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LG Uplus, Google team up for new TV service
Korean mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. and U.S. tech giant Google Inc. said Tuesday they plan to launch a new program incorporating the two companies’ television services. The program, called “u+tv G,” will combine the No. 3 mobile carrier’s existing Internet Protocol (IPTV) service with the Android giant’s “Google TV”…
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East Asia
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Siapa Yang Memipin Tiket Moon-Ahn?
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai pemilihan umum presiden Korea Selatan pada Desember mendatang. Join kandidasi merupakan pilihan yang tersedia untuk mengalahkan kandidat presiden Park. Kedua kubu dari calon presiden Ahn Cheol-Soo dan Moon Jae-In telah melewatkan pilihan ini. Namun skenario aliansi berdasarkan pembagian kekuatan dapat…
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[Indonesia Report] Makassar breaks record in attracting most participants to “Gangnam Style” dancing
Korean Pop Singer, Psy, invades the world with his fun and humorous song, titled ‘Oppa Gangnam Style.’ The video clip broke the record of most liked clip in Youtube’s history and spread the Horse Dancing Style to everywhere in the world. Indonesia is one of the countries, full of Psy’s…
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Malala, the girl who stood up against Taliban
Malala Yousafzai is your average 15-years-old girl; she plays with her little brothers, watches cable TV, dreamt of being a doctor and loves going to school. All of that change with her first blog post associated with BBC Urdu, she begins her trip to politics, which eventually led to an…
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South Asia
Pakistani Muslims Set Up Livestock Market In Islamabad For Celebration Of Sacrifice Feast
Pakistani boys gather next to animals loaded on trucks arriving at a livestock market set up for the upcoming Eid al-Adha feast on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Muslims worldwide will celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, by the sacrificial killing of sheep,…
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IT-Science
Two U.S. Economists Announced As Winners Of Nobel Economics Prize
Winners of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, American economists Alvin Roth (L) and Lloyd Shapley, are presented on a screen during a press conference held by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, on Oct. 15, 2012. <Xinhua/Liu Yinan> Lloyd Shapley, one of two Americans who…
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South East Asia
Buddhist Monks’ Protest Makes Myanmar Gov’t Reverse Its Plan To Open OIC Liaison Office
Myanmar Buddhist monks display anti-OIC banners during a rally in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Myanmar’s government said Monday it won’t allow the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to open a liaison office after thousands of Buddhist monks and laymen marched to protest the plan. Myanmar and the OIC…
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South Asia
India’s Rising Inflation Feared To Slow Economic Growth
Indians shop for clothes in Gauhati, India, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. India’s inflation accelerated to 7.8 percent in September after the government hiked subsidized fuel prices to rein in the budget deficit. The number released Monday is worse than expected and gives the central bank little room to cut its…
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World
Young Orphaned Elephant Calf Adopted By Jumbo Foundation In Malawi
In this photo taken Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012 seven-and-a-half month old orphaned elephant calf named Moses reacts with one of his carers, at his home in Lilongwe, Malawi. Moses was found alone and close to death in the Vwaza Wildlife Reserve. He has been adopted by the Jumbo Foundation where…
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South Asia
Indian Women Activists Condemn Rising Cases Of Rape, Violence Against Women
Members of various women’s organizations gather to condemn the rising instances of rape and violence against women in the state of Haryana, during a protest at Rohtak, 60 kilometers (37.5 miles) west of New Delhi, India, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Indian police women stand guard as members of various women’s…
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