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South East Asia
Major news in Philippines on March 28 2012: Govt to Press Tax Charges VS. Pacquiao
Top news in <Manila Times>: GOVT TO PRESS TAX CHARGES VS. PACQUIAO news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Major news in Nepal on March 28 2012
Top news in <Kathmandu Post>: Agriculture minister Datta gets the sack news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in China on March 28 2012
Top news in <Peoples Daily>: Establishing standards help Chinese firms go global news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on March 28 2012
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Fukushima No. 2 reactor radiation level up to 73 sieverts per hour news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Tibetans Enjoy Hot Springs in Spring
SHANNAN, China — Children of Tibetan ethnic group enjoy the hot spring at Woka, Shannan prefecture in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, March 26, 2012. Hot springs here attracted many visitors recently as Tibetans are used to bathing in hot springs in spring season. <Photo: Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi> news@theasian.asia
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Soybean Harvest Season in Brazil
TANGARA DA SERRA, Brazil — Workers use combines to harvest soybeans in Tangara da Serra, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Brazil is the world’s second largest soy producer after the United States and the crop is one of the nation’s principal exports. <Photo: AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Flowers Herald Advent of Spring
ANKANG, China — Photo taken on March 27, 2012 shows cole flowers in fields at Hengkou Township of Ankang City, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. Flowers are in full bloom as the temperature rises recently. <Photo: Xinhua/Tao Ming> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Yeshi in Critical Condition After Burning Himself
NEW DELHI — An exile Tibetan woman looks at a newspaper page with photos of Tibetan Jampa Yeshi who immolated himself Monday during a protest, at a Tibetan Refugee settlement in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Yeshi, who remains in critical condition after he lit himself on fire…
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Congo Refugee Kids in Uganda
ISINGIRO, Uganda — Refugee children from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) sit in front of a tent provided by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at Nakivale Refugee Settlement Camp in the southwestern Ugandan district of Isingiro, on March 20, 2012. Decades of gun fire, mass massacres, and rapes…
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East Asia
Swimming for Shape-Up?
WUHAN, China — Polar bear cub Lele swims in a pool during a show-up to the public at a sea world in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, March 27, 2012. Born in Dalian of northeast China’s Liaoning Province, on Jan. 7, 2011, the twin polar bears Lele, a…
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