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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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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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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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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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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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