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HO CHI MINH CITY Cheap Vladimir Tarasenko Jersey , April 13 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's biennial Hue Festival 2014, which kicked off in the central city of Hue on Saturday and runs through April 20, is expected to give tourists a host of compelling art, cultural and fashion performances from Vietnam and 36 other countries and territories.


According to organizers Cheap Jaden Schwartz Jersey , this year's festival, the eighth of its kind held so far in the country, attracted nearly 600 artists from 43 international art troupes from five continents, along with more than 800 local artists. Around 100 Wholesale St.Louis Blues Jerseys ,000 international tourist are expected to watch the events, up 20 percent over 2012, in addition to thousands of domestic tourists.


The cultural feast will offer some 100 performances, which are strongly indicative of the countries'and regions'distinctive culture.


One of the new features at festival is the international electro music fest Wholesale Blues Jerseys , set to run from Sunday to next Saturday. It will feature four celebrated electro music bands, the UK's " Micachu", France's "Joakim Bouaziz", German's "Mijk van Dijk" and Vietnam's "Tri Minh".


Captivating performances by several world-leading DJs from Vietnam and several European countries are expected to hold audiences spellbound.


Besides Cheap St.Louis Blues Jerseys , the feast will boast performances by Australia's " Deep Blue", Denmark's Stoffer and Maskinen, Israel's "Tararam" and Congo's "Gasandji" as well as shows which combine Oriental and Western music like"Phuong Dong quyen ru" (The enchanting Orient) and"Vu cam" (Dances and musical instruments). A rock live show will close the feast on the evening of April 19.


Chosen as "The East Asian -- Latin American Cultural Exchange Forum" by the Vietnam's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cheap Blues Jerseys , Hue Festival 2014 highlights performances considered"cultural ambassadors"by many foreign troupes, said organizers.


They include performances by Uruguay's "Umbral Duo de Guitarras", who seamlessly blends folk and chamber music; Argentinean artist Osvaldo Montes, who will showcase popular pieces along with excerpts from classic movies and Brazil's " Sururu Na Roda" band with their signature samba and choro.


Mongolia's "Arga Bileg" band will fuse folk music typical of the prairie culture with Western jazz Wholesale Ryan O'Reilly Jersey , while Mali singercomposer Musbaba is expected to bewitch the audiences with his combination with a Vietnamese "dan tranh" (Vietnamese 16-chord zither) artist.


The fashion shows will be spotlight of Hue Festival with"Dem Phuong Dong" (Oriental night) being one of the most enjoyable performance. "Hue Festival 2014 made a great stride by attracting a large number of foreign troupes, compared to the number joining the first Hue Festival in 2000,"said Nguyen Van Thanh, vice head of the festival's organizing board Wholesale David Perron Jersey , adding that the participating countries have seen great opportunities in showcasing their art values and cultural identities at the festival.


First lunched in 2000, Hue Festival is a biennial big cultural event of Hue, Vietnam's imperial city of the last feudal Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945). It is an occasion to honor cultural and historical values of the city as well as an international festival showcasing cultures of many countries.


Hue city was made a UNESCO cultural heritage site in 1993 and its Royal Refined Music as a UNESCO Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2003.

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HAVANA， June 23 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated on Thursday the participants in the Colombian peace process during the signing ceremony of a peace agreement in Havana.


Ban invited all Colombians to make the agreement signed in Havana a reality， in order to preserve peace in their country and the region.


It is crucial that the Colombian people and the right resources be mobilized to properly implement the agreement， Ban said.


""We are doing everything possible in the UN so that this process ... becomes a process of implementing peace. Let us work together to make the promise of peace sealed today in Havana a reality，"" said Ban.


""The Colombian peace process validates the perseverance of all those involved in the pertinent search for a peaceful solution，"" the UN chief added.


He also congratulated Cuba on being the permanent host of the talks and observer.


Ban also highlighted the participation of Norway， Chile and Venezuela as observers， saying they had helped this effort to happen in an ""honest， discreet and effective"" manner.


The Colombian government and FARC guerrilla group on Thursday signed the historic ceasefire deal， bringing the country's half-century civil war closer to a definitive end.


Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC head Timoleon Jimenez presided over the signing ceremony in Havana.


Talks had been underway in Cuba since November 2012 in an effort to put an end to an armed conflict， which lasted over 50 years. Enditem

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WASHINGTON， June 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a heavy blow to the White House's immigration program by remaining in place a lower court's ruling that blocked the program.


By voting 4-4， the Supreme Court on Thursday left in place a previous ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal against U.S. President Barack Obama's controversial immigration executive action in 2014.


Speaking at the White House， Obama called the Supreme Court's deadlocked decision ""frustration to those who seek to grow our economy and bring a rationality to our immigration system.""


""The fact that the Supreme Court wasn't able to issue a decision today doesn't just set the system back further，"" said Obama. ""It takes us further from the country that we aspire to be.""


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