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    Russia suffers frequent plane crashes

    Russian emergency workers search the crash site of the ATR-72 plane crash outside Tyumen, a major regional center in Siberia, Russia, Monday, April 2, 2012. <Photo: AP/Newsis> MOSCOW (Xinhua) — Russia, once an aviation powerhouse, has been plagued by deadly plane crashes in recent years, with the latest claiming 31 lives…

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    Turkish energy minister hates hike but says necessary

    Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz said he also did not like the new natural gas energy hike price increase of 18 percent on Monday. Yet Yildiz went on to explain that even with the natural gas discount his country had received in 2011 from Russia it was not…

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    Korea-Arab Society actively builds up cultural bridges

    Although Korea and the Arab world have had links through the Silk Road for more than 1,000 years, in modern times, they have been restricted to the Arab construction boom in the 1970s and ‘80s and, more recently, to Korea’s energy dependency on Middle East oil. A joint partnership led…

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    Two victims outcry danger of nuclear power plant

    HAPCHON, Korea – “There is no perfect safety as far as nuclear program is concerned. A land once devastated by nuclear pollution will never be restored to the state it used to be,” outcried two victims of nuclear fallout who visited Korea on the occasion of the Anti-Nuclear and Peace…

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    Ashes widely used as detergent in Bangladesh

    DHAKA, March 29 (Xinhua) — Some old practices are still surviving in Bangladesh, competing with modern inventions for kitchen. Ashes produced in conventional home-made oven and modern detergent are in a queer combination in the country. Ashes are sold by vendors in the residential districts of the capital Dhaka. Nobody…

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    English becomes main foreign language in Georgia

    A Georgian student majoring in Chinese edits a script at the get-together in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia, Jan. 26, 2011. <File photo> TBILISI, Georgia, March 28 (Xinhua) — The Georgian Education Ministry on Wednesday announced that English has become the main foreign language for examination with a choice rate of…

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    Kathmandu to be cleaner thanks to cleaning campaign

      Nepal’s former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal (L) sweeps the road during a cleaning campaign in Kathmandu, Nepal, Oct. 7, 2010. <File photo: Xinhua> KATHMANDU, Nepal (Xinhua) — Nepali capital city may soon take on a cleaner look after the city launched a clean city campaign. The metropolis is…

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    Philippine President optimistic of higher tourist arrivals this year

      Philippine President Benigno Aquino III prepares to make the ceremonial ringing of the bell to start the trading at the Philippine Stocks Exchange at the financial district of Makati city east of Manila, Philippines Tuesday March 6, 2012. <File photo: AP/Newsis> MANILA (Xinhua) — Philippine President Beningo S. Aquino III…

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    Sri Lanka gets ‘first ever eBook store’

    This Jan. 26, 2012 photo, shows a webpage on Amazon.com featuring Kindle e-book readers on a computer screen in Miami. <File Photo: AP/Newsis> COLOMBO (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka has opened its first eBook store BookHUB providing a different reading experience to book lovers, an official statement said here on Tuesday.…

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    Sri Lanka to shut down some embassies in Europe

    Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa listens to a question during a meeting with foreign correspondents in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. <Photo DB=AP/Newsis> COLOMBO (Xinhua) — The Sri Lankan government has decided to shut down some of its embassies in Europe, the Sri Lankan External Affairs Ministry said on…

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