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Mysterious Disease Breaks Out In Cambodia
Cambodian villagers line up to wait for a medical check-up outside Kuntha Bopha children’s hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 11, 2012. A deadly form of a common childhood illness has been linked to many of the mysterious child deaths in Cambodia that caused alarm after a cause could…
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West Asia
A Growing Number Of Syrian Refugees Arrive In Jordan
Syrians speak to their relatives inside the sport club at King Abdullah Gardens in Al-Rumtha city, Jordan, Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Due to the increasing numbers of Syrian refugees, the Jordanian government opened a new camp for the Syrian families at King Abdullah gardens. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Karzai Meets Akihito In Tokyo
In this photo released by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, listens to Japan’s Emperor Akihito during a meeting at Imperial Palace in Tokyo Monday, July 10, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Indian Population To Overtake China In 2030
Commuters walk past parked bikes at a market area near a train station on the eve of World Population Day in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Nearly 7 million commuters ride the overtaxed suburban rail network each work day in Mumbai. India is the second most populous country in…
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West Asia
Welcome Home From Israeli Prison
Palestinian Mahmoud Sarsak, a former player with the Palestinian national football team, is carried by supporters upon his arrival to his family’s house in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, after his release from Israeli prison, Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Israel on Tuesday released Sarsak, a member of the Palestinian national soccer…
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Culture
Remembering Genghis Khan’s World Conquest
Mongolian children jockeys compete in a horse racing competition during the Naadam Festival in Khui Doloon Khudag, on the outskirts of Ulan Bator, Mongolia Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Mongolians celebrate the anniversary of Genghis Khan’s march to the world conquest with the annual sporting festival featuring traditional Mongolian events such…
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Palestinian Girls Read Koran In Summer Camp
Palestinian girls read verses from the Quran, Islam’s holy book, at a mosque as part of their activities in a summer camp dedicated to the preservation of the Quran in Gaza City, Tuesday, July 10, 2012. About 13,000 students, both male and female participate in similar summer camps throughout Gaza…
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on Jul 10: University hospitals of Nagoya, Seoul to start exchange program Top news in <Kyodo News>: University hospitals of Nagoya, Seoul to start exchange program Nagoya University Hospital will conclude an agreement with Seoul National University Hospital possibly in mid-July to start an exchange program between their nurses and other staff with the aim of improving their medical skills, hospital officials…
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South Asia
Pakistanis Oppose To Reopen Supply Route For U.S.
Pakistani anti-US and NATO protesters demonstrate in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, July 9, 2012. Thousands of Islamists streamed toward Pakistan’s capital in a massive convoy of vehicles Sunday to protest the government’s decision to allow the U.S. and other NATO countries to resume shipping troop supplies through the country to Afghanistan.…
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South Sudan Celebrates Its Founding Anniversary
A man holds South Sudanese flags as he prepares to dance at the country’s anniversary celebrations, at the John Garang mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan, Monday, July 9, 2012. The world’s newest nation, South Sudan, is celebrating its first birthday and while the largest achievement over the last year was…
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