• West Asia

    Russian FM Refuses To Ask Assad To Step Down

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a press conference in Moscow, Russia, July 16, 2012. Lavrov said the calls for Russia to persuade Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down are “unrealistic”, as the president still enjoys supports from a significant part of the Syrian people. <Xinhua> news@theasian.asia

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    Flame At Varanasi To Send Loved Ones Soul To Heaven

    In this Tuesday, July 10, 2012 photo, funeral pyres burn during cremation at Manikarnika Ghat, on the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi, India. Devout Hindus believe that cremation of deceased at Manikarnika, one of the oldest and most sacred place for cremation in Varanasi, will send the loved…

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    World Top Models Compete In Lebanese Beauty Contest

    Participants of the Miss World Next Top Model 2012 beauty pageant perform during the contest in Beirut, Lebanon, late Sunday, July 15, 2012. Thirty-eight models gathered from all over the world to compete in the biggest international event to be held in Lebanon.  <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia

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  • Culture

    Anti Nuclear Protesters March On Tokyo Street

    Anti-nuclear energy protesters march on a street in Tokyo Monday, July 16, 2012. Tens of thousands of people gathered at a Tokyo park, demanding Sayonara, or goodbye, to nuclear power as Japan prepares to restart yet another reactor, and expressed outrage over a report that blamed culture on the Fukushima…

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    Kidnapped Journalists Released In Libya

    A Libyan militiaman from Zlitan guards a check point in the desert near the border of Bani Walid in Misrata, Libya, Sunday, July 15, 2012. Tensions between the National Army and the former Gadaffi stronghold of Bani Walid have eased following the release of kidnapped journalists Abdelkader Fusuk and Youssef…

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  • West Asia

    Hillary With Israeli PM In Jerusalem

    Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjiamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2012. <Xinhua/Pool/Abir Sultan> news@theasian.asia

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  • tobechecked

    Australia Permits To Hunt Up To 5.2 Mil. Kangaroos

    A hunted kangaroo is carried at a farm in Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, July 16, 2012. Australian government allows up to 5.2 million kangaroos and wallabies to be commercially hunted in 2012. <Xinhua/Jin Linpeng> news@theasian.asia

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  • Regional role of Korea

    Nation should at least be mediator, if not balancer Recently, the United States and China have sometimes competed, and sometimes cooperated with each other on the international stage. In the eyes of most, if not all observers, the G2 nations competed more than they cooperated around the ASEAN Regional Forum…

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  • Lifestyle

    BoA, queen of K-pop, returns with new album

    Title track ‘Only One’ composed, written by 25-year-old singer Trailblazing K-pop singer BoA has been better known in recent months as a sharp-eyed judge following a stint last year on SBS’ “K-pop Star,” a popular audition program. But with a new studio album out next week she will bid to…

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  • Society

    Suh vs. Oh

    KAIST chief rejects board chairman’s call for resignation KAIST President Suh Nam-pyo rejected calls from the school’s board to resign voluntarily Monday, claiming the demand was a politically motivated attempt masterminded by senior education officials who dislike him. He criticized the board’s Chairman Oh Myung for leading the move to…

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