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South East Asia
Major news in Malaysia on May 17
Top news in <New Straits Times>: Wife of kidnap mastermind in disbelief news@theasian.asia
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Central Asia
Major news in Uzbekistan on May 17
Top news in <UZA>: President Attends CSTO and CIS Summits news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in China on May 17
Top news in <China Daily>: Dying man donates organs for medical research news@theasian.asia
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Imprisonment of 33 opposition leaders heightens tension in Bangladesh
DHAKA – In a quickly developed political tension in Bangladesh, thirty-three key leaders of the 18-party opposition alliances were sent to Dhaka Central Jail on Wednesday promting another spell of violence and unrest in the country. The Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka rejected their bail petitions in an arson attack…
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on May 17
Top news in <NHK>: Japan’s Jan-March GDP grows news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Jordan on May 17: Facebook campaign says no to price hikes
Top news in <Jordan Times>: Facebook campaign says no to price hikes news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Falling Value Of Indian Rupee
A vendor counts Indian rupee banknotes at a wholesale vegetable market in Allahabad, India,Thursday, May 17, 2012. The Indian rupee hit a fresh all-time low against the dollar Wednesday, as risk averse global investors wary of India’s twin deficits drowned out central bank efforts to stem the currency’s slide. <AP/Newsis>…
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East Asia
“Scarborough Shoal Is Our Land”
Protesters display placards and a replica of the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea as they burn an effigy of a U.S. submarine USS North Carolina, currently on a port call in the country, during a rally at the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines Thursday May 17, 2012.…
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Park Geun-hye’s chance and crisis
All eyes in the political sector have been fixed on the recent development surrounding the strife-ridden Unified Progressive Party (UPP). Many of the party members are those who fought against the previous dictatorial governments in the 1970s and 1980s. It seems the members especially the mainstreamers belonging to NL (National…
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More foreigners seek medical services
Three year-old Trepova Malika from Kazakhstan is in Korea to receive treatment for cancer from a hospital in Seoul. Treatment in her own country to remove the tumor near her hip was ineffective and her condition showed no improvement. With no other options, she checked into Yonsei Severance Hospital, one…
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