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West Asia
Radwa Ashraf “Asian countries have a lot in common to be shown in The AsiaN”
Interview/ Radwa Ashraf(Egypt, Managing Editor of the AsiaN in Arabic version, Writer of AJA at Cairo Office) Q: Please introduce yourself. I’m Radwa Ashraf, a 21 years old graduate from Ahram Canadian University, majoring in mass communication & Journalism. I’m an avid reader and a frequent reviewer, I spend too much…
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East Asia
Moroccan writers’ union is the first Arabic institute to sign a memorandum of understanding with AJA and the AsiaN
As part of the Moroccan/Asian relations, the president of the Moroccan writers’ union Abderrhim Allam signed a memorandum of agreement earlier this month, between the Moroccan writers’ union and AJA association and TheAsianN, in South Korea. Allam visited South Korea after receiving a personal invitation from the head of TheAsiaN,…
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East Asia
South Korean Pop Star Psy Stands At Oxford Union In Oxford, England, Which Invited Him To Deliver Speech
In this photo provided by the Oxford Union, South Korean pop star Psy, inside the Oxford Union, in Oxford, England, where he is scheduled to deliver his first public speech in English, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012. The South Korean musician became a worldwide sensation when his humorous single Gangnam Style…
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South Asia
People Mourn Victims Of Suicide Bombing That Killed Six, Injured A Dozen In Peshawar
A woman mourns the death of her brother in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. A suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan has killed many people and left more than a dozen injured, police said. <AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad> Rescuers help an injured man walk into a hospital in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar,…
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Society
Earthquake Hits Mountain Village Of Guatemala, Inflicting Heavy Damage
Residents walk among rubble after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012. The mountain village, some 80 miles (130 kilometers) from the epicenter, suffered much of the damage with some 30 homes collapsing in its center. There are three confirmed dead and many missing…
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Society
Shopping Center Building Collapses In Accra, Ghana, Killing Four People
Rescuers work at the site of a shopping building collapse in Accra, Ghana, on Nov. 7, 2012. At least four people died following the collapse of a four-storeyed building which houses Melcom Shopping Center in Accra on Wednesday morning, officials of the Ghana Police Service confirmed to Xinhua. <Xinhua/Sabina Wusu>…
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West Asia
Exxon Mobil To Get Out Of Iraqi Major Oil Field Development Project
Gati Al-Jebouri Executive Director of LITASCO LUKOIL global trader, signs a contract in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. A senior Iraqi oil ministry official says U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil has expressed an interest in pulling out of a major oil field development project in the country’s south. The…
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East Asia
Head Of Tokyo Electric Co. Reveals His Plan To Ask Gov’t To Share Cleaning Cost Of Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
Chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Kazuhiko Shimokobe (1st L) attends a press conference at the headquarters of TEPCO in Tokyo, capital of Japan, on Nov. 7, 2012. TEPCO has planed to ask the government Wednesday to share the cleaning- up costs of the crippled Fukushima No.1 nuclear power…
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South East Asia
Vietnamese President Talks With Russian PM At His Office In Hanoi
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (R) meets with visiting Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at the President Office in Hanoi, Vietnam, Nov. 7, 2012. Dmitry Medvedev is in Hanoi for a two-day visit to Vietnam. <Xinhua/VNA> Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev, left, listens to his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung…
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