• East Asia

    Major news in Japan on April 6 2012

    Top news in <Kyodo News>: Radioactive coolant water leaks at French nuke plant following fire news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    Major news in China on April 6 2012

    Top news in <People’s Daily>: India’s ‘Look East Policy’ news@theasian.asia  

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  • East Asia

    Season of Tea Harvest in China

    HANGZHOU — A worker picks Xihu Longjing tea leaves on a plantation near the West Lake in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, April 5, 2012. Harvest of the Xihu Longjing tea, considered the most authentic of all Longjing varieties, will be carried out in full swing starting from…

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  • Culture

    African Women in Festival

    NALUT, Libya — Women in traditional costume take part in the opening ceremony of the Nalut Spring festival in Libya’s Western Mountains of Nalut, on April 5, 2012. The Spring festival will last from April 4 to April 6, 2012 in Nalut, where more than 23,000 Berbers live. The Berbers…

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  • East Asia

    Enjoying Cherry Blossom on Rickshaw

    TOKYO — Visitors ride a rickshaw under cherry blossom trees in Asakusa of Tokyo, capital of Japan, on April 5, 2012. <Xinhua/Kenichiro Seki> news@theasian.asia

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  • Politics

    “Improved South-North relation crucial for peace in Asia”

    U.S. Special Representative for North Korean Affairs Glyn Davies, left, listens to South Korean nuclear envoy Lim Sung-nam during their joint press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012. <Photo=AP/Newsis> Most of the candidates running for the 19th general election, scheduled to take place…

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  • Column

    Bangladesh: Where water and religion meet in harmony

    DHAKA, Bangladesh –Water is  not  only  a crisis  for  Bangladesh  but  also  an integral part  of  religious rituals  in a country imbued with communal harmony over  the centuries. Bangladesh  has been hosting  a two-day annual “Astami Snan,” one of the religious festivals of the Hindu community, beginning from Friday in…

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  • East Asia

    Camera Catches Wild Leopards

    CHANGCHUN, China — Photo taken with an infrared camera on March 31, 2012 shows an endangered wild amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) at the Hunchun state-level nature reserve in Hunchun, northeast China’s Jilin Province. Two Siberian tigers and two amur leopards were filmed here from March 26 to April 3, according…

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  • East Asia

    Endangered Tiger Caught in Camera

    CHANGCHUN, China — Photo taken with an infrared camera on March 26, 2012 shows an endangered wild Siberian tiger (panthera tigris altaica) at the Hunchun state-level nature reserve in Hunchun, northeast China’s Jilin Province. Two Siberian tigers and two amur leopards were filmed here from March 26 to April 3, according to…

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  • West Asia

    Major news in Jordan on April 5 2012

    Top news in <Jordan Times>: Palestinian, Israeli negotiators meet in Amman news@theasian.asia

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