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Business
Uncertainty Sinks Asian Equity Market
A TV cameraman sets up a camera at Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo,Friday, May 18, 2012. Asian stocks dived Friday after discouraging U.S. economic reports unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country euro currency union. Japan’s Nikkei 225 tumbled 2.4 percent to 8,660.23 as signs of weakness…
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Olympic Flame Ignited For Torch Relay To London
Actress Ino Menegaki, dressed as a high priestess, lights the torch at a ceremony in Panathinean stadium in Athens, Thursday, May 17, 2012. The torch begins its 70-day journey to arrive at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, from the Greek capital, to cover about 8,000-mile (12,875-kilometer) on…
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South Asia
Falling Value Of Indian Rupee
A vendor counts Indian rupee banknotes at a wholesale vegetable market in Allahabad, India,Thursday, May 17, 2012. The Indian rupee hit a fresh all-time low against the dollar Wednesday, as risk averse global investors wary of India’s twin deficits drowned out central bank efforts to stem the currency’s slide. <AP/Newsis>…
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East Asia
“Scarborough Shoal Is Our Land”
Protesters display placards and a replica of the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea as they burn an effigy of a U.S. submarine USS North Carolina, currently on a port call in the country, during a rally at the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines Thursday May 17, 2012.…
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Thank You, Obama!
Seattle ㅡ Connor Teige, 12, from Monroe, Wash., shows his sign supporting President Barack Obama during the president’s visit to the Paramount Theater one day after announcing his support for same sex marriage, in Seattle on Thursday, May 10, 2012. Eric Bennett, left, and Trenton Garris kiss during a demonstration…
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World
General Election In Greece
Greece’s youngest political leader, Alexis Tsipras, is seeking a united left front that will call time on the harsh austerity that comes with an international bailout keeping Athens afloat. He calls the ultimatum thrown down by mainstream parties, bailout or bust, a scare tactic to force people to accept painful…
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AJA issues statement on World Press Freedom Day
On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day which fell on Thursday (May 3), the Asia Journalist Association (AJA), represented by Ivan Lim, issued a statement in which it said “we would like to applaud the journalists doing their best to convey the truth to their readers.” It continued that “as…
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Facebook IPO
This Feb. 1, 2012 photo shows the Facebook logo on a computer screen in Berlin. Facebook will go public on May 18, a published report says, in one of the most highly anticipated tech initial public offerings since Google went public in August 2004. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
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May Day Celebrations In Turkish Cities
ISTANBULㅡ Hundreds of thousands of people filled squares in Turkish cities on Tuesday to mark May 1, celebrated as Labor Day in Turkey and around the world. <Cihan> news@theasian.asia
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UN Chief And Suu Kyi
YANGON – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, talks to medias during a press conference after meeting with Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, at her lakeside residence Tuesday, May.1, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
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