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West Asia
Syrian Air Force Bombs Rebel-Held Region Near Turkish Border For Second Day In A Row
This amateur video provided to AP Video shows billowing smoke in the Syrian town of Ras al-Ayn, as seen from the Turkish town of Ceylanpinar, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. Syria’s air force bombed a rebel-held region near the border with Turkey for a second day Tuesday, killing at least one…
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West Asia
Mouaz Al-Khatib, Syrian Muslim Cleric, Elected President Of Newly Formed Syrian Opposition Coalition In Doha
In this Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012 file photo, Muslim cleric Mouaz al-Khatib, poses for a photo after he was elected president of the newly formed Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces, in Doha, Qatar. While lacking in political experience, Al-Khatib, the 52-year-old preacher-turned-activist is described by Syrians as a…
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South Asia
Pakistani Paramilitary Vehicle Destroyed By Bomb Planted Roadside In Quetta, Pakistan
A Pakistani soldier stands guard near a damaged paramilitary force’s vehicle at the blast site in Pakistan’s southwest city of Quetta, Nov. 13, 2012. At least two people were killed and about ten others injured when a roadside planted bomb hit a paramilitary force’s vehicle in Quetta on Tuesday afternoon,…
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West Asia
Bahraini Anti-Gov’t Protesters Confont Police By Hurling Petrol Bombs In Muharraq, Bahrain
Riot police seize a crate of petrol bombs prepared by Bahraini anti-government protesters after dispersing participants in a mourning procession for a teenager whose death the opposition blames on police in Muharraq, Bahrain, on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. A masked Bahraini anti-government protester carrying petrol bombs confronts riot police firing…
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Seoul seeks smoking ban in all public facilities
Smoking may be banned in all restaurants and public facilities in the nation’s capital by 2020, as Seoul City seeks to make the metropolis smoke-free. The city government said Monday that it will seek to ban smoking at all indoor public facilities in an effort to reduce the smoking rate…
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2 testify to Sakhalin massacre by Japanese
The government has secured testimony from two ethnic Koreans living on Sakhalin Island, off Russia’s east coast, that Japanese soldiers massacred Koreans there at the end of World War II. It is the first testimony to provide details of a massacre allegedly perpetrated by the Japanese army on the island,…
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East Asia
First lady submits statement to independent counsel
An independent counsel may bring criminal charges against seven or eight people, including President Lee Myung-bak’s son, for their involvement in a property scandal over a now-scrapped retirement home project for the president, according to sources Tuesday. First lady Kim Yoon-ok turned in a statement over her alleged role in…
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East Asia
Obama to support Seoul’s N. Korea engagement policy
U.S. President Barack Obama is likely to cooperate tightly with the next Seoul administration on efforts toward eventual unification of the peninsula, a former U.S. envoy said Tuesday. The remark from James Steinberg, deputy secretary of state under Obama from 2009 to 2011, came as South Korean presidential candidates say…
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East Asia
Expat life in Kuwait
Canadian native, David Yorston, one time English teacher in Korea took the opportunity of a lifetime to go back to his former profession, civil engineer. Accepting an offer from a Korean company, he found himself stationed in the oil rich State of Kuwait. Now back in Korea, Yorsten spoke with…
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East Asia
Ceremony held to unveil sign board inscribing brief career of Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-chull
A ceremony was held to unveil a sign-board inscribing Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-choll’s brief life story involving when he was born and when he started his business at the entrance of the Hwa Su Building located Myeongnyun-dong, central Seoul, Tuesday (Nov. 13). The sign board was put on the wall just beside Lee’s statue erected earlier…
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