The recently opened Ministry of Sound plays music ranging from hip-hop to Chinese pop.

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Outside the Justice Ministry, armed protesters played music and danced as they prepared to sacrifice a camel, a Libyan tradition.

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They argue that in South Korea, the pop music, film and soap opera industries are backed and nurtured by the ministry of culture.

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The tour was planned in late 2011, but in September, Afghanistan's Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs ordered the shelter to halt its music program and replace it with religious classes.

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Watching his music video in a conference room at Inspiration Networks, a little-known Christian media ministry in Charlotte, N.

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It presented the largest music project in the Millennium year with the Vatican Official Seal and has an ongoing relationship with the Italian Ministry of Culture, Foreign Ministry, Equal Opportunities Ministry , the Lazio Region and with many cities in Europe.

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