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Major news in Jordan on May 17: Facebook campaign says no to price hikes

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Falling Value Of Indian Rupee

A vendor counts Indian rupee banknotes at a wholesale vegetable market in Allahabad, India,Thursday, May 17, 2012. The Indian rupee hit a fresh all-time low against the dollar Wednesday, as risk averse global investors wary of India’s twin deficits drowned out central bank efforts to stem the currency’s slide. <AP/Newsis>…

East Asia

“Scarborough Shoal Is Our Land”

Protesters display placards and a replica of the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea as they burn an effigy of a U.S. submarine USS North Carolina, currently on a port call in the country, during a rally at the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines Thursday May 17, 2012.…

Central Asia

Informal CIS summit opens in Kremlin

The leaders of 11 former Soviet republics have begun their informal summit in the Kremlin. Last year’s “shirt-sleeves” summit in Moscow on December 20 marked the 20th anniversary of the post-Soviet CIS alliance, a Kremlin spokesman said on Tuesday. Addressing the summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the economic and…

West Asia