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Climate change causes water shortage in Pakistan
Two years of deluge and prolonged winter have caused water shortage in Pakistan The authorities of Southern Sindh province of Pakistan informed the agriculture community a few days back that there would be acute shortage of water in the coming days in the country in general and the province in…
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What we learnt from Fukushima
A Japanese nuclear engineering on a speaking tour of several Asian capitals to clear the cloud of controversy over the Fukushima accident was thrown this double-sided question: What is the cost to Japan of using nuclear energy and of not using it? It is a question that could apply…
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Business
Where does Kakao Talk go from here?
Above is a screen shot of Kakao Story, a social networking service launched by the country’s most popular mobile messenger service Kakao Talk. The company has been expanding the business scope based on the huge user base. Kakao Talk, a mobile messenger application downloaded by almost all smartphone users here,…
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East Asia
Tibetan’s Fury in Flames
NEW DELHI – A Tibetan exile man, identified as Jampa Yeshi, runs engulfed in flames after self-immolating during a demonstration in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 26, 2012. Yeshi lit himself on fire and ran shouting through a protest in the Indian capital Monday, just ahead of a visit by…
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NK will launch ‘satellite’ despite sanction threat
In this March 20, 2012 file satellite image taken and provided by GeoEye, a satellite launch pad in Tongchang-ri, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, North Korea, is shown. <File photo: AP/Newsis> So, it seems to be fairly certain: in near future North Korea will launch what they describe as a…
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Society
“China’s Pompeii” may get UNESCO recognition
Archaeologists stand near the ruins of Laosi Town at Yongshun County in central China’s Hunan Province, Nov. 21, 2010 <Photo DB=Xinhua> CHANGSHA, China – A bid has begun to have the ruins of Laosi town, known as China’s Pompeii for the site’s well-preserved cultural landscape and relics, recognized with a…
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Society
Bird flu detected in another farm in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal (Xinhua) – Two days after the detection of bird flu in a poultry farm, the flu virus has been found in another farm in the same place in Lalitpur district in Nepali capital Kathmandu Valley. The farm has been sealed after the confirmation of the virus on Sunday. The fresh…
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East Asia
Obama Visits Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
SEOUL – U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech during a visit to the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, South Korea, March 26, 2012. Obama arrived in South Korea to attend the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit held on March 26 – 27. <Photo: Xinhua/Park Jin hee> news@theasian.asia
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Education
Syrian Refugee Children Continue Education in Turkey
HATAY, Turkey- Syrian refugee children who took shelter in Turkey with their families after they run away from brutal Syrian regime began their educating in Turkey. They are continuing their education with their own language in the Tent school in Turkish border city of Hatay. <Photo: Gihan> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Pear Blossom in Cangxi, China
CANGXI, China – Tourists appreciate pear blossom at a park in Cangxi County of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, March 25, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Xue Yubin> news@theasian.asia
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