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East Asia
Portals bet on mobile commerce
Internet companies NHN, Daum and SK Communications are facing considerable challenges as the Web moves from desktop computers to mobile devices, threatening their reign as online gateways. Industry observers believe that the three Web portals Naver, Daum and Nate manged by the three firms will continue to struggle to compete…
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East Asia
Children Play In The Snow At Gaomiao, A Time-Honored Chinese City
Children play in the snow at Gaomiao Town of Hongya County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Jan. 3, 2013. Gaomiao Town, having a history of over 700 years, received heavy snowfall Wednesday evening. Photo taken on Jan. 3, 2013 shows the snow-shrouded buildings at Gaomiao Town of Hongya County, southwest China’s…
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Challenging ASEAN:The US Pivot Through Southeast Asia’s Eyes
*Author, Donald K. Emmerson heads the Southeast Asia Forum in the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University. The US pivot toward Asia has been viewed largely through the lens of American security and economic competition with China. Within that context, writes Donald K. Emmerson, Washington is also deepening its…
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West Asia
Palestinians Work At Construction Site In Gaza Strip Under Israeli Permission For The First Time Since 2007
Palestinians work at a construction site in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 3, 2013. Israel allowed the entry of gravels into the Gaza Strip on Dec. 30, 2012 for the first time since it imposed a tight blockade on the Hamas-ruled territory in 2007. A Palestinian works…
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South Asia
Indian Folk Artists Accompany Naked Hindu Holy Men Procession In Religious Congregation
Indian folk artists accompany Naga Sadhu, or Naked Hindu holy men procession as they arrive for Mahakumbh, in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the large religious congregation on the banks of Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and…
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East Asia
Tourists Visit Dalian To See Ice-Covered Beach Occuring Due To Recent Cold Waves
Tourists visit an ice-covered beach in Dalian, northeast China’s Liaoning Province. Sea ice continues to occur in some Chinese coastal provinces as a result of recent cold waves. <Xinhua/Xu Dewu>
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East Asia
Passengers Play Card At Airport In Kunming Due To Flight Cancellation By Dense Fog
Passengers play cards together at Kunming Changshui International Airport in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Jan. 3, 2013. Affected by the dense fog, a total of 434 flights were cancelled and about 7,500 passengers were trapped in the airport until 9 p.m.Thursday. Passengers are trapped at Kunming Changshui…
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East Asia
Airline Companies Of China And Taiwan Sign Cooperation Contract For Better Services
Chia-Juch Chang (R), board chairman of China Airlines, issues a membership card to Chiang Pin-kung, former chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), during the press conference in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, Jan. 3, 2013. China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Xiamen Airlines from mainland and China Airlines from Taiwan…
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West Asia
Missile Hits A House In Aleppo, Syria, Where Escalating Violence Claims A Growing Number Of Casualties
A man shout after a missile hits in a house in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The fighting is part of the escalating violence in a Syrian civil war that the United Nations estimates has killed more than 60,000 people since the revolt against President Bashar Assad began in…
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West Asia
Shiite Pilgrims March To Karbala Near Baghdad To Remember 7th Century Martyrdom Of Imam Hussein
Shiite pilgrims march to Karbala for Arbaeen, in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 3 , 2013. The holiday marks the end of the forty day mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson. <AP Photo/Nabil…
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