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World
Kiss for Happy New Year
People celebrate the New Year near the City Hall in the very heart of Bucharest, capital of Romania, Jan. 1, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Gabriel Petrescu> news@theasian.asia
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World
New Year Ball ‘Fired’
A farmer shoots small footballs away from old fashioned milk cans to celebrate the coming of the new year in Achterhoek,the Netherlands, Dec. 31, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua/Robin Utrecht> news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
2012 Wishballs on the Marina Bay
About 20,000 wellwish balls are seen on the Marina Bay to celebrate the new year in Singapore on Jan. 1, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Chen Jipeng> news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Malaysians Celebrate New Year
Fireworks are set off to celebrate the new year at the Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 1, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
“Happy New Year”
Youngsters take a rest in front of the design of 2012 in a street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 1, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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World
Fire Works over the Sydney Harbor Bridge
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge during a pyrotechnic show to celebrate the upcoming New Year in Sydney Cove, Australia, Dec. 31, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua/Jin Linpeng> news@theasian.asia
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World
Fire Works Celebrates New Year in Russia
Fire works are seen over the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 1, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Zeng Jianguo> news@theasian.asia
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People
Tell me your wishes
The world’s population is 7 billion and among them 4.2 billion people are Asian. The AsiaN has met some of the Asians and asked their New Year’s wishes. They all expressed their dearest wishes – getting a job, recognition for work, a big salary, a good school report, happy marriage…
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East Asia
Facebook is the General Trend for Asian Journalists
Survey by AJA and AsiaN The journalists of Asia use Facebook the most compared to other social network services. 56% of them use Facebook and then Twitter (30%) and Blog (14%) followed. The AsiaN in association with the Asia Journalist Association conducted a survey on 20~30 November in celebration of…
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East Asia
NK Named Kim Jong-un as Top Military Cdr
This file photo released on Dec. 26, 2011 by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s official news agency Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows Kim Jong Un (front), vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) arrives at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace to pay…
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