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Politics
Parliamentary vote kicks off in Syria
Polling stations opened across Syria on Monday for the country’s first multi-party parliamentary elections in half a century amid reports of ongoing violence that has jeopardized the UN-backed peace plan designed to end the 14-month bloody conflict. The elections follow a referendum on a new constitution in February that ended…
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People
Ashraf Aboul-Yazid’s poems published in Turkish
*Editor’s note: Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, chief of The AsiaN Middle East bureau, is not only a noted journalist but also a famous poet and novelist in the region. Born in Egypt, he is now active in Kuwait writing stories on wide rage of topics for Al-Arabi Magazine and The AsiaN. His poems and novels enjoy high popularities among…
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Significance of May Day changed a lot
ISTANBUL – In many countries, May Day is a day of national celebration. In Turkey, however, May 1 has always had contradictory meanings. Compared to our past experiences on Labor Day as Turkish citizens, some differences in this year’s celebrations were remarkable. For many years, May Day was perceived as…
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[The AsiaN Video for Chinese] 你们就是未来
大家好，我是王璇，今天的theasian头条又同您见面了。 今天要为您介绍的是来自本网记者巴基斯坦的一组图片报道，名为《你们就是未 来》。这是一组真实地反应了巴基斯坦儿童的日常生活写照。 他们生活在贫困之中，却一样地有着天使般灿烂的笑容。这不仅让我们联想起，“未来 究竟是什么？”这个反复为人们所思考，而又始终得不到答案的问题。 未来究竟是什么？看到了这组照片，你就会知道答案，因为未来就写在了巴基斯坦儿 童的脸上。好，今天就到这里。 当然，和往常一样，还是欢迎您浏览今天theasian为您提供的要闻。 我们的网址是www.theasian.asia 谢谢收看，我们下次再见。
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Politics
Egyptian military to hand over power when outright election winner appears
Egypt’s military is ready to hand over power to a new president after the first round of the vote on May 24, Egyptian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Sami Anan said on Wednesday. That will happen if the first round produces an outright winner, he said. “The Military Council is…
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Foreign buyers line up to purchase houses in Turkey
Wealthy people from the Middle East are lining up at the doors of real estate agents to buy houses in Turkey, Environment and Urban Development Minister Erdoğan Bayraktar said on Tuesday. As stated by the minister in Trabzon following a meeting on Sunday, rich buyers from countries such as Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have made down payments to contractors and…
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on April 28 Top news in <The Mainichi> : 9,000 U.S. Marines to be shifted out of Okinawa under force realignment news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in China on April 28 : China-Russia on deepening strategic partnership Top news in <Xinhua> : Chinese vice premier meets Russian president on deepening strategic partnership news@theasian.asia
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[The AsiaN Video for Chinese] 死于富有
大家好，我是王璇。今天的theAsiaN头条又同您见面了。 今天将为您介绍的是一个关于死亡的故事。 一个人，不论什么时候都是会死的。导致人死亡的原因 有两种，一种是由于患有疾病或者是年老而亡，而两外的一 种则是死于饥饿和贫困。 但是在印度最近几年之中出现了一种存在于这两种原因之外的死亡原因，就是由于富有而导致的死亡。 一个人怎么会死于富有呢？ 如果您想知道答案就不妨点击我们的网站：www.theAsiaN.asia. 当然也欢迎您浏览我们为您提供的其他消息。谢谢您的关注，我们明天再见。
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Society
Reserve forces in South Korea and China
Chinese reserve forces, at right, and Korean reserve forces, at left, are under training at their training camps. South Korea’s reserve forces wee established on April 1, 1968 after the North Korean commando troops attacked the Chong Wa Dae, the official residence of the President, two and half months earlier. Members…
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