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Nepal's parliament elects first female president

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, KATHMANDU -- Nepal's parliament Wednesday elected communist lawmaker Bidhya Bhandari as the country's first female president after the adoption of a landmark constitution last month.The former defence minister defeated her opponent Kul Bahadur Gurung by 327 to 214 votes to become the Himalayan nation's ceremonial head of state.Bhandari, the vice-chair of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (Unified...

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Pembacaan Nominasi FFI 2014

Jokowi expects Indonesian movies portraying national issues

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo expects Indonesia movies bringing theme from national issue. A movie, he said, had to be attached to reality in the society."I hope Indonesian movies do not exile young generation from national history and current reality," President Jokowi said on his official Facebook page.Jokowi sees films as part of culture and art history...