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South East Asia
Major news in Thailand on March 27 2012
Top news in <Bangkok Post>: True-CAT 3G deal found ‘tainted’
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World
Major news in Russia on March 27 2012
Top news in <Moscow Times>: Pundits Divided on Success of ‘Reset’
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on March 27 2012: Visa overstayers rally to maintain privileges
Top news in <Japan Times>: Visa overstayers rally to maintain privileges after immigration revision
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East Asia
Major news in China on March 27 2012
Top news in <CNTV>: Price of vintage Pu´er tea roars
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Column
Climate change causes water shortage in Pakistan
Two years of deluge and prolonged winter have caused water shortage in Pakistan The authorities of Southern Sindh province of Pakistan informed the agriculture community a few days back that there would be acute shortage of water in the coming days in the country in general and the province in…
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What we learnt from Fukushima
A Japanese nuclear engineering on a speaking tour of several Asian capitals to clear the cloud of controversy over the Fukushima accident was thrown this double-sided question: What is the cost to Japan of using nuclear energy and of not using it? It is a question that could apply…
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Puppy on the iPhone
EL DORADO HILLS, California – This March 10, 2012 handout photo provided by El Dorado DOG Photography shows a female Dachshund mix named Beyonce on top of an iPhone in El Dorado Hills, Calif. The puppy named after one of the world’s biggest pop stars could set the world’s record…
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Business
Where does Kakao Talk go from here?
Above is a screen shot of Kakao Story, a social networking service launched by the country’s most popular mobile messenger service Kakao Talk. The company has been expanding the business scope based on the huge user base. Kakao Talk, a mobile messenger application downloaded by almost all smartphone users here,…
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East Asia
Tibetan’s Fury in Flames
NEW DELHI – A Tibetan exile man, identified as Jampa Yeshi, runs engulfed in flames after self-immolating during a demonstration in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 26, 2012. Yeshi lit himself on fire and ran shouting through a protest in the Indian capital Monday, just ahead of a visit by…
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Column
NK will launch ‘satellite’ despite sanction threat
In this March 20, 2012 file satellite image taken and provided by GeoEye, a satellite launch pad in Tongchang-ri, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, North Korea, is shown. <File photo: AP/Newsis> So, it seems to be fairly certain: in near future North Korea will launch what they describe as a…
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