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South East Asia
Major news in Singapore on Jun 29 : S’pore’s private sector wages up 6.1% in 2011: report
Top news in <The Business Times> : S’pore’s private sector wages up 6.1% in 2011: report The Ministry of Manpower’s Research and Statistics Department jointly released the annual report on wages in Singapore for 2011 on Friday, reporting that total wages (including employer CPF contributions) in the private sector rose by…
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on Jun 29: Japan considering taxing music, books downloaded from overseas sites
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Japan considering taxing music, books downloaded from overseas sites The Finance Ministry is considering imposing the consumption tax on electronic books, music and other contents downloadable from websites operated by overseas vendors, sources close to the issue said Friday. The ministry is eyeing taxing these…
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West Asia
Major news in Syria : 3 Injuries in Terrorist Blast inside the Parking of Justice Palace in Damascus
Major news in <SANA>: Three Injuries in Terrorist Blast inside the Parking of Justice Palace in the Center of Damascus A terrorist blast hit the parking of Justice Palace in the Center of Damascus at al-Marjeh area. SANA reporter said that the terrorist blast left behind three injuries and…
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West Asia
Major news in Kuwait on June 29: Ambassador to S.Korea meets Premier
Major news in <Kuwait News Agency>: Ambassador to S.Korea meets Premier Kuwaiti Ambassador to South Korea Muteb Al-Mutoteh met with the South Korea Premier Kim Hwang-Sik among a host of ambassadors from Arab countries, and gave a speech on their behalf as Acting Dean of the Arab Diplomatic Corps in…
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West Asia
Holocaust Survivors Pageant Held
Holocaust survivors participate in a beauty pageant, in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Fourteen women who lived through the horrors of World War II paraded on stage Thursday night in an unusual pageant, vying for the honor of being Israel’s first “Miss Holocaust Survivor.” <AP/Newsis>…
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South Asia
Major news in Sri Lanka : Special committee to handle relief
Top news in <Daily News>: Special committee to handle relief The government will take steps to provide dry rations to farmers whose crops have been destroyed by the severe drought in the country, with immediate effect. Addressing a media-briefing in Colombo yesterday, Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said dry rations…
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West Asia
Syrian President Bashar Assad And His Wife
In this July 13, 2010 file photo, Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife, Asma Assad, listen to explanations as they visit a technology plant in Tunis. An article in Vogue in March, 2011, published just as protests began, hailed the 36-year-old, university educated Asma Assad as a “Rose in…
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West Asia
Computer Game Expo Opens In Iran
An Iranian girl plays computer game during the 2nd International Computer Game Expo and Festival in Tehran, capital of Iran, June 28, 2012. <Xinhua> news@theasian.asia займ безработным без отказа срочно
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West Asia
Explosion Rocks Syrian Palace Of Justice
Syrians inspect burned cars at the site of a blast in the Syrian capital Damascus Thursday June 28, 2012. A strong explosion rocked the Syrian capital Thursday near a busy market and the Palace of Justice, sending black smoke billowing into the sky. State TV reported at least three people…
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West Asia
Israeli Air Force Flies With The Moon
Israeli Air Force acrobat training planes fly in front of the moon during an acrobatics display during a graduation ceremony at the Hatzerim Air Force base near the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, June 28, 2012. The pilots, who train for three years, will fly all types of military…
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