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Saudi Arabia on 22 February 2012 Saudi Arabia on 22 February 2012 <Arab News>: New mining city gets big investment
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Lebanon on 22 February 2012 Lebanon on 22 February 2012 <Daily Star>: Abbas, Meshaal to meet Thursday to discuss deal: Zaki
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Kazakhstan on 22 February 2012 Kazakhstan on 22 February 2012 <Tengri News>: Nazarbayev signs law countering financing terrorism
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China on 22 February 2012 China on 22 February 2012 <CNTV>: China’s Sichuan Province suffers serious drought
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Yemen Holds Presidential Election
Tawakel Karman, a co-recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, with colored headscarf, gestures after voting at a polling station in Sanna, Yemen, Feb. 21, 2012. Yemenis headed for the polling stations Tuesday morning to vote for a successor to President Ali Abdullah Saleh with the aim of pulling the…
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East Asia
‘Hanbok’ Wedding Dress in Tokyo
A model displays a creation of Korean style during a wedding fashion show named “The Wind of Asia ” in Tokyo, capital of Japan, Feb, 21, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Kenichiro Seki> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
“Why President Should be Muslim?”
Syrians participate in a rally to protest against the article No.3 of the new draft constitution stating that the president of the country should be Muslim, in Damascus, Syria, Feb. 21, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Qin Haishi> news@theasian.asia
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“This is My Fury”
A protestor throws a stone at the police during a protest in support of the Aysen community demands, in Santiago, capital of Chile, on Feb. 20, 2012. The protest organized by several social organizations demanded reduction of the gas cost, job equity, citizens participation, and quality health care, among other…
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Society
Last nuclear reactor in western Japan shuts down for checkup
The last nuclear reactor in western Japan operated by Kansai Electric Power Company has shut down for a regular checkup, leaving only two out of Japan’s total 54 commercial reactors operating, local press reported. Kansai Electric Power Company said it completed the shut down procedures for the No. 3 reactor…
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AL envoy rejects military action against Syria
Neither Syrian opposition groups nor international powers want foreign military intervention in Syria, the Arab League (AL) envoy to Russia Giuma al-Ferjani said Monday. “Nobody in the Arab world, nobody in the Arab League, nobody on the Syrian side, (including) opposition parties in Syria, are willing to have military interventions…
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