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South Asia
Pakistani Boy Prays In First Day Of Ramadan
A Pakistani boy prays next to plates of fruits donated to worshippers to break their fast, on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, July 21, 2012. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking,…
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East Asia
Paddy Field Art In Shenyang, China
The paddy field art is seen in Shenyang, capital of northeast China’s Liaoning Province, July 21, 2012. The art created in the paddy field of Shenyang covers an area of more than 20 hectares, which is part of the development of local leisure agriculture. <Xinhua/Yang Qing> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
A Historic Pakistan Shahjahan Mosque
The Shahjahan mosque, located at Thatta, Sindh, was built in the reign of Mughal emperor Shahjahan in 1647. The mosque is built with red brick with blue colored glaze tiles which were imported from Hala, another town in Sindh. The mosque has 100 domes. As the legend goes, if you…
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Myanmar Media Law Reform A Key Test of Non-Partisan Press-1
*Editor’s note: This is the first of two part stories on Myanmar Media Law. Calling your bluff seems to mark the dealings between the censor and journalists as Myanmar set about to reform its Press system as part of efforts to burnish its democratic credentials. The quasi-democratic government plans to…
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[London Olympics] ② The world revives London’s architecture
*Editor’s note: This is the second of six-part stories on the London Olympics That’s how Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, wished the new tower to be a success as he unveiled it in the Olympic Village garden. Zaha’s icon and this tower have something in common: The engineer who built…
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A (Multi) Polar Bear? Russia’s Bid for Influence in Asia
*Author, Stephen Blank is a professor at the Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College. The views expressed here are his own. Russia’s call for a multipolar world, where power doesn’t reside with a single hegemon such as the US, is a veiled bid to exert Russian influence in Asia…
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South East Asia
India, Angsa Hitam
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Saat ini bermagang untuk Asian Journalist Association. Berita-berita politik, sosial maupun ekonomi dapat anda baca di artikel-artikel The AsiaN. Salah satunya adalah berita berikut. Pakar ekonomi terkemuka, Andy Xie, mantan pimpinan ekonomis Asia Pasifik, Morgan Stanley, mengatakan bahwa India dan Australia merupakan dua negara…
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East Asia
Korea te poneroti notu projatir abishkar
Nomoskar,ami Sudhanya Ghosh,Asia Journalist Association,AJA. Goto brihospotibar korear upokuloborti sumudre bigyanira poneroti notun shamudrik projati abishkar koren.jeju dipeke ghire thaka somudrer shath kilometer gobhire probal o pathorer modhye kakra o chingri-r ai notun projati guli pawa jaye. National Institute of Biological Resources choi mash dhore ai gobeshonati chalye.protisthaner pokhho theke…
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South East Asia
Singapore : SPF joins Interpol in operation to combat illegal soccer gambling in Asia
Major news in <The Strait Times> : SPF joins Interpol in operation to combat illegal soccer gambling in Asia The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has participated in an Interpol-coordinated operation, code-named Operation Soccer Gambling (Soga) IV. The police in Singapore, across China (including Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR), Indonesia, Malaysia,…
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South East Asia
Cambodia : Cambodia mulls over atomic energy power
Major news in <The Phnom Pen Post> : Cambodia mulls over atomic energy power Cambodia is mulling over a nuclear power option to feed its anemic energy sector, although private sector pundits called the rough plan a dream – a dangerous one at that. The government plans to use atomic energy…
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