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East Asia
Major news in Japan on May 25 Top news in <NHK>: Iran nuclear talks to continue next month news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Major News in Philippines on May 23: Pacquiao needs impressive victory vs. Bradley Top news in <Manila Times>: Pacquiao needs impressive victory vs. Bradley news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Skytree In Tokyo Opens To Public
Visitors wait in front of the entrance of the Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. The world’s tallest tower and Japan’s biggest new landmark opened to the public on Tuesday. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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A Daredevil Cyclist On Skateboard Park
A cyclist rides his bike at a skateboard park, Tuesday, May 22, 2012, in Austin, Texas. Temperatures reached a high of near 90 degrees in the Austin area. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) news@theasian.asia
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Education
Spain’s Deepening Economic Crisis
A protester carries a mock pair of scissors with the words ‘Cuts for politicians and bankers’ during a demonstration against education cuts in Madrid Tuesday May 22, 2012. Teachers and students from every level of Spain’s education system went on strike Tuesday to protest wide-ranging government spending cuts. The impact…
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Politics
“NK Is On Our Palm”
This April 29, 2012 satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows what appears to be the initial stages of construction of a rocket assembly building at Musudan-ri in northeastern North Korea. The U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies says this building and a nearby launch pad under…
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Engraving smells of May flowers in heart
It was raining as if bidding farewell to the spring on the wane when I stood at the Bundang Memorial Park in Bundang, some 20 kilometers south of Seoul, on May 16. I found myself standing at the tomb-side of the late Kim Hyun-sik (1958. 1.7 – 1990. 11.1), a famous singer, on the slope of…
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Fortunate Enough To Survive Suicide Bombing
Wounded policemen are seen at a hospital following a suicide bomb attack at parade square in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May 21, 2012. Officials say Monday’s bombing near Sanaa’s presidential palace is one of the deadliest attacks in the city in months. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Ethnic Groups’ Strike in Nepal Goes Bloody
A wounded Nepalese activist of the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities is taken for treatment by a friend during a general strike in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 21, 2012. Official say protesters enforcing a general strike for the second day have clashed with local residents in parts of the Nepalese…
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IT-Science
Lengthy Address Makes Sleepy
John Fiorenzo, center, catches a brief nap during the address to the graduates at his Boston College Commencement ceremony while a classmate yawns behind him at Alumni Stadium on the university’s campus in Boston, Monday, May 21, 2012. Fellow graduates Patrick Dingham, left, and Brandan Kirby, right, watch the stadium’s…
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