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East Asia
Major news in Japan on May 16: Emperor, empress leave for Queen Elizabeth’s jubilee celebrations
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Emperor, empress leave for Queen Elizabeth’s jubilee celebrations news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Israel on May 15
Top news in <Jerusalem Post>: Dennis Ross “Iran must ‘stop clock’ to show it’s serious” news@theasian.asia
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Major news in Qatar on May 15
Top news in <Al Jazeera>: Deal reached over Palestinian hunger strike news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Major news in Indonesia on May 15
Top news in <Jakarta Post>: Oil falls to 5-month low near $94 on Europe fears news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Major news in Thailand on May 15
Top news in <Bangkok Post>: Present cooked food proposal ‘unworkable’ news@theasian.asia
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Central Asia
Major news in Russia on May 15
Top news in <Moscow Times>: Russia Tries to Turn Tables on Human Rights news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on May 15
Top news in <NHK>: Okinawa marks 40th anniversary of return from US news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in China on May 15: China to adopt new drinking water standards in July
Top news in <CNTV>: China to adopt new drinking water standards in July news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
“We’ll Never Leave Our Homes Again”
Palestinians hold candles during a rally marking the al-Nakba Day in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 14, 2012. Palestinians will mark the al-Nakba Day on May 15 when thousands of Palestinians were forced to leave their homes during the Arab-Israeli war in 1948. <Xinhua/Chen Xu> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Kim Yong-nam’s Visit To Indonesia
Kim Yong-nam, president of the Presidium of North Korea’s parliament, is currently on his first reported trip overseas since late leader Kim Jong Il’s death. The weeklong journey comes on the heels of new U.N. sanctions imposed on North Korea for launching a long-range rocket in April in defiance of…
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