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East Asia
Chinese First Spacewoman Ready to Space Journey
This undated photo shows Liu Yang attending a training. Liu Yang, 34, is one of the three taikonauts who will be carried by the Shenzhou-9 spaceship for China’s first manned space docking mission with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space lab module. <Xinhua/Qin Xian’an> news@theasian.asia
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Han’s attitude decides fate of tenants in KOEX Mall
It is wondering how Han Duck-soo, chairman of the Korean Traders Associataion (KTA), would feel about the protests being waged by some 200 tenants of the shops in the KOEX Shopping Mall under the wing of the KTA. The tenants claimed that they had been unilaterally informed by KOEX Mall of the termination of their lease…
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South Asia
Indians Attend Ceremony For Rio Conference
Indians participate in a ceremony at the Kari-Oca village during the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 14, 2012. The event runs through June 22, with three final days of high-profile talks among some 130 top leaders from nations around the…
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East Asia
South Korea, U.S. Ministers Stand For News Conference
U.S. Secretary of State Clinton, second from right, speaks during the joint news conference together with U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, right, South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kim Sung-hwan, second from left, and South Korean Minister of National Defense Kim Kwan-jin, after the U.S.-Korea ministerial dialogue 2+2 meeting in…
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East Asia
Maor news in Japan: Takahashi, last Aum fugitive, arrested
Top news in <Japan Times>: Takahashi, last Aum fugitive, arrested Police arrested Katsuya Takahashi, the last remaining fugitive of the former Aum Shinrikyo cult wanted in connection with the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, police sources said Friday. The Friday morning arrest of Takahashi, 54, came…
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East Asia
Major news in China: China to launch Shenzhou IX spacecraft Saturday
Top news in <China Daily>: China to launch Shenzhou IX spacecraft Saturday JIUQUAN, Gansu – The Shenzhou IX manned spacecraft will be launched at 6:37 pm Saturday, according to a decision made by China’s manned space docking program headquarters. Three astronauts, two male and one female, will board China’s fourth…
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Central Asia
Major news in Afghanistan: Deaths, Which Could be Avoided!
Top news in <Outlook Afghanistan> : Deaths, Which Could be Avoided! Afghanistan is one of the countries that have been facing the destructions of wars and conflicts for some decades now. With the horrors of wars, there are many other issues as well that have been annoying the Afghan people…
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East Asia
Japanese police detain final fugitive in Tokyo gas attack
TOKYO, June 15 (Xinhua) — Police in Tokyo detained the final fugitive behind a deadly sarin gas attack on Tokyo’s subway about 17 years ago, local media reported on Friday. Katsuya Takahashi, 54, has been on Japan’s most wanted list for his suspected involvement in the Aum Shinrikyo cult’s lethal…
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West Asia
Major news in Syria: Twenty-Two Army, Law-enforcement and Civilian Martyrs Laid to Rest
Top news in <Syria Arab News Agency>: Twenty-Two Army, Law-enforcement and Civilian Martyrs Laid to Rest On the music of the ‘Martyr’ and the ‘Farewell’, the bodies of 22 martyrs from the army, law enforcement forces and civilians on Thursday were escorted from the military hospitals of Tishreen in Damascus,…
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West Asia
Major news in UAE: Indian hangs himself after getting job termination letter in UAE
Top news in <Emirates 24/7>: Indian hangs himself after getting job termination letter in UAE One more Indian has committed suicide in the UAE, raising the number of people who ended their lives due to psychological and financial problems. Shyam Kumar, 47 from Kallampalam near Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, allegedly ended his…
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