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Encounter beneath Prophet Ibrahim’s tomb
It was a clear mellow winter’s day when the group of six Israelis Jews, five women and one man, made their way to Palestinian side of Hebron (Al-Khalil). An all male group of Palestinians hospitably greeted them at the entrance. And thus unfolded what was a slice of history. Since the outbreak of the second intifadah in 2001, an Israeli group was entering Palestinian side of Hebron for the first time!
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Giant leap of India’s ‘downtrodden’
Mukesh Rajak of Jagdishpur village in eastern India has unusual friends. They sit together on a Sunday afternoon, sipping tea and talking of the village school. The teachers are not regular in the class. Men in the mid and late 40s ask 18-year old Rajak to help.
He confidently advises them to “draft and sign an application for the district education officer, Jharkhand.
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Gypsy band sings to sleepy Marseille
From the Old Port, le Vieux Port, to a web of narrow streets – the districts of Noailles and Belsunce – with its markets full of beautiful fresh fruits, vegetables and spices from all over the world; this is the pulsating intercultural heart of France.
With its street markets full of colours and fragrances of both sides of the Mediterranean course, Marseille is crowned with European Capital of Culture for 2013.
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Braving the odds for one Korea dream
Seated among a handful of his countrymen in small tents right in front of the United Nations headquarters, he drank salty water for 24 days, punching the air and holding placards in a move to oppose the admission of North and South Korea into the United Nations as separate nations.
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German hand in Jordan streets
It is rare to see a foreigner speaking Arabic in Jordanian dialect fluently. Anselm Ibenj not only speaks the local language but also uses a Muslim name, Abu Salem. Ibenj, like all most Germans, has Caucasian skin and blue eyes but prefers being identified as part of Jordanian society.
"Sometimes I violate traffic rules but police forgive this European for fluently expressing himself in the local accent," he says with a naughty smile.
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