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East Asia
Dali’s Masterworks in Taiwan
A girl watches Salvador Dali’s work “Adam and Eve” in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, June 15, 2012. One hundred works of Spain surrealism artist Salvador Dali would be shown on an exhibition here since June 16. <Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng> news@theasian.asia
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Dairy giant exposed over mercury in baby formula
BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua) — China’s consumer quality regulator on Thursday said it has found an “unusual amount” of mercury in baby formula produced by Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., one of China’s biggest dairy companies. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said in a…
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East Asia
Chinese First Spacewoman Ready to Space Journey
This undated photo shows Liu Yang attending a training. Liu Yang, 34, is one of the three taikonauts who will be carried by the Shenzhou-9 spaceship for China’s first manned space docking mission with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space lab module. <Xinhua/Qin Xian’an> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Indians Attend Ceremony For Rio Conference
Indians participate in a ceremony at the Kari-Oca village during the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 14, 2012. The event runs through June 22, with three final days of high-profile talks among some 130 top leaders from nations around the…
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East Asia
South Korea, U.S. Ministers Stand For News Conference
U.S. Secretary of State Clinton, second from right, speaks during the joint news conference together with U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, right, South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kim Sung-hwan, second from left, and South Korean Minister of National Defense Kim Kwan-jin, after the U.S.-Korea ministerial dialogue 2+2 meeting in…
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East Asia
Maor news in Japan: Takahashi, last Aum fugitive, arrested Top news in <Japan Times>: Takahashi, last Aum fugitive, arrested Police arrested Katsuya Takahashi, the last remaining fugitive of the former Aum Shinrikyo cult wanted in connection with the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, police sources said Friday. The Friday morning arrest of Takahashi, 54, came…
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East Asia
Major news in China: China to launch Shenzhou IX spacecraft Saturday Top news in <China Daily>: China to launch Shenzhou IX spacecraft Saturday JIUQUAN, Gansu – The Shenzhou IX manned spacecraft will be launched at 6:37 pm Saturday, according to a decision made by China’s manned space docking program headquarters. Three astronauts, two male and one female, will board China’s fourth…
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Myanmar gov’t vows to ensure safe return of refugees to home villages
SITTWAY, MYANMAR June 15 (Xinhua) — Myanmar government has vowed to bring security back to riot-hit villages scattered in western ethnic Rakhine state to ensure the safe return of local villagers who fled the riot and sought shelter in refugee camps. In an inspection tour to Maungtaw Thursday, which was…
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East Asia
Japanese police detain final fugitive in Tokyo gas attack
TOKYO, June 15 (Xinhua) — Police in Tokyo detained the final fugitive behind a deadly sarin gas attack on Tokyo’s subway about 17 years ago, local media reported on Friday. Katsuya Takahashi, 54, has been on Japan’s most wanted list for his suspected involvement in the Aum Shinrikyo cult’s lethal…
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Nike’s Turbospeed Suit For US Track & Field Team
This product illustration released by Nike shows a Turbospeed suit, the official apparel for the USA Track & Field team for the London Summer Olympics. U.S. Olympic track and field athletes will wear the uniforms at the London Olympics that Nike says could shave up to 0.023 seconds off 100-meter…
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