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10. March 2011 | 06:40North Korean video urges defectors’ return
North Korea has posted online interviews with the families of four of its citizens who have asked to defect to the South. (News Source: ABC Radio Australia - 02:29:33)
Great loss to the entire nation
Demise of Squadron Leader Monath Iresh Perera was an irreparable loss particularly to the SLAF and to the entire nation in general. (News Source: Daily News - 19:48:51)
North Korea uses families to blackmail defectors
In a remarkable first for North Korea, the secretive communist state has posted online interviews with the families of four of its citizens who want to defect to the South. (News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 23:07:18)
Spirit of ‘mother land’ forgotton for political gains: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief
Puttur, Karnataka, Mar 6: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Chief Mohan Bhagwat said the spirit of motherland had been forgotten in the country by the politicians for ’short time’ political gains. (News Source: New Kerala - 05:11:40)
Military aircraft bring back 287 Chinese from Libya
A Chinese national Wang Kerong shouts “I am back, motherland!” after arriving in Beijing by a Chinese air force transporter in Beijing, capital of China, March 4, 2011. Four Il-76 MD transport aircrafts, carrying 287 Chinese nationals evacuated from Libya, arrived in Beijing Friday. (News Source: People’s Daily - 01:58:45)
Successful Chinese polar research team heads home
The Snow Dragon Chinese Polar Research Ship, which belongs to National Bureau of Oceanography (NBO), set out for the motherland on Feb. 26 and declared the mission of the 27th scientific investigation at the Antarctic pole to be a success. Estimated arrival time is in late March. (News Source: People’s Daily - 09:14:13)
Ambassador nominee raises strong emotions in China
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has received positive receptions during visits, but vitriol flows on the Internet, where he is called a ‘traitor’ and is criticized for not speaking Mandarin Chinese. The prospect of a Chinese American becoming the American ambassador to China is rousing strong emotions in Beijing, revealing a thicket of conflicting feelings about race, national identity and … (News Source: Los Angeles Times - 03:41:11)
Putin’s playing piano, singing in English pays off for hospitals
Sponsors have been found to provide three hospitals with new medical equipment after Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin participated in a fundraising event, Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said on Monday. (News Source: Russian Information Agency Novosti - 11:59:08)
University of Edinburgh to award honorary doctorate to Iranian scholar
TEHRAN, March 6 (MNA) — Iranian scholar Iraj Afshar will receive an honorary doctorate in history from the University of Edinburgh this coming September. (News Source: mehrnews.com - 15:23:18)
I defended people’s rights
President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that although the aim of certain persons is to take him to the international court and place him on the electric chair, nobody would be able to put an end to his heart beat for the people of the country. (News Source: Daily News - 19:44:50)
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