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East Asia
China Provides Ethiopia with AU Center
Jia Qinglin (R, front), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, hands over the golden key which represents the new Conference Center for the African Union (AU) to Equatorial Guinean President and AU Chairman Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo during the inauguration ceremony of the new…
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South Asia
Displaced Families in Afghanistan
Afgan kids get water from a public water pump at a camp in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2012. According to media reports, around 90,000 internally displaced families have been living in the militancy-plagued country with 7,000 of them dwelling in Kabul. <Photo: Xinhua/Ahmad Massoud> news@theasian.asia
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Column
Catalonian Airline Shutdown
People read the notice that Spain’s Spanair airlines left in the closed costumer service at the Terminal 2 of Barajas Airport in Spain, Madrid, on Jan. 28, 2012. The collapse of Spanish airline Spanair on Friday night has resulted in the cancellation of 220 flights this weekend and has affected…
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World
Flower Consoles Casualties’ Grief
A flower is seen on the ground at the Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad in St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan. 27, 2012, marking the end of the Siege of Leningrad. The battle, also known as the Leningrad Blockade, was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history…
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South Asia
“Arrest All Killers”
Relatives of affected heart patients chant slogans during a protest in Lahore, Pakistan on January 27, 2012. Over 100 heart patients have been killed and 450 others hospitalized in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore after they reportedly took contaminated drugs, according to local media. <Photo: Xinhua Photo/Sajjad> news@theasian.asia
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World
3 Buildings in Rio Collapse, 10 Dead
Rescue workers search for survivors in 3 buildings that collapsed in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Jan. 27, 2012. According to local media, seven bodies had been recovered and an undetermined number of people are still missing. <Photo: Xinhua/Ide Gomes/FRAME/Agencia Estado> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
[The AsiaN Video for Indian] प्रसिद्ध पाकिस्तानी पत्रकार का वृत्तचित्र ओस्कार के लिए नामांकित
प्रसिद्ध पाकिस्तानी पत्रकार एवम वृत्तचित्र बनाने वाले शर्मिं ओबैद चिनॉय को ओस्कार के लिए नामित किया गया हैं उनकी वृत्तचित्र 'सविंग गरचे' के लिए | यह कहानी है उस क्रूर प्रथा की जिसमें आदमी पाकिस्तानी महिलायों पर एसिड दाल कर दुर्र व्यवहार करते हैं | आधिक जानकारी के लिए…
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Passion of the Veteran Journalist
We had the pleasure of meeting Mr K. C. Hwang, former president of Seoul Bureau of Associate Press at his residence in Seoul. At 89 years old , he is the oldest active journalist in Korea if not in the World. He talked about his experience of working with Associate…
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East Asia
“It’s Dumpling Day”
Greeks have Jiaozi, or Chinese dumplings, during a celebration held for foreigners living in China to mark the fifth day of the first lunar month in the Chinese New Year , in Beijing, China, Jan. 27, 2012. It is a traditional custom to have dumplings here on the day. <Photo: Xinhua/Gong…
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East Asia
Winter in Mount Baekdu
Mount Baekdu Mount Baekdu, also known as Changbai Mountain and Baitou Mountain when referrting to only the mountain and both the mountain and its crater lake respectively in China, is a volcanic mountain on the border between North Korea and China. It is the highest mountain of the Changbai mountain range…
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