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The Other Five Ban Ki-moon’s Remarks: Hidden or Missing?
I am very optimistic about the future, and reading the UN Secretary-General Five-year Action Agenda presented to General Assembly, confirms and supports my optimism. But I am not going to comment on what were mentioned in Mr. Ban Ki-moon’s precious Remarks “The Future We Want”, as all positive facts and…
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Politics
Plight of HIV infected in India
<Video: Pramod Mathur> Summary of three anecdotes in the video: It is about people living with AIDS in Nizamabad, Hyderabad, India. Part1 Manjula Manjula whose father, mother constructed the house, and after her father’s death they lost everything. Her husband was a truck driver, they got married 15 years back…
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Business
Sustainable Development is Top Priority
United Nations (UN) Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon (C) steps into the venue of African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Jan. 30, 2012. When receiving a report presented by UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability on Monday, Ban said that sustainable development is a top priority for his second term…
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World
Occupy DC Protest will Continue
Occupy D.C. protesters try to cover the McPherson statue with a blue water-proof cloth at McPherson Square in Washington D.C., Jan. 30, 2012. Defiant Occupy D.C. protesters on Monday vowed to continue with their encampment in the U.S. capital as the deadline for decampment passed. <Photo: Xinhua/Fang Zhe> news@theasian.asia …
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South Asia
India Marks 64th Anniversary of Gandhi’s Decease
Indian President Pratibha Patil (front) salutes at a two-minute silence observed to mark the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat, the memorial of Gandhi, in New Delhi, India, Jan. 30, 2012. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on Jan. 30, 1948. <Photo: Xinhua/Partha Sarkar> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
China on 31 January 2012
China on 31 January 2012 <People’s Daily> : “China committed to promoting partnership with Africa” news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Japan on 31 January 2012
Japan on 31 January 2012 <Kyodo News> : “Cabinet approves bills to enhance Japan’s nuclear regulations” news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Russia on 31 January 2012
Russia on 31 January 2012 <The Moscow News> : “Monitor that!” news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Thailand on 31 January 2012
Thailand on 31 January 2012 <The Nation> : “Yutthasak doubts shooting victims were innocent” news@theasian.asia
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