Major news in Vietnam on March 30 2012
Top news in <Vietnam Plus> : Vietnam, RoK issue joint press release news@theasian.asia
Major news in Indonesia on March 30 2012
Top news in <The Jakarta Post> : 13 dead in Honduran prison fire amid inmate riot news@theasian.asia
Major news in Iran on March 30 2012
Top news in <Tehran Times> : Farewell winter! Greetings spring! news@theasian.asia
Major news in Turkey on March 30 2012
Top news in <Today’s Zaman> : Turkish consumers sandwiched between high taxes, crude prices, dollar news@theasian.asia
Turkey’s Jewish protest at shampoo ad showing Hitler
Turkey’s Jewish community has protested a Turkish commercial that uses old film footage of Adolf Hitler to sell shampoo. The commercial, for a men’s shampoo called Biomen, shows Hitler delivering an enthusiastic speech, urging male viewers to buy the product, which is “a 100 percent male shampoo.” In the ad, Hitler says, “If you are […]
Putin Becomes Main Hero in Art Exhibition
Russian Prime Minister Bladimir Putin who is the absolute winner of the March 04 presidential election in Russian Federation with the 63.6 vote rate, also became the main hero in an art exhibition which titled “A Good Person” in Russian city of St Petersburg. Russian painter-artist Alexey Sergiyenko draw 12 different paints of Putin, which […]
“Turkey plays key role in Syrian democratization”
Yemen Nobel Peace Award Laureate Tawakel Karman said Monday Turkey had the biggest obligation in supporting Syrian people who struggle for a democratic regime in their country. “If Turkey continues to extend support and aid to the Syrian people, the international community will follow suit,” Karman told Monday a conference on “the Arab Spring” at […]
Expect the unexpected
“Expect the Unexpected (or You Won’t Find It): A Creativity Tool Based on the Ancient Wisdom of Heraclitus” is an extraordinary book. Roger Von Oech’s book is based on the teachings of Heraclitus of Ephesus (c.535–c.475 BCE), who was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and a native of the Greek city Ephesus, Ionia, on the coast […]
4+4+4: educational relegation or championship!
I know what 4+4+2 or 4+2+3+1 would mean in a soccer formation. However, with the entire disgraceful hassle in Parliament and with all the annoying fights on social media, I am clueless about what 4+4+4 is all about! Nowadays, with the domination of a popular culture in which our kids learn the philosophy “what doesn’t […]
Horse-drawn carriages to go electric in Istanbul
Visitors to Istanbul’s Prince’s Islands will find a small change in the horse buggies that trot along the seashore — they are now electric. ISTANBUL (Cihan) – The Transportation Coordination System (UKOME) has decided to regulate transportation on the islands — where motorized vehicles are not allowed — and exchange the horse-drawn carriages with battery-operated […]
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