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Society
China: Rebalancing or end of miracle?
High-rise buildings in the central business district are seen in the backdrop in Beijing, China. China lowers growth target to 7.5%. What does it say about the economy? China’s downgrade of its 2012 real GDP growth forecast to 7.5 percent from 8 percent, the target for the previous eight years,…
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The Nuclear Dinner!
What could the chef prepare for the ‘Nuclear Dinner’ in Seoul Nuclear Security Summit? The menu should mention the precautions to “have” some content or another of the vast choices available. The table must be operated with nuclear power, to distribute the amounts of uranium dishes with justice. The chairs…
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East Asia
Rape Flowers in Full Bloom
YICHANG (Xinhua) — Tourists cheer in a field of cole flowers in front of the Three Gorges dam, in Yichang, central China’s Hubei Province, March 24, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Zheng Jiayu> news@theasian.asia
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Daffodil Day for Breast Cancer Sufferers
ZAGREB (Xinhua) — Volunteers display daffodil flowers during the annual Daffodil Day event in Zagreb, Croatia, March 24, 2012. The charity event, held in more than 30 Croatian cities, was organised by the Croatian Europa Donna forum for the 17th year to raise money for breast cancer sufferers and to…
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East Asia
Jin Air Makes Maiden Flight to Yinchuan, China
YINCHUAN, China — A plane of South Korea’s Jin Air stops at Hedong Airport in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on March 24, 2012. Jin Air opened a direct route between Seoul and Yinchuan on March 24, aimed at promoting business and travel ties between the two…
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South Asia
Pakistanis Celebrate 72nd ‘Pakistan Day’
LAHORE, Pakistan (Xinhua) — Pakistani people wave national flags during a ceremony marking the 72nd Pakistan Day at the International Indo-Pakistan Wagah Border in Lahore, eastern Pakistan, on March 23, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Jamil Ahmed> news@theasian.asia
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Newly Find Mozart Written Piano Score
SALZBURG, Austria (AP) – Sheets of music, recently identified as a composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is presented during a press conference held by the research department of the International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg, Austria, Friday, March 23, 2012. The previously unknown piano piece from Mozart was discovered in Tyrol…
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Culture
“I Get an Extra Eye”
SAN DIAGO, Calf. – In this image released by San Diego Zoo, Mac Jarman, 5, of La Mesa, Calif., reacts as a Giant Owl butterfly perches on him at San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s Butterfly Jungle on Friday, March 23, 2012. The three-week festival of flutter opens on Saturday and…
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World
Turks Celebrate ‘Nevruz’ Festival
Nevruz, a traditional feast, which has been accepting the beginning the first day of the spring since thousands of year celebrated across Turkey, Middle East and Central Asian countries. As the people was celebrating the Nevruz also they jumped over from the fires which lit by them. <Photo: Gihan> news@theasian.asia
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