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Limb transplant patient dies in Turkey
The patient who received the world’ s first quadruple limb transplant in a university hospital in the Turkish capital of Ankara died on Monday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. Doctors at the Hacettepe University in Ankara was quoted as saying that the patient, Sevket Cavdar, “died despite all precautions…
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China on 28 February 2012
China on 28 February 2012 <CNTV> : “The Artist, triumphs at 84th Academy Awards” news@theasian.asia
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Russia on 28 February 2012
Russia on 28 February 2012 <The Moscow News> : “Opposition flash mob circles Moscow” news@theasian.asia
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Qatar on 28 February 2012
Qatar on 28 February 2012 <Aljazeera> : “Millions of Indian workers strike for rights” news@theasian.asia
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Israel on 28 February 2012
Israel on 28 February 2012 <The Jerusalem Post> : “Amnesty: Iran executions up four-fold in 2011” news@theasian.asia
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Indonesia on 28 February 2012
Indonesia on 28 February 2012 <The Jakarta Post> : “Too old to stand” news@theasian.asia
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Thailand on 28 February 2012
Thailand on 28 February 2012 <The Nation> : “Don’t go outside, northerners told” news@theasian.asia
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Japan on 28 February 2012
Japan on 28 February 2012 <NHK> : “Noda prioritizes getting Fukushima evacuees home” news@theasian.asia
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S. Korea urges China to stop repatriating NK defectors at UN
South Korea urged China to stop repatriating North Korean defectors detained there in a speech at the United Nations, Monday. It said they fled from the destitute communist state “in pursuit of freedom and the right to live” and their repatriation amounts to a “grave infringement of human rights.” This…
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89.4% of Syrian Voters Agree Constitution Amendment
Syria’s Interior Minister Mohammad Chaar attends the press conference in Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 27, 2012. Chaar said Sunday that a total of 8,376,447 citizens, or 57.4 percent of eligible voters, voted in the referendum on the new draft constitution, with 7,490,319 (89.4 percent) agreeing to it and 753,208 (9…
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