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South East Asia
Performers celebrate Mango Festival in Zambales, the Philippines, to promote the tropical fruit
Dancers perform on a street during the Mango Festival in Zambales Province, the Philippines, March 20, 2013. The Mango Festival is held in Zambales annually to promote mango as the local signiture with colorful floats and street dances. A performer in a mango-like costume waves to people on a street…
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South Asia
A child dives to Yamuna river in New Delhi polluted by industrial waste from nearby factories
Children living on the banks the river Yamuna play in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Officials say factories are ignoring regulations and dumping untreated sewage and industrial pollution, turning toxic the river that gives the capital much of its drinking water. A man jumps in to the river…
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South East Asia
Malaysian soldiers launch all-out attack to end territorial dispute in Sabah, Borneo
Malaysian security forces attend the all-out attack in Sabah of North Borneo in Malaysia, March 19, 2013. Senior Malaysian security officials on Monday expressed confidence to end the deadly standoff in Sabah. Some 200 of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III’s followers landed in Sabah last month to stake a territorial claim…
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East Asia
People salvage articles near a shed collapsed by tornado that swept central China
Locals salvage articles near a collapsed shed in Daoxian County, central China’s Hunan Province, March 20, 2013. Three people were killed and 52 others were injured by a tornado that struck the county before dawn on Wednesday. The local meteorological observatory said the wind speed of the tornado reached 30.7…
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South East Asia
Vietnamese President talks with Myanmar Veep making his first ever trip to Hanoi
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (R) meets with visiting Myanmar Vice President U Nyan Tun in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, March 20, 2013. U Nyan Tun is on his first ever trip to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Madam Nguyen Thi Doan and the visit comes a…
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Society
Tutu calls for the eradication of nuclear weapons
*Editor’s note: Desmond Tutu, South African social rights activist, Archbishop Emeritus and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate once said “eliminating nuclear weapons is the democratic wish of the world’s people.” He reiterated the statement again at the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons recently held in Oslo. He stressed that no…
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West Asia
Obama welcomed by Israeli President upon his arrival in Jerusalem
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) attends a welcome ceremony held by Israeli President Shimon Peres at the president’s residence in Jerusalem on Mar. 20 2013. Obama arrived in Israel on Wednesday, starting his first visit as U.S. president to the country. <Xinhua/POOL/Abir Sultan>
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South East Asia
Indonesian President opens 3rd Int’l Defense Dialogue in Jakarta
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1st R) beats the gong for the opening of the third Jakarta International Defense Dialogue in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 20, 2013. The Jakarta International Defense Dialogue 2013, an international forum attended by military and political elite from 38 nations, opened in Jakarta on Wednesday. <Xinhua/Jiang…
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East Asia
The duplicity of North Korea’s sentiment toward Japan
Joint Project between the Northeast Asian History Foundation and The AsiaN *Editor’s Note: Security in East Asia is swaying in a rough sea. North Korea’s nuclear crisis has been highly escalated amid existing territorial disputes and deep-rooted conflicts between nations in the region. South Korea, China and Japan, the countries…
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