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East Asia
Oil indicator adjusted in accrodance with price hike at a gas staion in Anhui, China
A staff member adjusts an oil price indicator at a gas station in Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui Province, on Feb. 25, 2013. The benchmark retail price of gasoline will be lifted by 0.22 yuan per liter and diesel by 0.25 yuan per liter, the National Development and Reform…
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South Asia
Light the Lamp: Inspiration from Tagore and Han Yong-Un
Joint Project between the Northeast Asian History Foundation and The AsiaN *Editor’s Note: Security in East Asia is swaying in a rough sea. North Korea’s nuclear crisis has been highly elated amid existing territorial disputes and deep-rooted conflicts between nations in the region. South Korea, China and Japan, the countries…
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West Asia
Egypt runs adrift under amateur president
*Artist Essam Azouz, an Egyptian, has more than thirty years of practical experience in the field of fine arts, painting, drawing and graphic design. He also has great experience in publishing, set design for theater, graphic illustration in modern art, and book cover design. He worked for many years in…
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East Asia
Herdsmen decorate a goat to celebrate livestock festival in Chifeng, Mongolia
Herdsmen decorate a goat in celebration of the traditional livestock prosperity festival at Hexigten Banner in Chifeng, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Feb. 21, 2013. The festival is a special day typically held around the Spring Festival, on which nomadic Mongolians celebrates the “new year” for their livestocks herds.…
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South East Asia
U.S. and Myanmar sign an agreement to cooperate in fighting narcotics
In this Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 photo, U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar Derek Michell, left, and Myanmar Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin sign an agreement in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Myanmar and the United States took another step toward closer relations with the agreement Thursday to resume cooperation in fighting narcotics after nearly…
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South Asia
Bomb blasts at a shopping area in Hyderabad, India, leave 12 dead
Indian policemen guard a shopping arcade, damaged in one of the two bomb blasts, in Hyderabad, India, early Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. A pair of bombs exploded Thursday evening in a crowded shopping area in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, killing at least 12 people and wounding scores of…
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South Asia
A candle vigil held for 87 victims killed in bombing attack in Quetta, Pakistan
Pakistani Shiite Muslims hold candles during a vigil for the 87 victims killed in a massive bombing last weekend in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta on Feb. 21, 2013. <Xinhua/Stringer>
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East Asia
Abe arrives at Andrews Air Force Base for summit talks with Obama
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. The Japanese prime minister will meet with President Barack Obama on Friday. <AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta>
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South East Asia
Multinational military drill “Cobra Gold” held in Sukhothai, Thailand
Two MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircrafts is seen during the Cobra Gold exercise in Sukhothai, Thailand, Feb. 21, 2013. The 11-day multinational military exercise ended on Thursday. An estimated 13,000 servicemen from seven countries were participating in the Cobra Gold exercise, including those from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, the…
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East Asia
Putin talks with former Japanese PM Mori visiting Moscow as Abe’s envoy
Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) meets with former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (2nd L) who is Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s special envoy in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 21, 2013. They discussed issues on bilateral relationships. Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori who…
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