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Egypt signs deal to supply fuel to Gaza power plant
The Hamas-run authority of energy and natural resources in the Gaza Stripe signed an agreement with Egypt to pump fuels through Rafah border crossing to Gaza power station, Palestinian officials said Monday. The energy authority said in a press statement emailed to reporters that the agreement was signed in Egypt’s…
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Society
Envoys show diverse nuke summit views
Four of the five official nuclear-weapons states met Tuesday at the 63 Convention Center in Seoul to discuss with foreign envoys and government officials the formal agenda of this month’s Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. The summit’s stated focus: To safeguard the world’s nuclear materials and keep them out of the…
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Society
Gmarket takes out Dokdo ad in New York Times
Seo Kyoung-duk _ a self-styled Dokdo advocate _ in association with Gmarket, the nation’s leading e-commerce company posted a full-page advertisement in the New York Times, Thursday, promoting the islets. The date also marked the anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement, when Koreans protested against Japan’s colonial rule in…
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Politics
Lee urges prompt action from Japan on ‘comfort women’
President Lee Myung-bak renewed his appeal to Japan to resolve long-running grievances over its wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women, describing it as an urgent humanitarian matter Thursday. Lee emphasized that the comfort women issue is becoming increasingly urgent as most victims, who “have lived with painful scars in…
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Security all set for Seoul nuke summit
Officials in charge of security for the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit rappel down a building at the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae Monday as they demonstrate various responses to possible contingencies. Thunderous bangs are heard and yellowish toxic smoke starts billowing from a terrace on the second floor…
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WB says extreme poverty population declines, more efforts needed
The World Bank said Wednesday that the extreme poverty population in every region of the developing world declined by 13 million between 2005 and 2008, but more efforts are needed to fight against it. The Washington-based institution said in a report about 1.29 billion people lived below 1.25 U.S. dollars…
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Thai mom gets 41-year jail term for prostituting underage daughter
A criminal court sentenced a woman to 41 years in jail for prostituting three girls including her own daughter to an English expat man on several occasions between 2008 to August 2010, local media reported on Wednesday. According to the report, Tim Wongsiri, 50, forced two girls, who were…
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Society
Kuwait celebrates 51st National Day
Kuwait Embassy(Ambassador H.E. Muteb Al-Mutoteh) here held a banquet to celebrate the 51st National Day and the 21st Anniversary of Liberation from Iraqi invasion at Hotel Shilla in downtown Seoul Monday (Feb. 27). This year marks the 51st anniversary of independence from U.K. in 1961 and 21st year of liberation from Iraqi military occupation of its territory in 1991. Ambassadors from 21 diffrent contries took part…
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Society
One third of Indian youth willing to go into politics if given a chance
Indian youth’s interest in politics has consistently risen and a significant number of them are willing to enter the field if given a chance, according to a study carried by local media Wednesday. Moreover, Indian youths of middle class are more in favor of making politics a career than their…
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Beijing struggles to reduce carbon emissions
With 350 million tonnes of coal burned a year in pan-Beijing area, it is difficult for Beijing to fulfill its goal of reducing air pollution, officials and political advisors have said ahead of China’s pending legislative sessions. Meng Wei, head of the Chinese Institute of Environmental Sciences and a longtime…
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