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East Asia
Taiwan Experieces 6.1 Magnitute Earthquake
Passengers wait for the resumption of subway operation in a station of Kaohsiung, southeast China’s Taiwan, Feb. 26, 2012. A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan’s Pingtung at 10:34 Beijing Time (02:34 GMT) on Sunday, said the China Earthquake Network Center (CENC). Taiwan’s meteorological authorities said the epicenter of the quake,…
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World’s first quadruple limb transplant operation over in Turkey
The world’s first quadruple limb transplant operation came to an end on Saturday at Hacettepe University in Turkey’s capital Ankara, the country’s semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. The operation, which began on Friday morning, transplanted two arms and two legs of a deceased donor to a patient, Dr. Murat Tuncer…
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Hungary Holds Miss Colours Beauty Contest
Contestants take part in the Miss Colours beauty contest for wheelchair users, in Hungarian capital Budapest, on Feb. 25, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Attila Volgyi> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Bin Laden’s Compound Demolished
This file photo taken on May 4, 2011, shows media personnel and local residents gather outside the compound where Osama bin Laden had hidden inside for years in northwest Pakistan’s Abbottabad. The living compound of the former al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad is being demolished, said one local…
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Ice Sculpture of Angry Bird in Burma
Visitors takes photos in front of ice sculptures at the ice wonderland show in Yangon, Myanmar, Feb. 25, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/U Aung> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Afghans Protest Against Quran Burning by US Troops
Afghan people protest against the alleged Quran burning by U.S. troops in Herat, west Afghanistan, on Feb. 24, 2012. At least seven people were killed and over 50 others injured Friday in the western Afghan province of Herat during protests against Quran burning by U.S. forces, an official said. <Photo:…
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Hadi Elected as Yemeni New President
Yemeni people take part in a celebration after the official results of the country’s presidential election was announced in Sanaa, Yemen, on Feb. 24, 2012. Yemen’s Supermen Committee for Elections and Referendum (SCER) said Friday evening that Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was elected as the country’s new president with 6.6 million…
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Libyans Continue to Celebrate Civil Revolution Anniversary
Libyans carry a national flag which is 17 kilometers long and 3 meters wide, from the Tajoura to Martyrs’ Square, where the Libyans continue celebrating the one-year anniversary of the uprising against Moamer Kadhafi. <Photo: Xinhua/Hamza Turkia> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Kawamura “Nanjing Massacre Never Happened”
People visit the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Feb. 24, 2012. A Japanese official’s remarks that the 1937 Nanjing Massacre “probably never happened” has aroused protest in Nanjing recently. Takashi Kawamura, mayor of Japan’s Nagoya, said on Feb.…
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Diabetes incidence on rise in Singapore
About 11.3 percent of the people aged 18 to 69 in Singapore are living with diabetes in 2010, up from 8.2 percent in 2004, local daily the Straits Times reported on Friday. The disease is fairly widespread among those aged 70 and above. The newspaper said that one in three…
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