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West Asia
Major news in Qatar on July 3: Arabs urge Syria opposition to unite
Major news in <The Peninsula>: Arabs urge Syria opposition to unite Qatar with other Arab states and Turkey urged Syria’s divided opposition yesterday to unite and form a credible alternative to the government of President Bashar Al Assad, but rifts swiftly emerged at talks in Cairo. Addressing the conference of…
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West Asia
Major news in Israel on July 3: Israel has low expectations for talks between Iran, P5+1
Major news in <The Jerusalem Post>: Israel has low expectations for talks between Iran, P5+1 Gov’t sees little hope in upcoming low-level talks, which aim to see if there is reason to convene another full meeting. Israel has almost no expectations that low-level technical talks between Iran and world powers…
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South East Asia
Major news in Viet Nam on July 3 : Deputy PM seeks greater Japan trade
Major news in <Vietnam News> : Deputy PM seeks greater Japan trade Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda yesterday in Tokyo. — VNA Photo TOKYO – Despite the fact that bilateral trade between Viet Nam and Japan reached US$21 billion in 2011, there is still…
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West Asia
Scenes Of Funeral For Former Israeli PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) eulogizes former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir during his funeral at the Mount Hertzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, July 2, 2012. Yitzhak Shamir, Israel’s seventh prime minister, died Saturday at a nursing home near Tel Aviv at the age of 96, after long years…
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South East Asia
: Major news in Indonesia on July 2: Long Lines Plague Indonesia’s Merak Port
Major news in <Jakarta Globe> : Long Lines Plague Indonesia’s Merak Port Merek. Truck traffic came to a standstill at the typically congested road to Merak Port, in Banten, West Java, on Monday as truck drivers say in a four-kilometer-long queue for more than ten hours. Long lines have plagued the…
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East Asia
Apple To Pay $60 Mil. To Settle Dispute In China
Photo taken on July 2, 2012 shows an iPad 2 displaying the news about iPad trademark dispute in an Apple store in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province. Apple Inc. has agreed to pay 60 million U.S. dollars to Proview technology (Shenzhen) to settle the dispute over the iPad…
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South Asia
Hindu Priests Pray For Monsoon Rains In India
Indian Hindu priests perform rituals as they pray for monsoon rains at a temple in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, July 1, 2012. The monsoon rains which usually hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people. <AP Photo/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Turkey on July 2: Ankara insists Syria shot jet in int’l waters
Major news in <Hurriyet Daily News>: Ankara insists Syria shot jet in int’l waters PM Erdoğan and the military reject claims that Syria shot down a Turkish jet over Syrian waters, challenging a new report by a US daily The Wall Street Journal is engaged in biased journalism and is…
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West Asia
Major news in Iraq on July 2: Deputy premier holds talks with Azerbaijani counterparts
Major news in <Aswat al-Iraq>: Deputy premier holds talks with Azerbaijani counterparts Deputy Prime Minister Rouz Nouri Shawis discussed on Friday with his Azerbaijani counterpart ways of boosting bilateral ties, according to a statement of his office. “Shawis met the Azerbaijani official on Friday in Baku, where he takes part…
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West Asia
Dozens Killed During Funeral Procession in Syria
This image made from amateur video released by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and accessed Saturday, June 30, 2012, purports to show a Syrian helping a man near dead bodies on the ground after an explosion in Zamalka near Damascus, Syria. In the latest episode, activists said dozens of…
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