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East Asia
Xi Jinping Meets With Leaders Of Chinese Commerce And Industry Circles
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, and Yu Zhengsheng, a Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of CPC, meet the new leaderships of China’s eight non-communist parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC) on Dec.…
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West Asia
Head Of Egyptian Election Committee Announces Approval Of New Constitution
Head of Egyptian Supreme Elections Commission, Samir Ahmed Aboul-Maaty (C), speaks at a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 25, 2012. Samir Ahmed Aboul-Maaty announced Tuesday evening that the newly-written draft constitution was approved by 63.8 percent of votes in referendum. <Xinhua>
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East Asia
Beijing-Guangzhou High-Speed Railway Put Into Operation
A stewardess wait to serve passengers in high-speed train G502 at the Changsha South Railway Station in Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province, Dec. 26, 2012. The Changsha South Railway Station is one of the stops of the 2,298-kilometer Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, the world’s longest, which was put into…
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South Asia
Pakistani Christians Attend Christmas Mass In Rawalpindi
Pakistani Christians pray during a Christmas Mass in Rawalpindi, adjacent city of Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Dec. 25, 2012. <Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal>
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West Asia
Gulf Cooperation Council Summit Closes In Manama, Bahrain
Leaders from Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) member states attend the closing ceremony for the 33rd GCC Summit in Manama, Dec. 25, 2012. GCC leaders on Tuesday stressed the importance to move toward a Gulf Union and the development of a “common defense system” to deal with any threats in the…
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Gov’t plans to enforce media policy at wrong time
Asia Journalist Association, Nepal, (AJA Nepal) is dismayed to learn that Nepal Government was planning to enforce the media policy-2012 drafted last January. It is a wrong time to implement the media policy because there is neither parliament nor political consensus in the country. The national politics is all in…
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South East Asia
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Pendapat Ahli Mengenai Pemilihan Umum Presiden Korea Selatan
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Sebuah panel yang terdiri dari para ahli asing dari Amerika Serikat, China dan Jepang, meninjau pemilihan presiden Korea Selatan pada 19 Desember mendatang. Park Geun-hye dari Partai berkuasa Saenuri dan Moon Jae-in dari Partai oposisi utama, Persatuan Demokrat (DUP) memiliki kebijakan serupa, menurut para…
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East Asia
Finishing Touches Underway To Open Harbin Ice And Snow World Next Week
Photo taken on Dec. 23, 2012 shows the night scene of the Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. The 14th Harbin Ice and Snow World will open to the public on Jan. 5, 2013. Photo taken on Dec. 23, 2012 shows the scene…
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South East Asia
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Sekolah Untuk Para Ayah di Korea Selatan
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Beberapa tahun lalu, Oh Jung-Hun mendaftar di sekolah untuk ayah yang dijalankan oleh sebuah lembaga nirlaba, yang mengeluarkan sertifikat kehormatan setelah menyelesaikan kursus. Oh mendaftar sebab saat itu dia seang menghadapi berbagai permasalahan menghadapi anaknya yang mencapai usia remaja. “Bahkan, saya selalu mengatakan kepada…
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East Asia
Books about president-elect popular
Books about President-elect Park Geun-hye have come into the limelight, following her Dec. 19 victory, after being overshadowed by those of her former rivals Moon Jae-in and Ahn Cheol-soo. According to officials from online book store Yes24, her autobiography “Despair Trains Me and Hope Moves Me” saw the biggest increase…
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