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South East Asia
Major news in Philippines on May 2
Top news in <Manila Bulletine>: P125 Wage Hike Rejected news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Major news in Nepal on May 2
Top news in <Katmandu Post>: Parties amend rules to prepare first draft news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Saudi Arabia on May 2
Top news in <Arab News>: Riyadh airport to triple capacity after expansion news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Lebanon on May 2: Hariri slams Cabinet, urges workers to raise their voices
Top news in <Daily Star>: Hariri slams Cabinet, urges workers to raise their voices news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Poppy Eradication In Afghanistan
KABUL — An Afghan policeman destroys an opium poppy field in Alingar, Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 30, 2012. A bomb exploded next to the opium poppy fields during a poppy eradication campaign in Alingar, wounding two Afghan police reaction forces, police officials said. Afghanistan supplies most…
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South East Asia
Major news in Thailand on May 1: Fears of rice fraud rises
Top news in <Bangkok Post> : Fears of rice fraud rises news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
A Rocket Killing Two Birds With One Stone
XICHANG — The Long March-3B rocket carrying two satellites blasts off from the launch pad at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on April 30, 2012. China successfully launched two satellites into space Monday morning, the 12th and 13th of its indigenous global navigation and…
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West Asia
Are Iranians Indifferent To Politics?
TEHRAN — People walk past an electoral poster of candidates for the upcoming second round of parliamentary election in central Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2012. Iran’s upcoming second round of parliamentary election is slated for May 4, when the candidates will contest for the remaining 65 seats in the parliament.…
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East Asia
Military Way of Labor Day Celebration?
NANJING–Soldiers perform folding quilts to celebrate the Labor Day which falls on May 1 in Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, April 29, 2012. <Xinhua/Li Ke> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Stars & Stripes In Flames
MANILA – A Filipino protester burns a U.S. flag to express his disgust on what he says are interference of U.S. and China on a disputed shoal outside the Chinese consulate in suburban Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Monday April 30, 2012. The impasse began on April 10, 2012…
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