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East Asia
Four Asian nations in power transition asked to have summit meeting at DMZ
Any one to study the history of the Far East Asia can easily realize how much it is difficult to grow the seeds of trust in the soil of those four countries; China, Japan, North & South Korea. This is true either for people or more critical for the politicians.…
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South East Asia
[Indonesia Report] Indonesian parliamentary delegation visits Palestine
Indonesian mass media, detiknews.com reported on the agenda of Indonesian House of Representative Commission I’s visit to Palestine on December 7. In the report, it said that the meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister of Hamas Ismail Haniyya in Gaza is one of the most important agenda of Commission I’s visit. After meeting…
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West Asia
Afghan Soldiers Donate Bags And Blankets For Displaced Students At A School
Afghan military officials count students at a school in Qarghaye, Laghman province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. Afghan military officers donated school bags, notebooks, child blankets, tea pots to over 120 internally displaced students and 8 teachers of a school in Laghman province. The process of taking…
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West Asia
Israeli Soldiers Stand Guard Against Palestinians Who Prostested For A Prisoner On Hunger Strike
Israeli soldiers stand guard during clashes with Palestinian protestors in the neighbourhood of Issawiya near Jerusalem on Dec. 19, 2012. Palestinians Wednesday demonstrated in solidarity with Samer Issawi, a Palestinian prisoner held in an Israeli jail and on hunger strike since August 1. <Xinhua/Muammar Awad>
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West Asia
Christians In Egypt Unable To Attend Referendum Due To Islamists’ Intimidation
In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 photo, children attend a class in a church in the village of El-Aziyah near the city of Assiut, southern Egypt. After a campaign of intimidation by Islamists, most Christians in this southern Egyptian province were too afraid to participate in last week’s referendum on…
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West Asia
Egyptian Novelist Youssef Ziedan: Religious terror of fanatic people starts when they speak in the name of God
Youssef Ziedan is an Egyptian scholar who specializes in Arabic and Islamic studies. He worked as director of the Manuscript Center and Museum affiliated to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. He is a university professor, a public lecturer, a columnist and a prolific author of more than 50 books. The study of…
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South Asia
Hand Grenade Attack On Pakistani Air Force Base Leaves 10 Injured
An injured man receives medical treatment at a hospital in Nowshera, Pakistan, Dec. 18, 2012. At least 10 people were injured in a hand grenade attack on a Pakistani Air Force (PAF) engineering center in the country’s northwest city of Nowshera on Tuesday morning, said security sources. A Pakistan army…
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West Asia
Displaced Syrians Faced With Unbearable Difficulties Due To Cold
Syrian boys, who fled their homes with their families, cover themselves with a jacket to avoid the rain, while walking in a camp for displaced Syrians, in the village of Atmeh, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. The 21-month-old battle to bring down President Bashar Assad has already forced some 3…
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West Asia
Afghan Women At Refugee Camp Receive Winter Relief Goods
Afghan displaced women stand in line to receive fire wood provided by a German run charity organization at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. A German run charity organization, known as Johanniter, distributed winter relief assistance to some 279 internally displaced families in Kabul. An Afghan…
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East Asia
Turkish Satellite Succesfully Launched At Jiuquan Rocket Center In China
A Long March carrier rocket carrying Turkish earth observation satellite GK-2 blasts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China’s Gansu Province, early on Dec. 19, 2012. China successfully sent the satellite GK-2 into orbit with a Long March carrier rocket on Wednesday. <Xinhua/Zhang…
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