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West Asia
Iran on 30 January 2012
Iran on 30 January 2012 <Tehran Times> : “Police fire teargas on Occupy Oakland protesters, 300 arrested” news@theasian.asia
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Iraq on 30 January 2012
Iraq on 30 January 2012 <The Kurdish Globe> : “Opposition and government close to a deal” news@theasian.asia
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Turkey on 30 January 2012
Turkey on 30 January 2012 <Hurriyet Daily News> : “Arab Spring breeze swaying Hamas too” news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Japan on 30 January 2012
Japan on 30 January 2012 <NHK> : “IAEA inspectors arrive in Iran over nuke row” news@theasian.asia
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World
India Ends Republic Day Festivities
Army, navy and air force bands play at Vijay Chowk during the Beating Retreat ceremony in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. The ceremony marks the end of the Republic Day festivities. <Photo: Xinhua/Partha Sarkar> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Iran Condemns Western Countries
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech during the International Conference of Youth and Islamic Awakening in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 29, 2012. Ahmadinejad on Sunday blames western countries for “destabilizing the region” as a high-ranking IAEA delegation arrived here on the same day to discuss outstanding issues over Iran’s disputed…
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East Asia
“Stop Further Cadmium Pollution”
An armed police soldier conveys the neutralizers at a hydropower station in Liucheng County of Liuzhou City, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 29, 2012. The neutralizers were poured into a water tank and then flew into the Longjiang River, a tributary upstream of the Liujiang River at the…
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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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