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East Asia
Japan offers 51 bn yen loan and major aid package to Myanmar
Japan on Sunday provided a fresh loan of about 51 billion yen (about 504 million U.S. dollars) to help Myanmar’s infrastructural development projects for Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ), official sources said. According to the notes exchanged between the visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Myanmar President U Thein…
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South East Asia
Why constitutional reforms required for Philippines
All in the Family If PNoy (President Noynoy meaning current Philippine President Benigno Aquino III) is really sincere in his avowed promise to clean and improve government service, he should not oppose the move to change the constitution anymore. Indeed by this time, most Filipinos are already convinced and can…
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East Asia
Chinese bridegroom unveils for Russian bride at traditional wedding
Bridegroom Zhang Lan (R) unveils for his Russian bride Ren Niya (her Chinese name) during the wedding ceremony in a courtyard dwelling in Chongqing, southwest China, May 23, 2013. The wedding ceremony, held in the traditional Chinese way, attracted lots of passengers to give their blessings. Bridegroom Zhang Lan (R)…
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South Asia
A Bangladeshi child plays with tire on Buriganga River banks
A Bangladeshi child plays with a tire on the banks of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. <AP Photo/A.M. Ahad>
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South East Asia
Indonesian tribesmen wear traditional outfits for ritual ceremony
Women wear traditional outfits during a ritual ceremony at Leworahang village, Larantuka, East Flores, Indonesia on Thursday, May 23, 2013. The Indonesian government has set the ambitious target of welcoming a total of nine million foreign tourists in 2013. According to data from Statistics Indonesia (Badan Pusat Statistik), Indonesia was…
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East Asia
2013 Asia Contemporary Art Show opens in Hong Kong
A man visits the 2013 Asia Contemporary Art Show in Hongkong, May 23, 2013. The art show, which exhibits about 2, 000 artworks from 16 countries and regions, opened here on Thursday. People visit the 2013 Asia Contemporary Art Show in Hongkong, May 23, 2013. The art show, which exhibits…
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People
UN Secretary-General Ban visits Heal Africa hospital in Goma, Congo
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed Thursday that security must go hand-in-hand with development in Congo’s troubled eastern city of Goma, arriving just hours after a rebel group halted fighting to allow the visit to proceed. The U.N. chief traveled to Congo, and specifically to Goma, for the first time…
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Society
A woodpecker stores seeds at UN Park El Picacho in Honduras
A jaguar takes a rest at the United Nations Park El Picacho in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras on May 22, 2013, the International Day for Biological Diversity. A woodpecker stores seeds in a tree at the United Nations Park El Picacho in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras on May 22, 2013,…
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West Asia
US Secretary of State Kerry meets with Palestinian President Abbas
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, May 23, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in Jerusalem Thursday, May 23, 2013. The United…
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West Asia
‘Abused’ dolls displayed to arouse public awareness of child abuse
Some “abused” dolls are seen at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 23, 2013. Approximately 1,000 dolls, made as if they have been abused, were on a display here to arouse public awareness of child abuse and its long-term effect on those victims. A woman walks past “abused”…
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