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South East Asia
Singapore on 2 March 2012
Singapore on 2 March 2012 <Straits Times>: ‘Trespass’ teacher also faces theft charge news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Sri Lanka on 2 March 2012
Sri Lanka on 2 March 2012 <The Island>: US holds back anti-SL resolution in Geneva news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
UAE on 2 March 2012: Is your phone battery low? Recharge with water
UAE on 2 March 2012 <Gulf News>: Is your phone battery low? Recharge with water news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Syria on 2 March 2012
Syria on 2 March 2012 <SANA>: Corpses of US Journalist Marie Colvin, French Journalist Remi Ochlik, and Spanish Journalist Javier Espinosa uncovered at Baba Amro news@theasian.asia
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Politics
Lee urges prompt action from Japan on ‘comfort women’
President Lee Myung-bak renewed his appeal to Japan to resolve long-running grievances over its wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women, describing it as an urgent humanitarian matter Thursday. Lee emphasized that the comfort women issue is becoming increasingly urgent as most victims, who “have lived with painful scars in…
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Korean tax office to gain access to Swiss bank accounts
The National Tax Service (NTS) said Thursday that it will be able to gain access to Swiss bank accounts held by Korean citizens, which it expects will help detect illegal slush funds and prevent overseas tax evasion. The tax office said the National Assembly ratified a revised treaty with Switzerland…
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Society
Security all set for Seoul nuke summit
Officials in charge of security for the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit rappel down a building at the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae Monday as they demonstrate various responses to possible contingencies. Thunderous bangs are heard and yellowish toxic smoke starts billowing from a terrace on the second floor…
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Let us be wonderful Mom & Dad
All the time it’s common to hear from your friends that they decide to make resolutions to change their behavior and improve their performance and make a new start, this is often a personal goal and doesn’t necessarily include how you treat others. If you a parent then it’s a…
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West Asia
Daily Life in Iran
Pedestrians carrying local bread walk at Azadi (Freedom) Street in Tehran, capital of Iran, March 1, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Decorated Hands of Pakistani Brides
Pakistani brides show their hands decorated with henna on a mass wedding ceremony in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore, March 1, 2012. Around 50 couples participated in a mass wedding ceremony organized by the Welfare Association. <Photo: Xinhua/Sajjad> news@theasian.asia
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