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South Asia
Nepal on 18 January 2012 Nepal on 18 January 2012 <Nepali Times>: Earthquake drill during a program to mark the 14th Earthquake Day
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East Asia
Lebanon on 18 January 2012 Lebanon on 18 January 2012 <Daily Star>: Funeral for Beirut building collapse victims
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West Asia
Saudi Arabia on 18 January 2012 Saudi Arabia on 18 January 2012 <Arab News>: Saleh has reneged on promises: Clinton
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Central Asia
Kazakhstan on 18 January 2012 Kazakhstan on 18 January 2012 <Tengri News>: U.S. will provide $4.5 million in aid to Kazakhstan in 2012
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East Asia
China on 18 January 2012 China on 18 January 2012 <People’s Daily Online>: Ethnic minorities make ‘ciba‘ to celebrate Xiaonian festival in China‘s Hunan
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East Asia
Japan on 18 January 2012 Japan on 18 January 2012 <Mainichi>: Gov’t urged to clarify where radioactive gravel has been used
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Politics
<1005th Wednesday> You Owe Us An Apology!
天皇は謝罪せよ！(Dennowa Shajaiseyo) You Owe Us An Apology! AsiaN made a graphic image of ‘ You Owe Us an Apology!’ urging the Japanese government and Emperor to apologise. We will continue the ‘Apology Campaign’ until the old ladies actually hear their apologies for what they have done to them during colonial rules. news@theasian.asia
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Criticism of the government’s policies allowed
NEC permits criticism during election campaigns Four Major Rivers Restoration Project was at the centre of controversy in 2010 and the National Election Commission banned all kinds of public referring to it during election campaigns and even 180 days before the launch of campaigns. The Commission believed that just a…
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East Asia
[The AsiaN Video] Chinese Premier visit to the village and Nepal Foreign Minister arrested for Kidnapping
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang a member of Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Part of China (CPC) talked with villagers in Kaicheng Township of Guyuan. He was on an inspection tour of low income families. Former member of parliament and minster for supplies Shyam Sundar Gupta…
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Company
“Let Sleeping Polar Bear Alone”
A staff member of the Penglai Ocean and Polar Region World, a local aquarium, takes care of a polar bear cub in Penglai, east China’s Shandong Province, Jan. 17, 2012. The first of its kind bred in the aquarium, the polar bear cub, a female born on early Jan. 1,…
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