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NK reports 169 killed and hundreds missing in floods
A total of 169 people were killed and 400 others missing in heavy downpours that swept through large parts of North Korea in recent weeks, the country’s media said Saturday. The downpours between late June and the end of July also left 144 people injured and some 212,200 others homeless,…
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South Asia
“Do They Enjoy Walking Flooded Street?”
People walk on a flooded street after heavy downpours in Lahore, eastern Pakistan, on Aug. 5, 2012. <Xinhua/Sajjad> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Old Boys Of 1948 London Olympics Enjoy Reunion In London
Wu Chengzhang of China (R) hugs Lionel Price of Britain during a joint press conference in London, on August 5, 2012. Both Wu and Price are basketball players competing in the 1948 Olympic Games. <Xinhua/Zhang Qiang> news@theasian.asia
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Jamaicans Rejoice At Bolt’s Win Of Olympics Gold
People cheer as they watch Olympic sprinters Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake competing in the 100 m dash at the London Olympics on a large TV screen set up at the national stadium in Kingston, Jamaica, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. A crowd of roughly 500 people on the grounds of…
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UN Urges Probe On Violence In Myanmar Muslim Region
Tomas Ojea Quintana, left, U.N human rights envoy to Myanmar, talks to journalists during a press conference at Yagon International Airport Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. The UN’s human rights envoy to Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana has called for an urgent independent investigation into the recent bloody inter-communal…
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East Asia
People Remember Hiroshima Atomic Bombing
People pray in front of the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of the atomic bombing at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, early Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. Hiroshima marked the 67th anniversary of the atomic bombing on Aug 6. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Free Syrian Army Loot Police Station
In this Tuesday, July 31, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army soldiers loot a police station in Aleppo, Syria. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Politics
North Korean leader meets 1st foreign dignitary
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un received his first senior foreign dignitary since taking power last December, state media said Friday, hosting a Chinese official to cement support from his chief ally. Kim met the previous day with Wang Jiarui, head of the International Liaison Department of China’s Communist Party, the…
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Column
Russia Looks South As Well As East
*Author, Mihoko Kato is Senior Associate Member of St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, and GCOE Research Fellow at the Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Japan. ASEAN-Russia: Foundations and Future Prospects Edited by Victor Sumsky, Mark Hong and Amy Lugg Singapore: ISEAS Publications, 2012, 376 pages, S$59.90/US$52.90 (Softcover) SINCE VLADIVOSTOK WAS…
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IT-Science
Why isn’t US court calling key witness in Samsung-Apple trial?
A trial on a patent dispute between Samsung Electronics and Apple is under way in the American tech giant’s home court of California. By some indications, Apple is using this advantage a tad too much with a former employee and possible hostile witness being unavailable. Shin Nishibori, a former Apple…
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