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South East Asia
Major news in Vietnam on June 20: VN, Laos work on admin reform
Top news in <vietnam+>: VN, Laos work on admin reform Vietnam and Laos need to step up information and experience exchange in administrative reform and wage policy as they are common concerns of the two home affairs ministries, said President Truong Tan Sang. Sang’s remark was made at his…
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South East Asia
Major news in Thailand on June 20: Canadian sisters to be autopsied in Bangkok
Top news in <The Nation>: Canadian sisters to be autopsied in Bangkok Audrey and Noemi Belanger were found dead at the Palm Residence Hotel last Friday. Both were in their 20s. The autopsies will be conducted at Ramathibodi Hospital as per a request by the Canadian Embassy. Institute of Forensic…
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West Asia
Major news in Saudi Arabia on June 20: Egyptian ex-president Mubarak Clinically Dead
Top news in <Arab News>: Egyptian ex-president Mubarak on life support Hosni Mubarak was on life support in hospital on Wednesday, Egyptian military officials said, denying a report that the ousted president was clinically dead. Earlier the state news agency, amid high tension over the election of a new…
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West Asia
Major news in Lebanon on June 20: Mubarak’s final chapter
Top news in <The Daily Star>: Mubarak’s final chapter Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak was being kept alive by life support after he was rushed from prison to a military one in a rapidly worsening condition, officials said. The 84-year-old ousted leader’s health crisis added a new element of uncertainty just as…
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on Jun 19: Okinawa governor opposes Osprey deployment
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Okinawa governor opposes Osprey deployment Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on Tuesday urged the Japanese government to stop the planned deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma Air Station following recent crashes abroad. Nakaima told Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba and Defense Minister…
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East Asia
Major news in China on Jun 19: Mysterious shiners seen after the Shenzhuo-9 launch
Top news in <People Daily>: Mysterious shiners seen after the Shenzhuo-9 launch About 4 minutes and 11 seconds after the Shenzhuo-9 manned spacecraft blasted off, infrared imaging equipment photographed two shining objects passing in high speed by the spacecraft. news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Moving Watermelons Out Of Flooded Field In China
Villagers transport watermelons with a self-made raft in the flooded field in Putuo District of Zhoushan City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, June 18, 2012. Torrential downpours hit the region and affected living of local residents. <Xinhua/Wu Linhong> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
New Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
In this Wednesday, May 2, 2012 photo, Prince Ahmed bin Abdul-Aziz arrives before the Interior ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council “GCC” meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Prince Ahmed was promoted from deputy interior minister to take Nayef’s place leading the ministry, which has played the front-line role in crackdowns…
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West Asia
Major news in Israel on June 19: Brotherhood claims election victory before official results
Top news in <Israel Hayom>: Brotherhood claims election victory before official results The Muslim Brotherhood declared early Monday that its candidate, Mohamed Morsi, won Egypt’s presidential election, which would be the first victory of an Islamist as head of state in the stunning wave of protests demanding democracy that swept…
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West Asia
Major news in Qatar on June 19: Condolences offered
Top news in <Gulf Times>: Condolences offered HH the Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani offered his condolences and sympathy to Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Saudi Arabia’s newly-appointed Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, on the death of Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, at Al…
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