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West Asia
Free Syrian Fighters Take A Break In Lull Of Combat
Free Syrian Army fighters swim in a pool on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Free Syrian Army fighters sit in a house on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. On Tuesday, Syrian forces pelted the eastern city of Deir el-Zour with mortars as anti-government…
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South Asia
Young Laborers On World Day Against Child Labor
A young Indian bonded child laborer rests his head in his hands after being rescued during a raid by workers from Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or Save the Childhood Movement, at a garment factory in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Raids on factories in the Indian capital revealed dozens…
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South East Asia
Unbelievable Scene Of Cloud Taken By Cellphone
Photo taken on June 12, 2012 by cellphone shows scroll-like cloud on the sky in Kota Kinabalu of Malaysia. <Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in China on Jun 13: The thousand-year-old Tibetan paper
Top news in <Peoples Daily>: The thousand-year-old Tibetan paper More than 1,300 years ago, when the Princess Wencheng of Tang Dynasty went to Tibet to get married, she also brought the papermaking technology from the central plain area to this plateau. After years of study, innovation and inheritance, the Tibetan…
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on Jun 13: Japan to develop drones to monitor radiation
Top news in <Japan Today>: Japan to develop drones to monitor radiation TOKYO — Japan’s nuclear energy authority and the country’s space agency Tuesday announced a joint project to develop a drone to measure radioactivity in the environment after last year’s nuclear disaster. Japan has been forced to invent or…
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Central Asia
Major news in Kazakhstan on Jun 13 : We have no control over ecological situation at Caspian Sea
Top news in <TENGRI NEWS> : We have no control over ecological situation at Caspian Sea Kazakhstan Environmental Protection Minister talked about lack of control over the ecological situation at the Caspian Sea, Tengrinews.kz reports. “We don’t have a serious scientific base for research of the Caspian Sea. We are…
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South East Asia
Major news in Burma on June 13 : Strikes end at five factories in Yangon
Top news in <The Myanmar Times> : Strikes end at five factories in Yangon A MONTH-LONG strike at Hi-Mo wig factory in Yangon ended on June 5 after the South Korean owner agreed to comply with the demands of the workers, with the same round of negotiations also resulting in…
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South Asia
Major news in Nepal on Jun 13 : More than 70 feared dead in Afghan quakes
Top news in <The Himalayan Times> : More than 70 feared dead in Afghan quakes AFP/KABUL: More than 70 people, most women and children, are feared dead after a landslide triggered by a double earthquake engulfed their Afghan village, officials said on Tuesday. Two shallow quakes less than half an…
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West Asia
Major news in Saudi Arabia on June 13: King Abdullah, King Hamad discuss cooperation
Top news in <Saudi Gazette> : King Abdullah, King Hamad discuss cooperation King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain discuss aspects of cooperation between the two countries during a meeting in Jeddah Monday. The two leaders also reviewed the Gulf Cooperation Council…
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West Asia
Major news in Lebanon on June 13: “Syria in state of civil war”: UN
Top news in <The Daily Star> : Syria in state of civil war: U.N. After months of cautiously avoiding the term, a senior U.N. official Tuesday became the first to characterize Syria as in a state of civil war. The admission came as U.N. observers reported they were fired upon as they…
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