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People
Wedding Of Luxembourg’s Crown Prince Celebrated By People
Luxembourg’s Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and his wife Princess Stephanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, leave the Notre-Dame Cathedral after their religious wedding service in Luxembourg, Oct. 20, 2012. <Xinhua/Ye Pingfan> Celebrations of the wedding of Luxembourg’s Crown Prince Guillaume and Countess Stephanie continue Saturday night Oct. 20 2012 following…
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East Asia
Remembering 120-year Korea-Austria ties
History is a story of people. The 120-year-long Austria-Korea ties also remember several memorable people. Official diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Austria opened in 1963, but, in 1892, the then Austria Hungarian Empire and Joseon Kingdom signed a bilateral treaty on commerce and navigation.…
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East Asia
Britain helps NK defectors learn English
Kim Ji-young, 30, a North Korean defector, recalled that she struggled in class four years ago when she first attended a business management course at Sung Kyun Kwan University in Seoul. The “new settler” said almost half the words that her professor used in class were English and this troubled…
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East Asia
More dynamic ‘Phantom’ comes to Korea in December
The Phantom behind the mask once again returns to Korea in December. In this 25th anniversary international touring production of “The Phantom of the Opera,” Brad Little plays the Phantom, Claire Lyon, Christine, and Anthony Downing, her fiance Raoul. The three actors visited Korea last week to meet their fans…
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East Asia
Beware of silent illness in liver
There is a saying in Korea that if a body is worth 1,000 won, then the liver comprises 900 won of that. Many people know that liver is important, but few people treat it as such. The liver is called the “silent organ,” as there are no symptoms even if…
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World
Tunisian Journalists Stage One-Day Strike Calling For More Press Freedom
Tunisian journalists demonstrate outside the national journalists union to demand more freedom in the press, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 in Tunis. Journalists are on a one-day strike. A gagged Tunisian journalist demonstrates with gag reading “censorship” and banner reading “Press freedom is the basis of democracy”, outside the national journalists…
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Laotian Deputy PM Opens 9th Asia-Europe People’s Forum In Vientiane
Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith speaks at the opening ceremony of the 9th Asia-Europe People’s Forum (AEPF-9) in Vientiane, Laos, Oct. 16, 2012. The 9th Asia-Europe People’s Forum (AEPF-9) kicked off in Lao capital Vientiane Tuesday afternoon. Representatives attend the 9th Asia-Europe People’s Forum (AEPF-9) in…
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World
Young Orphaned Elephant Calf Adopted By Jumbo Foundation In Malawi
In this photo taken Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012 seven-and-a-half month old orphaned elephant calf named Moses reacts with one of his carers, at his home in Lilongwe, Malawi. Moses was found alone and close to death in the Vwaza Wildlife Reserve. He has been adopted by the Jumbo Foundation where…
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Turkey Forces Armenian Plane Bound For Syria To Land To Search Its Carge For Any Military Equipment
The Armenian plane that was forced to land, at Erzurum Airport, eastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Turkey’s foreign ministry spokesman says Turkish authorities are searching the cargo of an Armenian plane bound for Syria. Selcuk Unal says Turkey granted the plane carrying aid for the Syrian city of Aleppo…
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Palestinians React Indignantly At Funeral For Two Killed By Israeli Airstrike
Palestinian mourners carry the body of Salafi militant Hisham Saidani during his funeral in Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. Saidani, a member of a faction of the ultraconservative Salafi trend believed to have ties to al-Qaida, was one of two people killed in an Israeli…
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