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South East Asia
Melody, Myanmar Actress, Delighted Upon Receiving Best Actress Award
Winners of the Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards pose for a photo after the ceremony at Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. From left Myint Saung & Soe Kyaw San, winner of best screen-play award, Mose, winner of best supporting actor award, Hein Htet, best film editing…
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West Asia
Oil Tanker Supplying Fuel For Coalition Forces Gets Fire In Nangarhan, Afghanistan
A firefighter works at the site where NATO oil tankers were burnt in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Dec. 30, 2012. At least one person was killed when 11 oil trucks supplying fuel for the NATO-led coalition forces caught fire following a blast in Nangarhar on Sunday evening.…
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South Asia
Indians Light Candles To Mourn Death Of Gang Rape Victim In New Delhi
Indians light candles to mourn the death of the 23-year-old gang rape victim during a rally in New Delhi, India, Dec. 30, 2012. The body of the victim was cremated in New Delhi Sunday morning, hours after it was flown from Singapore, said an Indian Home Ministry spokesman. Indian children…
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South East Asia
AJA announces Suu Kyi, Pakistani activist as Asians of 2012
The Asia Journalist Association (AJA) has selected Aung San Suu Kyi and Malala Yousafzai as its Asians of 2012. In a Friday press release, the Seoul-based association wrote, “The two female winners are proof that the new era demands female leadership.” Suu Kyi is well known for being a decades-long…
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China’s communist party organ selects top 10 news stories of 2012
HONG KONG (Yonhap) — China’s communist party organ People’s Daily said Saturday it has selected the top 10 news stories of 2012, ranking the country’s strengthening of its claim to territorial waters as No. 1 on the list. The Chinese state-run newspaper said in an editorial that this year’s most…
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East Asia
Seoul recovers possible engine debris from NK rocket
Seoul has recovered what is believed to be a portion of the engine from North Korea’s multistage rocket launched earlier his month, officials said Friday, in what could provide clues on Pyongyang’s development in the field. The object was recovered some 160 kilometers off the coast of Gunsan, Jeolla Province,…
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East Asia
Skirt on inaugural day
President-elect Park Geun-hye will take office on Feb. 25, and fashion experts have come forth with suggestions on how to navigate the complex relationship between power and clothes. The president-elect, with her power suits and coiffed hair, portrays an image of veteran politician with aplomb in the male-dominated political arena.…
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East Asia
Lacquerware, Once On Verge Of Extinction, Revived As A Big Industry In Fuzhou, China
Craftsman Pan Huiming works on plaster vase moulds in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China’s Fujian Province, Dec. 27, 2012. Invented by Shen Shao’an in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the Fuzhou bodiless lacquerware is a traditional Chinese handicraft which is on the verge of extinction. It was listed as a state…
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South Asia
Hindu Devotees Prepare For Month-Long Mahakumbh Festival At Sangam, India
In this photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, supporters of a Hindu holy man prepare food for free distribution during the preparations for the month-long Mahakumbh festival at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna in Allahabad, India. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to arrive here in January…
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East Asia
Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair To Open On Jan. 7 At Convention And Exhibition Center
An exhibitor manipulates a tank model via a smartphone’s software during the press conference of Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair in south China’s Hong Kong, Dec. 27, 2012. The fair will open to the public at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center from January 7 to 10, 2013. An…
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