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    World Refugee Day

    Palestinian refugee children are seen at Al-Amari Refugee Camp near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on June 20, 2012. The Palestinian Central Statistics Bureau said in a report issued on the World Refugee Day that observed on June 20, the number of Palestinian refugees registered by UNRWA had reached…

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  • East Asia

    Self-Burning By Tibetans Rekindled Against Chinese Rule

    In this image made from amateur video footage released by the Tibetan Youth Congress, a Tibetan runs in flames in his self-immolation to protest against Chinese rule, on a street in Yushu prefecture in China’s Qinghai province Wednesday, June 20, 2012. The exile group released a graphic video showing two…

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    “Wishing It Is To Avoid Heat”

    An infant cools off at a fountain in Battery Park in New York, the United States, June 20, 2012. According to the National Weather Service, in New York City’s Central Park, the temperature was 93 degrees (34 Celsius). <Xinhua/Shen Hong> news@theasian.asia

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  • Culture

    Lee BH Named As Honorary Ambassador For Gwangju Biennale

    Actor Lee Byung-hun is named an honorary ambassador for 2012 Gwangju Biennale from Gwangju Biennale Organizaton on Jun 21.,2012. <Photo=Gwangju Biennale Organization> new@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    Badain Jaran Desert Harbors Striking Sceneries

    Photo taken on June 19, 2012 shows scenery of the Badain Jaran Desert in Alashan of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Badian Jaran Desert is 47,000 square km and sparsely populated. It is famous for having the tallest stationary sand dunes in the world. Some dunes reach a…

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  • Healthcare professional warns of traveling journalists’ risks

    BEIJING, June 19 (Xinhua) — A travel medicine expert on Tuesday warned that journalists’ frequent travel has brought an increasing threat to their health. “The risks to journalists’ well-being aren’t confined to the hazards of reporting from hostile environments, but often extend to medical issues that prove fatal and commonly…

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  • South East Asia

    Major news in Malaysia on June 21: Batam-produced fags imported and sold below minimum price

    Top news in <The Star> : Batam-produced fags imported and sold below minimum price BATAM (Indonesia): A factory at the Citra Buana Industrial Park here is manufacturing thousands of illicit cigarettes daily for sale in Malaysia. Starprobe has found that the cigarettes using the Malaysian brand John are brought in via…

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  • East Asia

    Major news in Japan on Jun 21: Cooking class makes 23 pupils ill

    Top news in <Japan Times>: Cooking class makes 23 pupils ill OSAKA — Twenty-three children were rushed to a hospital after falling sick from eating fresh and boiled cabbage during a cooking class at an elementary school in Hirano Ward, Osaka, police said. The fifth-graders were comparing the taste of…

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  • East Asia

    Major news in China on Jun 21: Asians top immigrant group to US

    Top news in <China Daily>: Asians top immigrant group to US A survey released on Tuesday showed that Asians have overtaken Latinos as the largest group of new immigrants arriving each year in the United States. Asian-Americans are not only the fastest-growing racial group in the country, but they also…

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  • Idle National Assembly

    Was ‘politics for the people’ just campaign rhetoric? The 19th National Assembly, which began its official term on May 30, was supposed to open for business by June 5. Yet the 300 elected lawmakers hadn’t even taken their oaths of office Wednesday, 15 days after the legal deadline, because rival…

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