• South East Asia

    Thai Cabinet Formally Swear in front of King

    Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her newly appointed ministers Monday formally sworn in in front of His Majesty the King Bhumibol Adulyadej (R, front) at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 23, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/>Thai Royal> news@theasian.asia

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  • West Asia

    “Release Dr. Dweik”

    Palestinians holding banners and pictures attend a protest calling for the Release of Hamas lawmaker, Aziz Dweik, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Jan. 23, 2012. Israel arrested the speaker of the Palestinian parliament Aziz al-Dewik, early this week at a checkpoint in the West Bank. <Photo: Xinhua/Fadi…

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  • East Asia

    Foreign Students Enjoy Spring Festival

    A Ghanaian student (C) plays the bridegroom in a Chinese wedding ceremony simulation held in Zibo, east China’s Shandong Province, Jan. 23, 2012, the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Some 70 foreign students from more than 30 countries and regions celebrated the Chinese Spring Festival with local…

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  • World

    Katani is Elected as People’s Assembly Speaker

    Mohamed Saad Katatni, secretary general of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), waves at the first session of the new People’s Assembly (lower house of parliament) in Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 23, 2012. Mohamed Saad Katatni was elected as speaker of the new People’s Assembly at the first session…

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  • West Asia

    EU, Further Sanctions to Iran

    Photo taken on Jan. 23, 2012 shows Iranian Central Bank’s building in northern Tehran, capital of Iran. The European Union (EU) on Monday imposed further sanctions against Iranian oil exports and central bank, a move aimed to ramp up pressure over the country’s much disputed nuclear program.  <Photo: Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz>…

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  • Culture

    Vienna Boy’s Choir Performs in Qatar

    Vienna Boys’ Choir performs at the New Year’s Concert with Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra at the Katara Culture Village Opera House in Doha, Qatar, Jan. 23, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Chen Shaojin> news@theasian.asia

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  • [Ashraf’s Tales of Arabia] Borders and Smugglers

    Abu Hassan, the man of books, in the north Syrian city of is Al-Qusair, is fond of two things; cave and spring. His most endearing document is Al-Qusair’s cave which survived damage or destruction by quarry dynamite, thanks to the efforts of his city people. Abu Hassan sat on the…

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  • South Asia

    First Snowfall in 5 Years

    Citizens enjoy the snow view after the first snowfall in 5 years in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta on Jan. 22, 2012. A cold front hit Quetta on Sunday, bringing wind and snow to the city. <Photo: Xinhua/Iqbal Hussain> news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    “Take Rice Cake With Fortune”

    Staff workers made rice cake in a market of Chiayi, southeast China’s Taiwan, Jan. 21, 2012, to greet the traditional Chinese Lunar New Year. <Photo: Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng> news@theasian.asia

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  • Drama of the Pakistani Politics Starring

    1) President Asif Ali Zardari The current President of Pakistan and the Co-Chairman of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party(PPP). Also, the widower of Benazir Bhutto. 2) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani The current Prime Minister of Pakistan. Also, the first elected Prime Minister from the Saraiki-speaking belt and the longest…

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