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South Asia
Pakistani Students Attend Class Amid Gov’t Effort To Raise Literacy Rate To 60 Percent By 2015
Pakistani students attend a class at a public school in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta on Nov. 5, 2012. Pakistan ranks 113th among 120 countries regarding literacy rate, which is projected to reach 60 percent till 2015 from the existing 55 percent. <Xinhua/Iqbal Hussain>
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West Asia
Emirates Formula One Grand Prix Held At Yas Marina Racetrack In Abu Dhabi, UAE
McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain leads Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland, Williams driver Pastor Maldonado of Venezuela and Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso of Spain, during the Emirates Formula One Grand Prix, at the Yas Marina racetrack, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. <AP…
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West Asia
Kuwaiti Oppositionists Stage Violent Protest Against Gov’t Move To Amend Election Law
Opposition demonstrators gather in Mishref, Kuwait on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Thousands of protestors marched on the 6th Ring Road Highway protesting a decree by the emir that amends the election law. Kuwait riot police used stun grenades and tear gas to disperse the crowds. Kuwait could bring further questions…
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West Asia
Election To Choose New Pope Of Egypt’s Ancient Christian Church Held In Cairo
In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 photo, Coptic Bishops pray prior to a press conference held to announce the three finalist candidates for the new Coptic Pope in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt’s ancient Coptic Christian church named a new pope on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012 to spiritually guide the community through…
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West Asia
Italian PM Welcomed By Afghan President Upon His Arrival At Presidential Palace In Kabul
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, welcomes Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti after his arrival at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Italy’s prime minister has pledged not to abandon Afghanistan in 2014, saying his country will “transform” its support but not leave altogether as foreign troops…
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West Asia
Syrians In Exile In Turkey Form National Council To Rule Syrian Areas Under Their Control
Mohammad al-Haj Ali (R), defected general from Syrian government army, addresses a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 31, 2012. More than 200 members of Syrian opposition groups issued a declaration Wednesday in Istanbul, promising “a general assembly” to rule the areas of Syria under their control. 121101) — ISTANBUL,…
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[Nuclear Symposium] The Fear of Nuclear Power
It’s hard for me to say a definite opinion about using nuclear power in the middle east. Especially since most of them have plenty of sources like “Oil water, natural gas”, but Jordan suffers from lack of these resources. This lack in sources of nature, comes with the pettiness of…
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[Nuclear Symposium] The dilemma of Nuclear power
Nuclear power and its usage have been a never-ending dilemma since its beginnings. Nuclear power is the usage of nuclear fission to produce electricity, power, and mass-destruction weapons. As you can see it can be used in utmost good or complete evil, it’s as they say “a double-edged weapon”, something…
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[Nuclear Symposium] The Future of Nuclear Energy in Middle East
On June 27, 1954, the USSR’s Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant became the world’s first nuclear power plant to generate electricity for a power grid, and produced around 5 megawatts of electric power. 2 years later the world witnessed the first large-scale nuclear power station opened at Calder Hall in Cumbria,…
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[Nuclear Symposium] The peaceful use of nuclear energy
Since his existence, the human being is always searching for the means to improve his subsistence and to ensure his survival and cope with nature. Among the important discoveries reached by the human mind and modern science, is the discovery of nuclear energy, as an essential need, which has opened…
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