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Philippines on 22 February 2012
Philippines on 22 February 2012 <Manila Times>: Philippines captures militant wanted for beheadings
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Saudi Arabia on 22 February 2012
Saudi Arabia on 22 February 2012 <Arab News>: New mining city gets big investment
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Lebanon on 22 February 2012
Lebanon on 22 February 2012 <Daily Star>: Abbas, Meshaal to meet Thursday to discuss deal: Zaki
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Central Asia
Kazakhstan on 22 February 2012
Kazakhstan on 22 February 2012 <Tengri News>: Nazarbayev signs law countering financing terrorism
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East Asia
China on 22 February 2012
China on 22 February 2012 <CNTV>: China’s Sichuan Province suffers serious drought
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Yemen Holds Presidential Election
Tawakel Karman, a co-recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, with colored headscarf, gestures after voting at a polling station in Sanna, Yemen, Feb. 21, 2012. Yemenis headed for the polling stations Tuesday morning to vote for a successor to President Ali Abdullah Saleh with the aim of pulling the…
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East Asia
‘Hanbok’ Wedding Dress in Tokyo
A model displays a creation of Korean style during a wedding fashion show named “The Wind of Asia ” in Tokyo, capital of Japan, Feb, 21, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Kenichiro Seki> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
“Why President Should be Muslim?”
Syrians participate in a rally to protest against the article No.3 of the new draft constitution stating that the president of the country should be Muslim, in Damascus, Syria, Feb. 21, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Qin Haishi> news@theasian.asia
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Politics
Korea-US FTA to take effect on March 15
The free trade agreement between Korea and the United States (KORUS FTA) will go into effect on March 15, six years after the two countries kicked off talks on the trade pact in June 2006. Trade Minister Bark Tae-ho (Photo: News 1) Trade Minister Bark Tae-ho announced Tuesday that…
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