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East Asia
Major news in Japan on April 6 2012
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Radioactive coolant water leaks at French nuke plant following fire news@theasian.asia
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Major news in China on April 6 2012
Top news in <People’s Daily>: India’s ‘Look East Policy’ news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Season of Tea Harvest in China
HANGZHOU — A worker picks Xihu Longjing tea leaves on a plantation near the West Lake in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, April 5, 2012. Harvest of the Xihu Longjing tea, considered the most authentic of all Longjing varieties, will be carried out in full swing starting from…
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Culture
African Women in Festival
NALUT, Libya — Women in traditional costume take part in the opening ceremony of the Nalut Spring festival in Libya’s Western Mountains of Nalut, on April 5, 2012. The Spring festival will last from April 4 to April 6, 2012 in Nalut, where more than 23,000 Berbers live. The Berbers…
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East Asia
Enjoying Cherry Blossom on Rickshaw
TOKYO — Visitors ride a rickshaw under cherry blossom trees in Asakusa of Tokyo, capital of Japan, on April 5, 2012. <Xinhua/Kenichiro Seki> news@theasian.asia
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A Baby Who Overthrew Medical Theory
BUCHAREST, Romania — This is a March 27, 2012 file photo of baby Andrei, eight months old, son of Roma underage parents as he is held by a nurse in the intensive care unit of the Marie Curie children’s hospital, in Bucharest, Romania. Baby Andrei was born with almost no…
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Politics
“Improved South-North relation crucial for peace in Asia”
U.S. Special Representative for North Korean Affairs Glyn Davies, left, listens to South Korean nuclear envoy Lim Sung-nam during their joint press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012. <Photo=AP/Newsis> Most of the candidates running for the 19th general election, scheduled to take place…
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Column
Bangladesh: Where water and religion meet in harmony
DHAKA, Bangladesh –Water is not only a crisis for Bangladesh but also an integral part of religious rituals in a country imbued with communal harmony over the centuries. Bangladesh has been hosting a two-day annual “Astami Snan,” one of the religious festivals of the Hindu community, beginning from Friday in…
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East Asia
Camera Catches Wild Leopards
CHANGCHUN, China — Photo taken with an infrared camera on March 31, 2012 shows an endangered wild amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) at the Hunchun state-level nature reserve in Hunchun, northeast China’s Jilin Province. Two Siberian tigers and two amur leopards were filmed here from March 26 to April 3, according…
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