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West Asia
Major news in Israel on July 3: Israel has low expectations for talks between Iran, P5+1
Major news in <The Jerusalem Post>: Israel has low expectations for talks between Iran, P5+1 Gov’t sees little hope in upcoming low-level talks, which aim to see if there is reason to convene another full meeting. Israel has almost no expectations that low-level technical talks between Iran and world powers…
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South East Asia
Major news in Viet Nam on July 3 : Deputy PM seeks greater Japan trade
Major news in <Vietnam News> : Deputy PM seeks greater Japan trade Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda yesterday in Tokyo. — VNA Photo TOKYO – Despite the fact that bilateral trade between Viet Nam and Japan reached US$21 billion in 2011, there is still…
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World
Egyptian President Meets Turkish FM
Turkish Ambassador to Egypt, Hussein Awny, left, and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, center, meet with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, right, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 2, 2012. Morsi, whose appointment is the fruit of Egypt’s own uprising, said in a statement that he welcomes the…
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West Asia
Scenes Of Funeral For Former Israeli PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) eulogizes former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir during his funeral at the Mount Hertzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, July 2, 2012. Yitzhak Shamir, Israel’s seventh prime minister, died Saturday at a nursing home near Tel Aviv at the age of 96, after long years…
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South East Asia
: Major news in Indonesia on July 2: Long Lines Plague Indonesia’s Merak Port
Major news in <Jakarta Globe> : Long Lines Plague Indonesia’s Merak Port Merek. Truck traffic came to a standstill at the typically congested road to Merak Port, in Banten, West Java, on Monday as truck drivers say in a four-kilometer-long queue for more than ten hours. Long lines have plagued the…
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Geneva talks on Syria produce no effective results
The nine-hour talks held in Geneva on Saturday with the intention of tackling the Syrian crisis produced “significant” decisions that are unlikely to be “effective.” These decisions are significant in that Russia and China, who have so far not refrained from backing the Assad regime, have, for the first time,…
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Society
Spain retains Euro 2012 title
Spain beat Italy 4-0 in the Euro 2012 final on Sunday, securing the Spaniards’ place in history as the first country to win three successive major finals. David Silva put Spain ahead on 14 minutes with a close-range header from Cesc Fabregas’ cross. Left-back Jordi Alba made it two just…
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East Asia
Apple To Pay $60 Mil. To Settle Dispute In China
Photo taken on July 2, 2012 shows an iPad 2 displaying the news about iPad trademark dispute in an Apple store in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province. Apple Inc. has agreed to pay 60 million U.S. dollars to Proview technology (Shenzhen) to settle the dispute over the iPad…
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Politics
Hu Gives Speech On 15th Anniversary of HK’s Return to China
HONG KONG, July 1 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday delivered a speech at the meeting marking the 15th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China and the inaugural ceremony of the fourth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The attached file is the full text…
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South Asia
Hindu Priests Pray For Monsoon Rains In India
Indian Hindu priests perform rituals as they pray for monsoon rains at a temple in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, July 1, 2012. The monsoon rains which usually hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people. <AP Photo/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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