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West Asia
Major news in Syria on March 23 2012
Top news in <Sana>: Joint Prayer Held for the Souls of Syria’s Martyrs… Patriarch Laham: Syria is Strong and Resilient
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East Asia
Three-Year Drought Leaves Reservoir Dried-Up
KUNMING, March 22, 2012 (Xinhua) — A villager walks on the dried-up bed of the Xinba reservoir in Shilin County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, March 22, 2012. A severe drought has lingered in Yunnan for three consecutive years, leaving 3.2 million people and 1.65 million livestock short of water. A…
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South Asia
“Take Charge of Your Country”
KABUL (Xinhua) — Afghan President Hamid Karzi, right, hands over a certificate to a newly graduated officer during the graduation ceremony at the National Military Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 22, 2012. The United States and the allied nations contributing troops in Afghanistan have agreed to support Afghan national security…
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Column
A journey to meet people in memories
LOOK AT MY INDIA from SPOTFILMS by PRAMOD MATHUR, DIRECTOR & NEELIMA MATHUR, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Whatever it maybe, there are people one cannot forget. Again and again, as I travelled across India, I have seen abject poverty and compulsions that have induced a kind of fate with no choices in…
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East Asia
“Who Is Big Enough to Take This?”
SHENYANG, China (Xinhua) — A citizen walks past a gigantic high-heel shoe at a department store in Shenyang, capital of northeast China’s Liaoning Province, March 22, 2011. The high-heel shoe, three meters long and 2 meters high, is 15 times larger than a real one. <Photo: Xinhua/Zhang Wenkui> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on March 22 2012
Top news in <Japan Times>: U.S. grants exemption on Iran sanctions
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East Asia
Major news in China on March 22 2012
Top News in <CNTV>: Forest blaze in SW China under control
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Central Asia
Major news in Uzbekistan on March 22 2012
Top news in <Uzbekistan National News Agency>: Fish Farming Develops
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East Asia
Major news in Malaysia on March 22 2012
Top news in <New Strait Times>: People come first, says Najib
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Why nuclear security matters
THE Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) will be held in Seoul next Monday and Tuesday. Leaders from 57 countries and international organisations, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore, will attend. The concept of so many world leaders meeting to discuss such a specialised issue as ‘nuclear security’ was probably…
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