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South East Asia
Major news in Indonesia on May 8
Top news in <Jakarta Post>: Gayus and Dhana once handled the same corporate taxpayer: AGO news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Major news in Thailand on May 8
Top news in <Bangkok Post>: PM says price remarks ‘twisted’ news@theasian.asia
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Central Asia
Major news in Russia on May 8
Top news in <Moscow Times>: Amid Protests, Putin Sworn In for Third Presidential Term news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in China on May 8
Top news in <People’s Daily>: Experts “No basis for sharp yuan appreciation” news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on May 8
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Measuring skin tone with smartphone news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Israel on May 8: PM-Mofaz to form unity gov’t, canceling early elections
Top news in <Jerusalem Post>: PM, Mofaz to form unity gov’t, canceling early elections news@theasian.asia
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Column
Flood leaves 17 dead and 47 missing in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal— Seventeen people died and 47 went missing in a flash flood triggered by the bursting out of Seti River clogged by debris from an avalanche near the base camp of Mt. Fish Tail following continuous rains Saturday. The death toll could go higher as the chances to rescue the…
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Business
Yeosu not expo-ready
Shortage of hotels, inadequate transportation threaten world fair Yeosu Expo organizers aim to achieve the ambitious goal of drawing 10 million visitors to the small southwestern port city in South Jeolla Province during the three-month event. They say they are ready for the largest global event ever hosted by the…
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Politics
Parliamentary vote kicks off in Syria
Polling stations opened across Syria on Monday for the country’s first multi-party parliamentary elections in half a century amid reports of ongoing violence that has jeopardized the UN-backed peace plan designed to end the 14-month bloody conflict. The elections follow a referendum on a new constitution in February that ended…
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Will Smith returns with ‘Men in Black III’
“Men in Black III,” the third movie of this franchise — a decade after its prequel — premiered in Seoul. Stars Will Smith and Josh Brolin along with director Barry Sonnefeld greeted fans at a press conference at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Yeoksam-dong, southern Seoul, Monday. “Anyeonghaseyo,” Will Smith said to…
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