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Society
Long-Awaited Rains Turn Into Catastrophic Flood For Some Regions In Pakistan
Pakistan has been facing strange and unexpected climate changes over the years. After a long period of drought, there was an unprecedented deluge in rivers that devastated the country in 2010 destroying hundreds of thousands of houses, schools and other government buildings, crops over millions of acres, killing hundreds and…
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South Asia
Nationwide Strike Breaks Out In India With Limited Success
Indian policemen detain activists of left parties during a nationwide strike in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. Angry opposition supporters disrupted trains in India on Thursday but had only limited success in enforcing a national strike to protest a government decision to cut fuel subsidies and open the country’s…
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East Asia
Changing People’s Life Style In Pyongyang
North Koreans react while they play bowling at a bowling center in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. North Koreans are seen through a window of a bowling center in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. A North Korean woman reacts while her friend takes a picture in…
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South Asia
Fire Destroys Some 400 Shanties In Dhaka, Bangladesh
People gather around the fire accident site in slums at the Begunbari area in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, Sept. 20, 2012. About 400 shanties were destroyed and 15 people were injured in the accident, fire brigade said. Women cry over a fire accident in slums at the Begunbari area in…
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East Asia
Tibetans Rally Against China’s Repression On Tibet In Brussels
Member of the Tibetan Parliament in exile Thubten Wangchen, left, waves the Tibetan flag during the ‘Flame of Truth’ rally, near the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. The flame of the truth is a campaign launched by the Tibetan parliament in exile and a worldwide action…
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South East Asia
International Motor Show Opens In Jakarta
Visitors stroll around Indonesia International Motor Show in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 20, 2012. The ten-day Indonesia International Motor Show 2012 kicked off here on Thursday. <Xinhua=Veri Sanovri> news@theasian.asia
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World
Objects From Ruins Of Pompeii Set To Be Exhibited In British Museum
Undated handout photo issued by the British Musuem Thursday Sept. 20, 2012 of a wall painting of the baker Terentius Neo and his wife, from the House of Terentius Neo, Pompeii, AD 50-79. as dozens of objects recovered from the ruins of Roman cities Pompeii and Herculaneum will go on…
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Korea, Uzbekistan to boost IT ties
The leaders of Korea and Uzbekistan, Thursday, agreed to bolster ties in information technology and energy sectors on the occasion of the 20th year anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. During a summit held at Cheong Wa Dae, President Lee Myung-bak and President Islam Abduganievich Karimov also agreed…
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Jobs, jobs, jobs
Which candidate has most detailed, feasible plan? Now that the three major candidates have thrown down their gauntlets, the three-month presidential race has begun. As always, it’s the economy that voters care about most. And the best way to improve the economic situation is to give jobs to those who…
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East Asia
Chinese Students In Seoul, Beijing Hold Anti-Japan Protest Over Disputed Islands
Chinese students who study in South Korea, hold anti-Japan banner as they hold a press conference about the disputed islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. In this Tuesday Sept. 18, 2012 photo, anti-Japan protesters hold…
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