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West Asia
Major news in Jordan on Jun 7
Top news in <Jordan Times>: Five arrested in alleged attack on journalist news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Yemen on Jun 7: Houthis accept dialogue, won’t put down arms
Top news in <Yemen Times>: Houthis accept dialogue, won’t put down arms news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Kim Speaks At Founding Anniversay of NK Children’s Union
Photo released by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 6, 2012 shows Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), attending a national event to celebrate the 66th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Children’s Union at the Kim Il Sung Stadium in…
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East Asia
Annual College Entrance Exam Starts in China
Relatives of examinees of National College Entrance Examinations (NCEE) sit outside the exam center as they wait until the end of the exam at Yaohua Middle School in Tianjin, north China, June 7, 2012. The NCEE, also known as “gaokao” in Chinese, is regarded as a destiny-shaping event for high…
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East Asia
China Southern Airlines opens Guangzhou-London direct flight
LONDON, June 6 (Xinhua) — China Southern Airlines has opened an air route from south China’s Guangzhou city to London with its maiden flight arriving in London on Wednesday. Launching of the Guangzhou-London direct flight targets at the potential market of transfer passengers between Europe and Australia and New Zealand,…
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East Asia
Transit of Venus Watched In The World
A young boy uses a pair of binoculars with special filters, to observe the transit of Venus at the National Science Museum in Gwacheon, south of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 6, 2012. From the U.S. to South Korea, people turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and…
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East Asia
Taipei Computex Opens With Some 1,800 Exhibitors Attending
A staff member of Acer displays a tablet computer during the Computex 2012 in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, June 5, 2012. The exhibition, kicking off on Tuesday, will last until June 9. About 1,800 exhibitors come to showcase their latest products. <Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
People Rush To Buy Garlic Due To Continued Price Hike
Garlic wholesalers sell garlics at an agricultural fair in Yazi Township of Rushan City, east China’s Shandong Province, June 5, 2012. China’s garlic price has spiked since late May. Until June 4, the garlic price hiked more than 30 percent as compared to the price on May 21. A restaurant…
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East Asia
Japanese Police Captures Member of Aum Shinrikyo On The Run
Police officers investigate a house where Naoko Kikuchi, a former senior member of AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult wanted in the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack, has lived since 2010 in Sagamihara city, 30 kilometers (20 miles) southwest of Tokyo, Monday, June 4, 2012, a day after her arrest. Kikuchi wanted…
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on Jun 5
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Japan makes no comment on possible G-7 conference call news@theasian.asia
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