• East Asia

    Japan on 9 January 2012

    Japan on 9 January 2012 <Japan Today> : “Olympus considers suing current, former executives”   news@theasian.asia

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  • Education

    Israel Cabinet Approves ‘Free Education’ Plan

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference on free education plan in Jerusalem, on Jan. 8, 2012. Israeli Cabinet Sunday approved implementation of the law on free education for children from age three, as of the next academic year. According to Israel’s going compulsory education law, compulsory education…

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  • World

    SA, 100th Celebration of ANC

    South Africa President Jacob Zuma (C) and ANC members cut a cake during the centenary celebration of South Africa’s ruling ANC, in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on Jan. 8, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Li Qihua> news@theasian.asia  

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  • Beyond Words

    Understanding and Interpreting Body Language Humans pride themselves on their seemingly unique ability to verbalize feelings and ideas. While the mouth tells one story, gestures and posture may tell a different story. In today’s competitive and increasingly global business culture, the value of effective and active communications seems obvious .often…

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  • 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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