WASHINGTON, 30 APR – The Chinese funds in Africa have now become more transparent after the report of the Center for Global Development and AidData in Washington, which includes 1673 development projects
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The East in show in Milan
Tuesday, Apr 30 2013 Posted in: Articles, China, Countries, India, News, Other Countries
MILAN, April 29 – The Festival of the East took place last weekend in Milan, showcasing cultures and traditions of India, China, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Morocco, Philippines, Vietnam, Tibet, Mongolia, Nepal, Burma, Korea and Cambodia. Here is a series of photographs of the event.
The performance of Masa Daiko: taiko was used during the battles to intimidate enemies and to send commands. It continues to be used even today in the religious music of Buddhism and Shintoism.
The Cha no yu, hot water for tea, known in the West as well as tea ceremony, is a social and spiritual rite practiced in Japan, also known as Chado or Sado, Way of Tea. It is one of the most famous traditional arts zen.
Mandala, from Sanskrit words manda, literally essence, and la, that means possessing or containing. According to the Buddhist, Mandala represents the process by which the cosmos was formed from its center. Through a complex symbolism allows a sort of initiatory journey that allows you to grow inwardly.
Loy Krathong: it is the ceremony of floating lanterns. Loy means to float and krathong is a cup adorned, with flowers generally, made with a banana leaf. This festival is not strictly Buddhist but it is believed that the floating kratong bring good luck.
Heidi Li is one of the most well-known Cantonese opera singers.
A scene from the theater yoga show staged by the company Shambhala Jesi
Mu desian massage: the massage with elements of wood is an ancient technique of oriental origin. They use wooden tools designed and manufactured to treat each part of the body. With this massage treatments are carried out with results reducing agents, anti-cellulite, shaping, relaxing and invigorating.
Six dead and 35 injured by a bomb in Pakistan
Monday, Apr 29 2013 Posted in: Articles, Countries, News, Other Countries
PESHAWAR, 29 APR – Six people were killed and more than 35 were injured in Peshawar, in northern Pakistan, where a suicide attack hit the university district: the bomber riding in a motorcycle blew himself up near a police van that was in the area.
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Argentina, the poor are one-fifth of reality in government estimates
Friday, Apr 26 2013 Posted in: Articles, Countries, News, Other Countries
BUENOS AIRES, 26 APR – In Argentina, poverty has dropped to just over 5 percent of the population, about 2.2 million people, from 2011 to 2012. This, at least, according to the report of INDEC, the government agency that deals with these statistics.
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Nicolas Maduro is not recognized by the United States as president of Venezuela
Thursday, Apr 18 2013 Posted in: Articles, Countries, News, Other Countries
CARACAS, 18 APR – The United States have not yet recognized Nicolas Maduro as president-elect of Venezuela. The Secretary of State John Kerry said the narrow victory by the candidate backed by Hugo Chavez against Henrique Capriles deserves a recount,
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Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin will meet to talk about Syria and Iran
Tuesday, Apr 16 2013 Posted in: Articles, Countries, News, Other Countries, Russia
WASHINGTON, 16 APR – Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin established two meetings in the coming months to try to break the impasse created by the Magnitsky case to deal with issues such as North Korea, Syria and Iran.
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Nicolas Maduro, the new President of Venezuela, Capriles wants a recount
Monday, Apr 15 2013 Posted in: Articles, Countries, News, Other Countries
CARACAS, 15 APR – Nicolas Maduro is the new president of Venezuela with just under 2 percent margin, approximately 300 thousand votes, against challenger Henrique Capriles. Maduro, who had been the deputy of Hugo Chavez,
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Dubai Police will run in Lamborghini
Thursday, Apr 11 2013 Posted in: Countries, News, Other Countries
DUBAI, 11 APR – Dubai police could not lose its face. That is why the patrols bought a Lamborghini Aventador, a car that costs more than 350 000 euros on the Italian market.
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International conference on the Arctic in August in Russia
Thursday, Apr 11 2013 Posted in: Countries, News, Other Countries, Russia
MOSCOW, 11 APR – Russia will host an international conference on the Arctic in August, in the town of Naryan-Mar, on the Barents Sea. Delegations from Canada, United States, Norway,
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The old lady and the cross-eyed man, the judgment of the Uruguayan president on the Kirchners
Friday, Apr 5 2013 Posted in: Articles, Countries, News, Other Countries
MONTEVIDEO, 5 APR – “This old lady is worse than the cross-eyed man”: the phrase that Uruguayan president José Mujica
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