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Society
Spain retains Euro 2012 title
Spain beat Italy 4-0 in the Euro 2012 final on Sunday, securing the Spaniards’ place in history as the first country to win three successive major finals. David Silva put Spain ahead on 14 minutes with a close-range header from Cesc Fabregas’ cross. Left-back Jordi Alba made it two just…
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East Asia
Apple To Pay $60 Mil. To Settle Dispute In China
Photo taken on July 2, 2012 shows an iPad 2 displaying the news about iPad trademark dispute in an Apple store in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province. Apple Inc. has agreed to pay 60 million U.S. dollars to Proview technology (Shenzhen) to settle the dispute over the iPad…
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Enrique Pena Nieto Elected as Mexican President
Enrique Pena Nieto, presidential candidate for the Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI), left, speaks to supporters accompanied by his wife Angelica Rivera at the party’s headquarters in Mexico City, early Monday, July 2, 2012. Mexico’s old guard sailed back into power after a 12-year hiatus Sunday as the official preliminary vote…
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Politics
Hu Gives Speech On 15th Anniversary of HK’s Return to China
HONG KONG, July 1 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday delivered a speech at the meeting marking the 15th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China and the inaugural ceremony of the fourth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The attached file is the full text…
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South Asia
Hindu Priests Pray For Monsoon Rains In India
Indian Hindu priests perform rituals as they pray for monsoon rains at a temple in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, July 1, 2012. The monsoon rains which usually hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people. <AP Photo/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Column
Remembering South Korea’s “Hoop Boy” in 1988 Seoul Olympics
SEOUL, July 2 (Xinhua) — Without doubt, one of the most unforgettable moments in the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics was created by a young South Korean boy who rolled a hoop across the grass infield of Olympic Stadium in front of a huge crowd during the opening ceremony. The whole…
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West Asia
Major news in Turkey on July 2: Ankara insists Syria shot jet in int’l waters
Major news in <Hurriyet Daily News>: Ankara insists Syria shot jet in int’l waters PM Erdoğan and the military reject claims that Syria shot down a Turkish jet over Syrian waters, challenging a new report by a US daily The Wall Street Journal is engaged in biased journalism and is…
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Major news in Iraq on July 2: Deputy premier holds talks with Azerbaijani counterparts
Major news in <Aswat al-Iraq>: Deputy premier holds talks with Azerbaijani counterparts Deputy Prime Minister Rouz Nouri Shawis discussed on Friday with his Azerbaijani counterpart ways of boosting bilateral ties, according to a statement of his office. “Shawis met the Azerbaijani official on Friday in Baku, where he takes part…
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Suicide Bomb Attack Kills Some 100 Soldiers in Yemen
A Yemeni soldier, center, looks on as he stands at attention with fellow soldiers during a ceremony to commemorate the 40 days of soldiers who were killed in a suicide bomb attack, at Central Security Forces in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, July 1, 2012. A Yemeni soldier who detonated a bomb…
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