• South Asia

    Pakistanis Continue Rally Against U.S. Anti-Islam Film

    Pakistani demonstrators shout slogan during a protest rally against an anti-Islam film in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Sept. 29, 2012. Thousands marched in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Saturday against the anti-Islam movie made in the United States, which has sparked protests in the Muslim…

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  • West Asia

    Week Of Defense To Remember Iran-Iraq War Observed In Tehran

    A woman walks past Iranian missiles during an exhibition to mark the Week of Defense, which is held to commemorate Iranian sacrifices during the eight-year Iraq-Iran war in the 1980s, in Tehran, capital of Iran, on Sept. 28, 2012. Iranian children sit on a tank during an exhibition to mark…

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  • World

    Libyans Call For Creation Of National Army, Police

    Libyans hold placards during a protest against the presence of militias and in support of the formation of a national army and police in Tripoli, Libya, Sept. 28, 2012. <Xinhua/Hamza Turkia> news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    Mid-Autumn Festival Celebrated Throughout China

    Foreign revelers perform during a celebrative activity for the Mid-Autumn Festival which falls on Sept. 30, in Liuzhou, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Sept. 29, 2012. <Xinhua/Chen Ruihua> Panda “Qing Feng” looks at a big moon cake in the panda house of Nanshan Zoo of Yantai, east China’s…

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  • East Asia

    Top Chinese Leaders Celebrate National Founding Anniversary

    Chinese top leaders Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang attend a reception marking the 63rd anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China,…

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  • Column

    [Indonesia Report] Police detains 9 Al Qaeda Indonesia terrorist suspects

    Indonesian police named 9 terror suspects declared themselves as group of Al Qaeda Indonesia, according to report by Kompas.com. They are now being detained in Indonesian Mobile Brigade Corps Headquarter, Kelapa Dua, Depok in West Java Province. The 9 suspects were arrested on the anti-terror raids last week held by Indonesian Counter-terrorism…

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  • East Asia

    [The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Park, Moon Berbeda Dalam Menanggapi Korea Utara

    Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai kampanye para kandidat presiden Korea Selatan. Calon Presiden dari kedua partai yang sedang berkuasa dan oposisi mengunjungi perbatasan Korea Selatan dan utara pada Selasa lalu (September 25). Kandidat Partai Republik, Park Geun Hye dari Partai Saenuri, melakukan tur ke pemakam…

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  • tobechecked

    驻韩美军新增78台高端防雷战车

    大家好，我是王璇。今天的TheAsiaN 新闻又同您见面了。据韩国媒体NEWSis报道，在美国参与实地作战的防雷保护车辆已于近日登陆韩国。首尔当地时间26日，驻韩美军第19支援司令部在釜山港口的8号码头，开始正式陆续接收从美国本土方面运送而来的78台防雷战车。 据悉，本次运送至韩国的“MRAP型”战车是专门为降低“对战车地雷”及火箭炮的攻击力度，而特别研制开发的新型作战车辆，其最高时速达100Km，330马力，承重14.5吨，载员6人，并且可实现386Km范围内的持续作战。 根据美军方提供说明显示，车辆内部装有钢铁保护掩体及防弹玻璃。此外，整个车辆外形呈特殊“V字”结构，即使地雷在车下方发生爆炸，其所释放出来的巨大压力也可以及时通过车体的V型设计传导至车辆周围的地面。 当天抵达韩国的78台车辆，将通过美军中心司令部分配到京畿道东豆川及庆尚北道等位于韩国本土外围的美军各个不同驻扎地点。按照美军方计划，将总计向韩国运送300台该型号作战车辆。 今天的播送就到这里，当然还欢迎您点击我们的网站，浏览我们为您准备的其他内容。我们的网站是：http://theasian.asia 明天见！ http://cn.theasian.asia/archives/10108

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  • Digital Diplomacy: A New Frontier Of Diplomacy or Simply a Delusion?

    *Author, Victoria Esser is Deputy Assistant Secretary for Digital Strategy, US Department of State. In June, the US Department of State held a live global Twitter Q&A with the Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy, Tara Sonenshine. Under Secretary Sonenshine answered questions on issues as diverse…

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  • Column

    12 foreigners, seven Nepalis killed in a plane crash in Kathmandu

    Kathmandu, Sept. 29: Nineteen passengers including three crew members were killed in an aircraft crash in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday morning. A Dornier Aircraft belonging to Sita Air crashed a kilometer away from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), the only international airport of the tiny Himalayan country, after it collided with…

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