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West Asia
Anti-Assad Protests Spread To Jordan
A Syrian girl lifts the center of a giant revolutionary flag during a protest against Bashar Assad, in front the Syrian embassy in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, July 5, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Major news in Singapore on July 6 : More couples got married last year, divorces also up
Major news in < Straits Times> : More couples got married last year, divorces also up More couples got hitched last year, even as the trend of divorce continue to inch upwards in 2011. The figures on divorces and marriages in 2011 were released on Thursday morning by the Department…
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East Asia
A Plague of Locusts Devastate Chinese Fields
Locusts eat crops in a field in Longtang Village of Bairuopu Township in Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province, July 4, 2012. A plague of locusts has been infesting bamboo groves, crop fields, vegetable plantations and building roofs across Bairuopu Township due to the continuous heat recently. <Xinhua/Long Hongtao>…
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West Asia
Major news in Jordan on July 5: 61 per cent of Jordanian households have computers
Major news in <The Jordan Times>: 61 per cent of Jordanian households have computers Around 61 per cent of Jordanian households have personal computers (PCs) or laptops, with 35 per cent of them connected to the Internet, a study showed Wednesday. The survey, conducted by the Department of Statistics and…
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South East Asia
Major news in Malaysia on July 5: “Taxi drivers are our image ambassadors”
Major news in <New Straits Times> : Taxi drivers are our image ambassadors: Najib PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today hailed taxi drivers as an important group that can portray a good image of the country. He said they could form in the public, particularly foreign tourists,…
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South East Asia
Kinetic Art Decoration In Singapore Changi Airport
People admire a giant kinetic structure at the Changi International Airport on Wednesday July 4, 2012 in Singapore. Claiming to be the world’s largest kinetic art installation, “Kinetic Rain” designed and built by a German team is made up of 1, 216 bronze droplets that transforms into multiple shapes through…
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East Asia
Cave-in Engulfs Car, Killing One Person In China
Photo taken on July 5, 2012 shows a collapse site in Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province. A section of Xiangjiang Road running near Xiangjiang River in Changsha caved in early Thursday, engulfing a passing vehicle and killing at least one person aboard. The cave-in, near the Poly International…
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East Asia
China-te bird flu-r udrek
Namaskar, ami Sudhanya Ghosh, karmomukhi shikhsharthi, AJA, Asia Journalist Association. Uttar-paschim chiner Xinjiang Uygur namok swashashito ancholer poultry gulite pher Bird flu-r udrek hoyeche bole sombar krishi montraloyer torofe janano hoyeche.Akhono porjonto 1600 murgir mrityu ebong 5,500 murgi akranto hoyeche bole jana gache.Flu choriye pora rukhte sthanio kortripokhho elakatir shudhdhikoron…
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East Asia
Bideshira aro shokto aporadh mulok o swastha porikshar mukhomukhi
Namaskar, amiSudhanyaGhosh, karmamukhishiksharthi, AJA, Asia Journalist Association. Dakhshin korea sarkar bideshi kormocharider deshe probesh korar niomabolike aro dhriro korar shidhdhanto niyechen. korear bhibashan porisheba(KIS) theke sthir kora hoyeche j somosto swalpo daksha karmochari, nabik ebong alpo diner jonno nijukto karmocharider tader swasth oebong aporadh sonkranto somosto khoborakhobor janate hobe agami…
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South East Asia
Major news in Philippines : 661 Manholes ‘Missing’
Top news in <Manila Bulletin> : 661 Manholes ‘Missing’ MMDA Says They’re Partly Blamed For Flash Floods MANILA, Philippines — Flash floods, like the ones that happened on Tuesday, were blamed partly on 661 manholes and drainage inlets, which have been plugged by private contractors of the Department of Public Works…
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