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East Asia
Cave-in Engulfs Car, Killing One Person In China
Photo taken on July 5, 2012 shows a collapse site in Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province. A section of Xiangjiang Road running near Xiangjiang River in Changsha caved in early Thursday, engulfing a passing vehicle and killing at least one person aboard. The cave-in, near the Poly International…
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Politics
Russia-Japan territorial row flares up following Medvedev’s second visit to disputed islands
MOSCOW, July 3 (Xinhua) — Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has braved both unpredictable weather and quite predictable reactions from Tokyo by visiting for the second time the disputed Southern Kuril archipelago in the Far East. Analysts here say his trip on Tuesday to Kunashir (called Kunashiri in Japan) islet…
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South East Asia
Thai Gov’t to hire water management companies
BANGKOK, July 4 (Xinhua) — Thailand’s cabinet has approved a budget of 300 billion baht (10 billion U.S. dollars) to hire Thai and foreign companies for the country’s water management and flood control projects, senior official said late Tuesday. The cabinet also approved the terms for hiring and will publicize…
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Fireworks On Independence Day Decorate U.S. Sky
Fireworks light up the sky against the backdrop of a full moon during a Fourth of July celebration in Kansas City, Kan., Tuesday, July 3, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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World
Traditional Egyptian Art Faces Extinction
A traditional artist makes a Kheyameya artwork in a workshop in Al-Kheyameya street in old Cairo, July 3, 2012. The art of weaving Alkhyamih integrates and attaches various pieces of colored cloth together to form in Islamic ornaments, floral or traditional forms. Egyptians started practising this art during the Mamluk’s…
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East Asia
Gushing Water From Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges opens its sluices for water discharge in Yichang, central China’s Hubei Province, July 3, 2012. The first flood peak in this year’s flood season arrived at the Three Gorges Dam on Tuesday, with the maximal water influx into the Three Gorges Reservoir of 42,000 cubic meters per…
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South Asia
Kids May Feel Hungrier With Empty Dishes In Front
Flood affected children wait for food at a relief camp in Sootea about 250 kilometers (156 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Tuesday, July 3, 2012. Nearly half a million people took refuge in relief camps set up in government buildings after the devastating floods killed 95 people and left 14…
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Queen Sofia Promises Aquino: Spain’ll Help Its Former Colony
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, right, smiles with Queen Sofia of Spain during a dinner in her honor at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, July 3, 2012. The queen is on her fourth visit to this former Spanish colony for talks with top Philippine officials including…
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Society
UNESCO adds 26 new sites on World Heritage List
PARIS, July 2 (Xinhua) — A total of 26 new sites have been inscribed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List this year, with Russia’s Lena Pillars Nature Park being the last to join in on Monday, the Paris-based UNESCO said in a statement. The inscriptions were approved during the 36th…
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Business
Samsung feared to face sales ban on Galaxy S3
SEOUL, July 3 (Xinhua) — Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest handset maker, was feared to face sales ban on its flagship Galaxy S3 smartphone in the United States following the ruling that blocked sales of the Galaxy Nexus model, market watchers here said Tuesday. On Apple’s request, the U.S. District…
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