• South Asia

    Four Small Bombs Blasted In Pune, India

    In this picture taken Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, an Indian police officer lays on the ground as he carefully examines evidence at the site of one of four small blasts in the city of Pune, India. India’s home minister says four small explosions took place in the western Indian city…

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  • South Asia

    A Pakistani Crew Returns Home After Captivity By Somali Pirates

    Relatives hug a released Pakistani crew member of a Malaysia-owned ship seized by the Somali pirates, upon his arrival in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, on Aug. 2, 2012. The seven Pakistani crew members aboard MV Albedo, who had been held hostage by Somali pirates from November 2010, returned…

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  • East Asia

    Kim Jong-un Poses With Chinese Delegation

    Top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un (6th R) poses for a group photo with a Chinese delegation led by Wang Jiarui (6th L), head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, in Pyongyang, DPRK, Aug. 2, 2012.…

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  • East Asia

    Hainan Fishermen Restart Fishing After Moratorium

    Fishermen return in a boat full of fish at Tanmengang wharf in Qionghai, south China’s Hainan Province, Aug. 2, 2012. Fishermen in Hainan restarted fish catching as soon as the moratorium, which lasted from May 16 to August 1, ended on Wednesday. <Xinhua/Meng Zhongde> news@theasian.asia

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  • West Asia

    Ban Announces Annan’s Resignation As UN Envoy

    Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon (R) and Kofi Anna meet the media after a Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, in this file photo taken on June 7, 2012. Ban Ki-moon announced on Aug. 2, 2012 the resignation of the U.N.-Arab…

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  • South East Asia

    Malaysia : The Royal Visit

    Major News of <New Strait Times> : The Royal Visit The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be visiting Malaysia from 13 to 15 September to celebrate The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. While here, the royal couple will have an audience with the Yang Di Pertuan Agong and meet Prime Minister Datuk…

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  • East Asia

    Perayaan Tahta Kerajaan Maroko Diselenggarakan Di Seoul

    Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Saat ini sedang bermagang di The Asian. Berikut adalah salah satu berita yang dapat anda akses di situs The AsiaN. Sebuah resepsi menandai perayaan hari pentahtaan Kerajaan Maroko pada 30 Juli, diadakan di Lotte hotel, Seoul, Korea. Dalam pidatonya, Duta Besar Maroko untuk Korea,…

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  • West Asia

    Assad Defies U.N. Resolution To Resign

    FILE – This June 3, 2012 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech at the parliament in Damascus, Syria. Arab countries on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 pushed ahead with a symbolic U.N. General Assembly resolution that tells Assad to resign…

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  • West Asia

    Ukranians Evacuate From Syrian Civil War

    Women and their children look out of the window in a Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry’s bus after arriving at Kiev’s Boryspil airport from Syria late Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. A Ukrainian military plane evacuated 199 people, including 177 Ukrainians, 15 Poles and seven Syrians due to the intensifying civil war…

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  • East Asia

    South Korean Weightlifter Stopped By Injury

    Sa Jaehyouk of South Korea is helped after being hurt during the men’s 77kg weightlifting event at London 2012 Olympic Games, London, Britain, Aug. 1, 2012. Sa Jaehyouk did not finish the match. <Xinhua/Chen Xiaowei> news@thesian.asia

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