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West Asia
Bahraini Activist Resumes Activities Soon After Release
Bahraini human rights activist Zainab al-Khawaja holds her daughter Jude, 2, as she speaks by phone to a journalist Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at a coffee shop in Abu Saiba, Bahrain, hours after her release from jail. Al-Khawaja spent more than a month in jail on various charges relating to…
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West Asia
Major news in Lebanon on May 30
Top news in <Daily Star>: Lebanese join the Free Syrian Army’s struggle news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Saudi Arabia on May 30
Top news in <Arab News>: Saudia joins global alliance, offers 14,700 daily flights news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Major news in Nepal on May 30
Top news in <Himalayan Times>: Former minister Alam faces murder charge news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Major news in Myanmar on May 30
Top news in <Myanar Times>: Electricity shortages spark wave of protests news@theasian.asia
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Central Asia
Major news in Kazkhstan on May 30
Top news in <Tengri News>: Tolmachev back to Kazkahstan and will go back to work news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in China on May 30: The termite terminator
Top news in <China Daily>: The termite terminator news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on May 30
Top news in <NHK>: Annan urges Assad to immediately stop violence news@theasian.asia
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UN tells NK to release South Korean family
The United Nations has requested North Korea to release and compensate a South Korean family held in the Stalinist state for 25 years, confirming it is a case of arbitrary detention, activists said Tuesday. It was the U.N.’s most specific statement over Shin Sook-ja, a 70-year-old South Korean woman —…
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