• East Asia

    Female Bodyguards Get Training

    The contestants receive training by the sea in Sanya, south China’s Hainan Province, Jan. 8, 2012. A selection of female bodyguards organized by Beijing Tianjiao Special Guard company started in Sanya on Sunday. <Photo: Xinhua/Hou Jiansen> news@theasian.asia  

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  • World

    Estonians Celebrate Orthodox Christmas

    A woman attends a Orthodox Christmas service at Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Tallinn, Estonia, on Jan. 6, 2012. Christmas falls on Jan. 7 for Orthodox believers with the Julian calendar. <Photo: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia  

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  • World

    Turks ‘Occupy Istanbul’ Protest

    Protesters chant slogans as they attend a demonstration in Istanbul of Turkey on Jan. 7, 2012 to support Occupy Wall Street protest and invoke the government to solve the unemployment problem in Turkey. <Photo: Xinhua/Ma Yan> news@theasian.asia  

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  • East Asia

    China Develops Its 1st Wearable Computer

    A staff member shows how to use a wearable computer designed by a company in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Jan. 6, 2012. The wearable computer, designed and made by a sci-tech company in Yunnan, includes an eyeglasses-shaped mainframe, a mouse and a folding keyboard. The computer, the first of its…

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  • World

    A Cross at the Temple of Jogyesa

    A middle-aged man is heading towards the main building of Jogyesa Temple where a mortuary of Ven. Jigwan was set up carrying a cross on his back in the afternoon of 5th. He bowed down in front of the main building and said, “I am a Catholic, not a Protestant…

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  • East Asia

    A Praying Pigeon to Lord Buddha

     A pigeon is sitting in front of a statue of Lord Buddha next to the main building of Jogye Temple where a mortuary of Ven. Jigwan was set up. She seems to be praying for her own wishes.    news@theasian.asia

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  • East Asia

    What Makes Nepal Identify Lumbini’s Nationality

                   Maya Devi Mandir in Lumbini, Nepal dedicated to Queen Maya, Buddha’s mother               <Source: AsiaN> 2012 as ‘Visit Lumbini Year’ The Nepali people have launched an aggressive campaign to promote the fact that Buddha was born in Nepal, not India. Nepal’s Ambassador to Korea Kamal Prasad Koirala wrote a letter…

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  • World

    Coptic Christians Celebrate Christmas

    Egyptian Christians pray during the celebration of Coptic Christian mass at a Coptic church in Cairo, Jan. 6, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Ayman Mose> news@theasian.asia

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  • West Asia

    US Navy Rescue 13 Iranians from Pirates

    In this photo released by US Navy, a U.S. Navy SH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter provides support to a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team in a 7-meter rigid-hull inflatable boat, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) in the Arabian Sea Jan. 5, 2012. The VBSS team…

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  • World

    A Man in the Flooded Street

    A man is seen in the flooded area in Campos dos Goytacazes, in northern Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 6, 2012. The Brazilian authorities are trying to evacuate at least 20,000 people after a dam in the city burst in Rio de Janeiro state following days of torrential rains. <Photo: Xinhua/Agencia Estado>…

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