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South East Asia
Exhibition Of Housing Materials In Ho Chi Minh City
Visitors stroll around the International Exhibition of Construction, Building Materials, Housing and Interior Decoration in southern Ho Chi Minh City, some 1,130 km south of capital Hanoi, in Vietnam, July 5, 2012. <Xinhua/Dinh Tung> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Rose Petals On Sale At Festival In Karachi
A vender sells rose petals during Shab-e-Barat Festival in Karachi, Pakistan, on July 5, 2012. <Xinhua/Masroor> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Job Fair For Prison Inmates In China
Prisoners look at job information at a job fair in a prison in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, July 5, 2012. Yinchuan prison on Thursday organized a job fair for prisoners who are going to be released after serving the full term of the sentence. <Xinhua/Wang…
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South Asia
Gas Explosion Near Kabul Leaves 90 Casualties
People who were wounded during Wednesday’s propane gas reservoir explosion receive medical treatment in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 5, 2012. A gas reservoir explosion which broke out in Pul-e-Charkhi industrial park east of Kabul late Wednesday has killed eight and injured 83, a health official said Thursday. <Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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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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