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Education
Graduation Season in Philippines
QUEZONE CITY — High School graduates march on a graduation ceremony at Batasan Hills National High School in Quezon City, the Philippines, on March 29, 2012. According to the Philippine Department of Education, a total of 1,817,549 elementary school students are scheduled to graduate this year, and public high schools…
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“I have Two More Legs on My Back”
Six-legged calf “Lilli” stands on the pasture next to its owner Andreas Knutti, in Weissenburg, Switzerland, Thursday, March 29, 2012. The calf was born seven weeks ago with two additional legs on its back. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
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Business
Spanish Workers Vent Their Anger Out on Street
A demonstrator walks during the general strike in Barcelona, Thursday, March 29, 2012 as trash burns in the street. Spanish unions angry over economic reforms are waging a general strike, challenging a conservative government not yet 100 days old and joining other troubled European workers in venting their frustration on…
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East Asia
Tibetans in Deep Sorrow Over Death of Yeshi
NEW DELHI, India — An elderly Tibetan exile cries after viewing the body of Tibetan Jamphel Yeshi, 27, laid at a hospital morgue in New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 29, 2012. Yeshi, who burned himself alive on the eve of a visit by China’s president, left behind a letter that…
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‘Watering of Girls’ as Easter Celebration
HOLLOKO, Hungary — Men pour water at a girl as part of traditional Easter celebrations, during a media presentation in Holloko, 100 km northeast of Budapest, Hungary, on March 28, 2012. Holloko, which was inscribed upon the World Heritage List, will celebrate Easter next weekend with the traditional “watering of…
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Who Could Endure This Much Deformation?
This combination of two undated photos provided by the family shows on the left, Fakhra Younus, some time after an acid attack twelve years ago, allegedly carried out by her then-husband, an ex-lawmaker and son of a political powerhouse; and on the right, Younus sometime before the attack. Younus, who…
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West Asia
Major news in Jordan on March 29 2012 Top news in <Ammon News>: 12 students expelled from Mutah over brawl news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Yemen on March 29 2012 Top news in <Saba News>: Yemen requests to extradite detainees in Iraqi jails news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Major news in Bangladesh on March 29 2012 Top news in <Daily Star>: Dhaka in disorder news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Major news in Malaysia on March 29 2012 Top news in <New Straits Times>: PM wants greater links news@theasian.asia
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