicide of Cho Sung-min, the ex-husband of the late movie and television star Choi Jin-sil, is more than another tragedy involving a celebrity. The 39-year-old ex-pitcher of Japan’s Yomiuri Giants marked the third “connected suicide” after his ex-wife and her younger brother Jin-young. The late…
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