Leaders of four Asian nations and ASEAN get together for summit in Vientiane
Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Vice President of Myanmar Mauk Kham, and Secretary-General of ASEAN Le Luong Minh (L to R) pose for photos during the 6th annual Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) Summit in Vientiane, Laos, March 12, 2013. Senior representatives for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, […]
A Christian girl collect laundry amid report that Muslims attacked Christians in Lahor
A Pakistani Christian girl, collects her family’s laundry, in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. A mob of hundreds of people in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore attacked a Christian neighborhood Saturday and set fire to homes after hearing accusations that a Christian man had committed blasphemy against Islam’s prophet, […]
Kim Jong-un inspects a long-range artillery unit of NK army
Photo released by KCNA news agency on March 12, 2013 shows Kim Jong Un (L), top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), inspecting a long-range artillery sub-unit of Korean People’s Army Unit 641, March 11, 2013. <Xinhua/KCNA>
Clashes between Palestinian Muslim groups in Lebanon leaves 1 dead and property damage
A Palestinian woman, carries her daughter as she walks past damages after a clashes that was erupted between the Palestinian Fateh Movement and the 2Islamic group of Fateh al-Islam, in the Ein el-Hilweh camp near the southern city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday March 12, 2013. Lebanese security officials say clashes between rival factions in Lebanon’s […]
Bahraini anti-gov’t protesters hold noisy rally to drum up support for planned strike
Bahraini protesters bang on pans and use compressed air horns to sound out anti-government slogans in Sanabis, Bahrain, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Riot police stormed the protest, firing tear gas and making arrests. Protesters in opposition strongholds nationwide held similar noisy rallies Tuesday night, banging on drums, metal trays and pot lids to stir support […]
[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ⑦
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[11] On the way back home Khodeir drives slowly along Cairo’s busy streets with elevated bumps, repeating his familiar sentence: “Cairo his become just a big bump with a million children who play with our cars. As he drives fast along the Nile, Donia asks herself: “What attracts me to Emad? I didn’t have time […]
Pashupatinath saw largest crowd at Shivaratri festival
Kathmandu – “Jaya Shambho! Jaya Shambo!!” Some 1.2 million Hindu devotees thronged into the Pashupatinath temple area chanting these words on the day of Shivaratri festival on Sunday. Famous Pashupatinath Temple located in the heart of Kathamndu is one of the famous pilgrimage sites for Hindus. Every Hindu has a desire to visit this Shiva […]
Israeli ambassador tells of the creative economy’s driving force
As Korea sets its sails to make a “creative economy,” which will create new jobs through the development of science, technology and IT, it looks to the start-up nation of Israel as a model. Israel has a population of 7.8 million and an area of approximately 20,700 square kilometers, about one-fifth the size of South […]
Suspected al-Qaida members led away to detention center in an Iraqi army base
In this Friday, July 20, 2012 file photo, blindfolded and handcuffed suspected al-Qaida members are guarded by Iraqi army soldiers in an Iraqi army base in Hillah, Iraq. Al-Qaida’s branch in Iraq claimed responsibility on Monday for the killing last week of 48 Syrian soldiers and nine Iraqi guards in western Anbar province. In this […]
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