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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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West Asia
Major news in Yemen on April 5 2012
Top news in <SABA news>: American authorities seize killers of Yemenis news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Major news in Bangladesh on April 5 2012
Top news in <The Daily Star>: Evicted slum dwellers block Airport Road news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Major news in Malaysia on April 5 2012
Top news in <New Staits Times>: Council taken to task over flash floods news@theasian.asia
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