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West Asia
Major news in Jordan on June 14: Fuel price hike no surprise, but ill-timed – consumers
Top news in <The Jordan Times>: Fuel price hike no surprise, but ill-timed – consumers For some motorists, the timing of the government’s Tuesday night decision to raise the price of 90-octane gasoline was “inappropriate” and the new price is way “too high”. Near midnight on Tuesday, the Cabinet announced…
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West Asia
Major news in Yemen on June 14: France advocates security council resolution 2051
Top news in <Yemen News Agency>: France advocates security council resolution 2051 France welcomed Wednesday the UN Security Council’s resolution 2051 which reaffirmed the importance of implementing the Gulf initiative to address Yemen’s crisis. In a press conference held Wednesday, Spokesman at the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs…
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Multiracial military to be helpful for social unity
The outward appearances of Korean soldiers are expected to change greatly in the years ahead as the number of soldiers from multiracial families is increasing in the military. The change of Korean military will not be confined to contour of faces and colors of skin. Their view toward the fatherland,…
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Society
Bangladesh helps Myanmar solve sectarian violence
DHAKAㅡ Bangladesh is in close consultations with Myanmar to check the influx of Rohingya refugees following the sectarian violence in Rakhine state of the neighbouring country, Bangladesh foreign ministry officially stated in Dhaka today (June 12). “Bangladesh and Myanmar are maintaining close consultations to ensure that developments in the Rakhine state…
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West Asia
Free Syrian Fighters Take A Break In Lull Of Combat
Free Syrian Army fighters swim in a pool on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Free Syrian Army fighters sit in a house on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. On Tuesday, Syrian forces pelted the eastern city of Deir el-Zour with mortars as anti-government…
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South Asia
Young Laborers On World Day Against Child Labor
A young Indian bonded child laborer rests his head in his hands after being rescued during a raid by workers from Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or Save the Childhood Movement, at a garment factory in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Raids on factories in the Indian capital revealed dozens…
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Centuries-old scripture found in Lhasa
LHASA, June 13 (Xinhua) — Cultural specialists in southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region have found more than 100 pages of Tibetan scripture that dates back to the 13th century, local authorities said Wednesday. The document, whose content covers traditional Tibetan medicine and religion, was found at a monastery in Nyemo…
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South East Asia
Unbelievable Scene Of Cloud Taken By Cellphone
Photo taken on June 12, 2012 by cellphone shows scroll-like cloud on the sky in Kota Kinabalu of Malaysia. <Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in China on Jun 13: The thousand-year-old Tibetan paper
Top news in <Peoples Daily>: The thousand-year-old Tibetan paper More than 1,300 years ago, when the Princess Wencheng of Tang Dynasty went to Tibet to get married, she also brought the papermaking technology from the central plain area to this plateau. After years of study, innovation and inheritance, the Tibetan…
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on Jun 13: Japan to develop drones to monitor radiation
Top news in <Japan Today>: Japan to develop drones to monitor radiation TOKYO — Japan’s nuclear energy authority and the country’s space agency Tuesday announced a joint project to develop a drone to measure radioactivity in the environment after last year’s nuclear disaster. Japan has been forced to invent or…
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