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Politics
Israeli missile spotter team drills skills
On the first evening of a two-day drill, officers and crews of the Israel Defense Force’s (IDF) Home Front Command (HFC) spotter teams, geared and trained to identify incoming missile fire, are practicing their responses and reactions. “Our role is to track an incoming missile attack against Israel and direct…
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PM Chung Un-chan, “I’m quite liberal, more similar to the Democratic Party”
Former Prime Minister Chung in Former Overseas Students’ Eyes Last Friday, February 3, 7pm I attended the Asia Journalist Association’s quarterly forum, where many journalists and reporters gathered together to listen to Kim Sun-taek, President of Korea Taxpayers Association give a very informative and revealing presentation on the law, media…
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The Arab Spring Elections: The Season for All Islamists!
At 15:09 Cairo local time, on 12 October 1992, with an epiccenter near the small city of Dahshur, 35km south of the Egyptian capital, with a magnitude of 5.8, but was unusually destructive for its size, came the devilish earthquake causing 545 deaths, injuring 6512 and making 50,000 people homeless. It was…
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World
Egypt Reinforces its Security
Photo released by the Middle East News Agency on Feb. 8, 2012 shows armored vehicle patrolling on the road in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt decided on Wednesday to dispatch more army soldiers across the country for intensive security measures. <Photo: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Israel Military Drill “Missile Equipment Test”
A reserve soldier of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) operates an equipment which can track rockets’ direction and instantly analyze exactly where they will fall during a military drill monitoring the skies for falling rockets in Ashkelon, near the border of Israel and the Gaza Strip, on Feb. 8, 2012. <Photo:…
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East Asia
“Nowhere to Go”
A harbor seal swims in ice water at the ecological seal bay near Yantai City, east China’s Shandong Province, Feb. 8, 2012. Affected by a cold wave, the seal bay iced up recently, trapping the harbor seals living in this water area. Workers of the scenic area started breaking ice…
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Column
Asia’s economic power-houses eye Arctic el dorado
Asia’s economic power-houses eye Arctic el dorado With global warming bringing nearer the likelihood of opening up sea lanes and spurring exploitation of vast natural resource across the Arctic, an exciting political chess game is unfolding in the ice-melting polar region where China, Japan and South Koreas as well as…
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West Asia
Consumer Price in Iran Skyrocket
A blind man plays accordion as people shop at Tehran’s old main bazaar, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Feb. 7, 2012. As western sanctions on Iran intensify, prices of commodities in Iran have experienced sharp increase in the past several months. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz) news@theasian.asia
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