Major news in Burma on April 4 2012
Top news in <Myanmar.com>: President U Thein Sein leaves for Cambodia to attend 20th ASEAN Summit news@theasian.asia
Major news in Kazakhstan on April 4 2012
Top news in <Tengri News>: Kazakhstan population will go 2 million up by 2020 news@theasian.asia
Major news in China on April 4 2012
Top news in <People’s Daily>: Full text of Li Keqiang’s speech at opening ceremony of Boao Forum news@theasian.asia
Major news in Japan on April 4 2012: Softbank to build Japan’s largest solar power plant
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Softbank solar power plant in Hokkaido to be Japan’s largest news@theasian.asia
Ladybug in Low-Level Flying
WALLA WALLA, Wash. — A ladybug in flight spreads her wings as she flutters from grass blade to grass blade at Rooks Park in Walla Walla, Wash. on Monday, April 2, 2012. After three or four short flights, she left grasstop level, soared skyward then lumbered out of sight. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
Train Derailment Claims Two Injuries in Karachi
KARACHI — Heavy machinery is used at the site of a train accident in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on April 3, 2012. At least two passengers were injured as one compartment of a passenger train derailed when it run on a wrong track in Karachi on Tuesday. <Xinhua/Arshad> news@theasian.asia
Dallas Under Siege of Tornado
DALLAS, Texas — A tornado touches down in Lancaster, Texas south of Dallas on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
Cascarones Waiting for Easter
WASHINGTON — In this March 2012 image released by Cynthia Leonor Garza, a batch of cascarones are shown at the home of Cynthia Leonor Garza in Washington, D.C. Cascarones are hollowed-out eggs that are dyed, decorated and filled with confetti, then covered with a colorful piece of tissue paper. At Easter time, families make or […]
‘Towering Inferno’
MOSCOW — Fire is seen atop an under-construction skyscraper, planned to be Europe’s tallest building, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 2, 2012. Orange flames were leaping about 250 meters (880 feet) Monday, visible in the night sky to much of the city. No injuries have been reported at the fire in the eastern tower of […]
“Where Is My Helmet?”
HO CHI MINH, Vietnam — A dog rides on motor scooter with family in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 3, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia