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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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West Asia
Israeli Apartments Built On Palestinian Land Ordered To Remove
A view of the Jewish Ulpana enclave in the West Bank settlement of Beit El near Ramallah, is seen Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Israel’s Supreme Court has ordered five apartment buildings in the outpost to be removed by July 1 after determining they were built on private Palestinian land. Four…
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on Jun 14: China ‘exported military vehicles to North Korea’
Top news in <Yomiuri Online>: China ‘exported military vehicles to North Korea’ China exported military vehicles that could carry and launch long-range ballistic missiles to North Korea in August last year, it has been learned. The vehicles are believed to have been used to carry what appeared to be newly…
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East Asia
Major news in China on Jun 14: State Council improves food safety
Top news in <CNTV>: State Council improves food safety Country will reward people who expose substandard products The State Council laid out measures to improve food safety on Wednesday, including tighter supervision and harsher punishment for violators. “It is an onerous task for the government to ensure food safety,” as…
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South East Asia
Major news in Malaysia on June 14: Raising retirement age
Top news in <New Straits Times>: Raising retirement age WORK TILL 60: Bill covering private sector employees tabled in Parliament KUALA LUMPUR : THE government yesterday tabled a bill — Minimum Retirement Age Bill — to raise the minimum retirement age for private sector workers to 60. Tabling the bill,…
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South Asia
Major news in Bangladesh on Jun 14: Ugly face of insolence and ignorance
Top News in <Holiday> : Ugly face of insolence and ignorance The face-off between a High Court bench of the Bangladesh Supreme Court and the country’s parliament, the Jatiya Sangsad, that is being currently witnessed is unprecedented as well as disgraceful. It is, in our view, the result of insolence…
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East Asia
U.S. Envoy Speaks In Seoul On NK Human Rights
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – The U.S. human rights envoy to North Korea says the United States is working to break an “information blockade” that allows North Korea to hide its rights abuses and keep its people away from outside news. Robert King told a forum in Seoul on Thursday…
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