• West AsiaPolice fire teargas on Occupy Oakland protesters, 300 arrested

    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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  • West AsiaOpposition and government close to a deal

    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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  • West AsiaArab Spring breeze swaying Hamas too

    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 AsiaIAEA inspectors arrive in Iran over nuke row

    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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