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Culture
Japan Setsubun Festival for Good Luck
Japanese actor Kenichi Matsuyama (L), actress Kyoko Fukada (2nd L) and actor Hiroshi Tamaki (R) throw beans during a bean-throwing ceremony to drive away evil and bring good luck during the annual Setsubun Festival at the Shinshoji temple in Chiba, Japan, Feb. 3, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua/Kenichiro Seki> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Iran Dismisses Western Sanctions
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei speaks during Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 3, 2012. Khamenei dismissed on Friday Western sanctions and warned against the U.S. war threats against the Islamic Republic. He said that Iran benefits from Western sanctions. <Photo: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Pakistan Launches 1st Luxury Train Service
A policeman stands guard next to Pakistan’s first luxury business train at a railway station in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on Feb. 3, 2012. The first ever luxury train of Pakistan started its travel from eastern city of Lahore to southern port city of Karachi on Friday. <Photo: Xinhua/Sajjad> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
India Train Derailed, 3 Dead
Indian disaster response personnel search as onlookers gather around derailed cars of a passenger train following an accident at Sathi Sarapa village near Gauhati, India, Feb. 3, 2012. At least three people are confirmed dead while more others are feared killed and over 50 were injured in a train mishap…
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South East Asia
Singapore ‘Chingay Parade’ on Waterway
A performer views a straw dragon prior to the Chingay Parade in Singapore, Feb. 3, 2012. Singapore’s multicultural street parade Chingay, which has been held since 1973, was held on a 360-meter waterway for the first time on Friday evening. <Photo: Xinhua/Then Chih Wey> news@theasian.asia
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Culture
Philippines ‘Bird-Egg’ Festival
A dancer wearing colorful bird-themed costumes performs during the fifth Ibon-Ebon (Bird-Egg) Festival in Pampanga, the Philippines on Feb. 3, 2012. The Ibon-Ebon Festival is dedicated to the province’s Candaba swamp that serves as a sanctuary to more than 14,000 migratory birds of approximately 40 species. <Photo: Xinhua/Rouelle Umali>…
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East Asia
Kazuo Hirai Appointed as New President of Sony
Kazuo Hirai (L), newly-appointed president and CEO of Sony Corp., shakes hands with the current chairman, CEO and president Howard Stringer at a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 2, 2012. Sony Corp. announced on Thursday that the 51-year-old Kazuo Hirai is appointed as the new president and CEO, replacing…
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South Asia
Children on the Street for Money
Afghan children sell soup in Herat, Afghanistan, Feb. 2, 2012. Thousands of Afghan children work to make money to support their families in Afghanistan. <Photo: Xinhua/Sardar> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Palestinians Throw Shoes to Ban Ki-moon
Palestinian protesters block the way of UN secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s motorcade at Erez border crossing between Israel and northern Gaza Strip, on Feb. 2, 2012. Families of several Palestinian prisoners threw shoes at the motorcade of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as it entered the Gaza Strip from Israel…
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Politics
More Crimes, No Punishment in Egypt
For a full year, starting with the fall of Egypt’s ex-dictator Mubarak on 11 February 2011, the ruling power in Egypt – the Military Council – has committed more crimes than reasonable for the Egyptian Revolution. It has been very clear to every humble mind observer that Mubarak and the…
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