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East Asia
Major news in Japan on May 24
Top news in <Kyodo News> : Olympics: Tokyo makes it onto shortlist in bid for 2020 Summer Games news@theasian.asia
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Central Asia
Major news in Uzbekistan on May 24
Top news in <Uzbekistan National News Agency> : Preparations for the Second International Film Forum Golden Cheetah news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Major news in Malaysia on May 24
Top news in <New Straits Times> : Phillip Phillips wins ’American Idol’ news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Major news in Bangladesh on May 24
Top news in <The Daily Star> : 22 pro-BNP lawyers apply for bail news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Yemen Times on May 24
Top news in <Yemen Times> : Yemen: Coasts without Protection news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Jordan on May 24
Top news in <The Jordan Times> : Deputies donate 15% of salaries to Treasury news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Here Comes Purehearted Monks
Shaven-headed young boys in line bow before the Dongjasung (little monk) soccer match held to celebrate Buddha’s upcoming birthday at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. They are the children who entered the temple to have an experience of monks’ life for three weeks, called Little…
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South East Asia
Major News in Philippines on May 23: Pacquiao needs impressive victory vs. Bradley
Top news in <Manila Times>: Pacquiao needs impressive victory vs. Bradley news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
[China Now] China starts to have interest in comfort women
A Chinese internet media Sohu Cyber (www.sohu.com) reported about an elderly Korean woman living at Kangmiao district, Angui province in central China, for more than 50 years. She was learned to have forcibly brought to China as a comfort woman by Japanese imperial army during the World War II, it said. According to the media, she…
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East Asia
Skytree In Tokyo Opens To Public
Visitors wait in front of the entrance of the Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. The world’s tallest tower and Japan’s biggest new landmark opened to the public on Tuesday. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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