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South East Asia
Lucky escape for visiting Malaysian journalists as powerful earthquake rocks Indonesia
By Nasir Yousoff Contributor to AsiaN Jakarta: It was a lucky escape for several Malaysian journalists currently on a media trip to Indonesia after they felt the tremors caused by a powerful earthquake that hit the Banten province in Java, 120 kilometers from the capital. The quake, put at…
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East Asia
No fatalities reported as multiple blasts hit Bangkok
Bangkok: A Thai government spokesperson said on Friday that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha pleaded with the public on Friday morning not to panic and ordered an immediate investigation into various bomb blasts and small fires in the capital. The police were ordered to step up security and the public…
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South Asia
15 million people infected with Hepatitis B and C in Pakistan
By Nasir Aijaza AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: An estimated 15 million people are currently infected with hepatitis B (five million) and C (10 million) in Pakistan, which has the highest therapeutic use of injection worldwide and ranked second in the prevalence of hepatitis C infection. Dr. Wasim Jafri, a…
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South East Asia
130-year old Indonesian man to perform Haj
Jeddah: An Indonesian man claiming to be 130 years old has arrived in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to perform the annual pilgrimage (Haj). Ohi Aidros Samri arrived at the King Abdulaziz International Airport in the Red Sea city of Jeddah with six members of his family. He is being hosted…
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South Asia
476 Indian Sikhs visit Pakistan to attend 550th birth anniversary of Sikh religion’s founder
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: The Pakistan government has allowed around 500 Indian Sikhs to visit Nankana Sahib to participate the celebrations of the 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion. A caravan of 476 Indian Sikh pilgrims crossed over to…
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South Asia
Monsoon rains: 17 people die, hundreds of houses damaged in Pakistan’s Sindh province
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: As the sporadic but heavy monsoon rains continued in most parts of Pakistan on Tuesday, the second day, at least 17 people have reportedly died in rain-related incidents, mostly due to electrocution, and scores of houses have been damaged across southern Sindh province…
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South Asia
17 killed in a Pakistan Army aircraft crash
Islamabad: on Tuesday, at least 17 people, including five military personnel, lost their lives when a plane of Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near a populated area in Rawalpindi, the twin city of Islamabad. According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the aircraft was on a routine training flight when it…
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West Asia
Sanctions are killing Iranian independent cinema
Tehran: The president of the United States says that one of the reasons for imposing new sanctions on Iran is helping to free the Iranian people. Those who do not agree with imposing economic sanctions on a country can when they are faced with a situation where sanctions can help…
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East Asia
China holds strong appeal to foreign investment
Statistics indicate a steady growth of the scale of foreign investment China has used. Last year, China’s actual utilization of foreign investment hit a record high. In the first half of this year, the actual utilized value of foreign investment in China rose 7.2 percent from a year ago to…
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East Asia
S. Korea, U.S. agree to discuss defense cost sharing in ‘reasonable, fair’ way
South Korea and the United States have agreed to conduct discussions in a “reasonable and fair” way on how to share the cost for the upkeep of American troops here, a foreign ministry official here said Tuesday. The two sides talked about the upcoming negotiations over Seoul’s share of the…
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