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World
Aung San Suu Kyi takes seat in Myanmar’s parliament for first time
Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi(C) and elected lawmakers of her National League for Democracy party swear during a regular session of Myanmar Lower House at parliament in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Suu Kyi was sworn in to Myanmar’s military-backed parliament Wednesday, taking public office for the…
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NK’s move to control Sakhalin Koreans foiled
The former Soviet Union was home to the world’s fourth largest overseas Korean community. At the time of the break of the Soviet Union in 1991, some 450,000 of its inhabitants were of Korean heritage. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the population of ethnic Koreans was split between…
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East Asia
Major news in China on May 2
Top news in <Peoples Daily>: Chinese vice premier meets Hungarian PM on ties, cooperation news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on May 2
Top news in <NHK>: Japan to hold talks with US for TPP negotiations news@theasian.asia
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Central Asia
Major news in Kazkhstan on May 2
Top news in <Tengri News>: Nazarbayev congratulated citizens on Day of People’s Unity news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Major news in Philippines on May 2
Top news in <Manila Bulletine>: P125 Wage Hike Rejected news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Major news in Nepal on May 2
Top news in <Katmandu Post>: Parties amend rules to prepare first draft news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Saudi Arabia on May 2
Top news in <Arab News>: Riyadh airport to triple capacity after expansion news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Lebanon on May 2: Hariri slams Cabinet, urges workers to raise their voices
Top news in <Daily Star>: Hariri slams Cabinet, urges workers to raise their voices news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Poppy Eradication In Afghanistan
KABUL — An Afghan policeman destroys an opium poppy field in Alingar, Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 30, 2012. A bomb exploded next to the opium poppy fields during a poppy eradication campaign in Alingar, wounding two Afghan police reaction forces, police officials said. Afghanistan supplies most…
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