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South East Asia
Filipinos Who Survived From Terrorist Attack At Oil Field In Algeria Arrive At Aquino Airport In Manila
A soldier, and rescue vehicles are seen near Ain Amenas, the gas plant where the hostage taking occurred, Sunday Jan. 20, 2013. Algeria’s special forces stormed the natural gas complex in the middle of the Sahara desert in a final assault Saturday, killing 11 militants, but not before they in…
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Society
Obama Officially Sworn-In In The Blue Room Of The White House During Inauguration
President Barack Obama is officially sworn-in by Chief Justice John Roberts, not pictured, in the Blue Room of the White House during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. <AP Photo/Brendan Smialowsi, Pool> President Barack Obama is officially sworn-in by Chief Justice John Roberts, not pictured, in…
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IT-Science
Cook doesn’t have Job’s magic
Apple CEO Tim Cook may be having sleepless nights nowadays, with data indicating that the U.S. technology giant has started losing its innovative and premium image over rivals such as Samsung Electronics. The Cupertino-based firm has recently been hit by the double whammy of sluggish sales of the iPhone 5…
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East Asia
Moktar Belmoktar Is Leader Of A Militant Group Who Took 41 Foreigners Hostage In Sahara Desert
This image from video provided by the SITE Intel Group made available Thursday Jan. 17, 2013, purports to show militant militia leader Moktar Belmoktar. Algerian officials scrambled Thursday Jan. 17, 2013 for a way to end an armed standoff deep in the Sahara desert with Islamic militants who have taken…
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West Asia
Tens Of Thousands Of People Gather In Diyarbakir, Turkey, For Funeral Of Three Kurdish Activists Killed In Paris
Kurds shout slogans to praise three women activists who were found shot dead in Paris, as one of their coffins is carried at an airport in Diyarbakir, southern Turkey, late Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. Thousands of people expected to attend funerals on Thursday for the women, who belonged to the…
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East Asia
US warns NK against nuke test
The United States’ top envoy for East Asia affairs warned North Korea, Wednesday, against further provocations amid concerns Pyongyang could conduct a third nuclear test. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, who paid a visit to President-elect Park Geun-hye, told reporters that Washington was “very clear on our position…
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East Asia
Culture veteran to hold the pansori contest in Paris
A culture veteran is initiating a drive to globally spread Korean traditional music “pansori” by holding a contest in Paris, France, sometime in June. Pansori is a Korean style narrative song, in which a single performer accompanied by a drummer sings a story. Lee In-gweon, CEO of the Sori Art…
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Society
French Soldiers Prepare To Advance To Mali’s Northen Region To Help Retake The Area From Islamist Rebels
This photo provided by the ECPAD/French Army shows a Rafale jetfighter flying over Mali, Tuesday, Jan.15, 2013. Islamists in Mali on Wednesday prevented residents from leaving the towns they are holding, and some fear they will be used as human targets by the extremists as French troops pressed forward to…
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West Asia
Kurdish People Mourn At Ceremony For Three Kurdish Women Shot Dead In Paris
Kurdish people pay tribute to the three activists during a memorial ceremony, in Villiers le Bel, north of Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, before their bodies are sent to Turkey for burial. Three Kurdish women were shot dead at a pro-Kurdish center in Paris on Thursday Jan. 10, in what…
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The world in 2030
CAMBRIDGE ― What will the world look like two decades from now? Obviously, nobody knows, but some things are more likely than others. Companies and governments have to make informed guesses, because some of their investments today will last longer than 20 years. In December, the United States National Intelligence…
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