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Society
Pro-NK activist nabbed for unauthorized trip
Investigators on Thursday raided the office of a pro-North Korean organization which illegally sent a delegate to Pyongyang in March on the occasion marking the 100th day after the death of the North’s leader Kim Jong-il. Ro Su-hui, vice chairman of the Seoul-based organization, the South Headquarters of the Pan-national…
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Jeju naval base plan ruled lawful
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the military Thursday to continue construction of a naval base on Jeju Island. It overturned a lower court ruling that the initial base construction plan, approved by the Ministry of National Defense in 2009, was invalid because it was pushed without a proper…
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Society
[India Report] Former Indian cabinet ministers charged for scam in housing project
The former Chief Minister of Maharastra Mr.Ashok Chavan and thirteen others were reported to have been charged by CBI(Central Bureau of Investigation) in relation to the Adarsh scam, according to some influential Indian newspapers Wednesday (July 4, 2012). The Adarsh Scam is a housing society scam which was originated in the state of Mumbai in the Colaba…
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Society
Over 100,000 Chinese children adopted overseas in last 30 years
BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) — More than 100,000 Chinese-born orphans and children with physical disabilities have been adopted by overseas parents over the last 30 years, a government official said Wednesday. Overseas adoption has become an important channel through which to find homes for orphaned and disabled children, said Minister…
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East Asia
A Plague of Locusts Devastate Chinese Fields
Locusts eat crops in a field in Longtang Village of Bairuopu Township in Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province, July 4, 2012. A plague of locusts has been infesting bamboo groves, crop fields, vegetable plantations and building roofs across Bairuopu Township due to the continuous heat recently. <Xinhua/Long Hongtao>…
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Society
Pilots from downed Turkish jet found dead, military says
The bodies of two pilots who had been reported missing after Syrian forces downed a Turkish military jet on June 22 have been located in the Mediterranean Sea, the General Staff has said. The General Staff said in a statement posted online on Wednesday that the bodies of Capt. Gökhan…
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Arafat’s Body To Be Exhumed For Autopsy
Palestinians pass by a huge poster of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat with al-Aqsa mosque in Gaza City on July 4, 2012. The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has agreed to exhume late President Yasser Arafat’s body for examination upon a request of some of his family members, a spokesman said…
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Culture
Jordanian Girl Lights Cauldron In Jerash Festival
A Jordanian girl carries the torch of the Festival during the opening ceremony of Jordan’s annual Jerash Festival, hosted in the ancient Greco-Roman city, 45 km north of Amman, on July 4, 2012. <Xinhua/Mohammad Abu Ghosh> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Jordan on July 5: 61 per cent of Jordanian households have computers
Major news in <The Jordan Times>: 61 per cent of Jordanian households have computers Around 61 per cent of Jordanian households have personal computers (PCs) or laptops, with 35 per cent of them connected to the Internet, a study showed Wednesday. The survey, conducted by the Department of Statistics and…
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