• East Asia

    The great monk Cho Oh-hyun’s poems published in Arabic

    When his poems become our world A good line of verse could bring you amusement for a day. An inspiring poem would then tune your mood for a month. An excellent volume of poetry might set you in heaven for a year. And if you meet a man who lives…

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  • East Asia

    Chairman Yu meets President of Cambodian Royalist Party Rasmey

    Yu Zhengsheng (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, meets with Norodom Arun Rasmey, president of Cambodian royalist party Funcinpec, in Beijing, capital of China, April 17, 2013. <Xinhua/Pang Xinglei>

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  • East Asia

    A N. Korean policeman directs traffic as screen shows rockets firing

    A traffic policeman directs cars while video on a screen shows rockets being fired at dusk in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. <AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan>

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  • Yunus given honorable US Medal

    The microfinance pioneer and Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award of the United States, in recognition of his efforts toward combating global poverty, a Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star reports. House Speaker John Boehner presented Yunus with the Congressional Gold Medal to…

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  • South East Asia

    An Indonesian sews his mouth in hunger strike against rising fuel costs

    A college student sews his mouth as he participates in a hunger strike against rising fuel costs in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 17, 2013. The Indonesian government would possibly increase price of subsidized fuel should the energy and mineral resources ministry fail to control consumption of the fuel in two key…

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  • The Politics of TPP: Target China

    Editor’s note: The US is touting the Trans-Pacific Partnership(TTP), a proposed trade agreement linking Asian and American economies, as a way to foster greater economic integration and propel growth for members. Some analysts argue that it is clearly targeted at a rising China, while others say it does not exclude…

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  • Is TTP aimed at thwarting China?

    Editor’s note: The US is touting the Trans-Pacific Partnership(TTP), a proposed trade agreement linking Asian and American economies, as a way to foster greater economic integration and propel growth for members. Some analysts argue that it is clearly targeted at a rising China, while others say it does not exclude…

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  • West Asia

    Former Egyptian President Murabak to be sent back to Prison Hospital

    A supporter of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sits during a protest outside the Maadi Military Hospital in Cairo, Egypt, April 17, 2013. Egypt’s prosecution ordered Wednesday to discharge former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from Maadi Military Hospital and send him back to Tora Prison Hospital, official Al-Ahram news website…

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  • East Asia

    Chinese police set up evacuation site after 5.0-magnitude earthquake

    Members of local armed police forest corps prepare to set up more tents at an evacuation site at Liantie Township in Eryuan County of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province , April 17, 2013. Nine people have been slightly injured after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Dali Wednesday morning,…

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  • West Asia

    Syrian President Assad accuses West of interference on national TV

    In this image from video broadcast on Syrian state television Wednesday, April 17, 2013, President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview. Syria’s president accused the West on Wednesday of backing al-Qaida in his country’s civil war, warning it will pay a price “in the heart” of Europe and the United…

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