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South Asia
1 Dollar is Quite Big for Us
Afghan children get water from a public water pump at a slum area in Herat city west of Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul on March 6, 2012. It is believed that some nine million Afghans live under poverty line on less than one U.S. dollar a day. <Photo: Xinhua/Sardar> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
“These are All Important Resources”
A worker collects waste products at a recycle center in Niupengzi Village in Neijiang, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, March 6, 2012. Since the 1980s, the Niupengzi Village of Neijiang, previously a well-known market of trading of waste materials, has grown into a recycling base including the recycle, reprocess and sales…
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Central Asia
Kazakhstan on 7 Mar 2012
Kazakhstan on 7 Mar 2012 <Tengri News>: American court excluded Denyakin’s family from compensation
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West Asia
Saudi Arabia on 7 Mar 2012
Saudi Arabia on 7 Mar 2012 <Arab News>: Riyadh demands quick results on murder of Saudi diplomat in Dhaka
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South Asia
Nepal on 7 Mar 2012
Nepal on 7 Mar 2012 <Himalayan Times>: Mother sets self‚ daughters on fire
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East Asia
Philippine on 7 Mar 2012
Philippines on 7 Mar 2012 <Manilatimes>: Iggy’s remains brought home to Negros Occidental
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East Asia
China on 7 Mar 2012
China on 7 Mar 2012 <People Daily>: Import taxes ‘will be cut‘ this year
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West Asia
Lebanon on 7 Mar 2012: Feminist activist confronts gendered laws
Lebanon on 7 Mar 2012 <Daily Star>: Feminist activist confronts gendered laws
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East Asia
Japan on 7 Mar 2012
Japan on 7 Mar 2012 <NHK>: IAEA governors discuss N.Korean nuclear issue
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South Asia
IMF “Pakistani Economy Would Speed up”
An elderly Pakistani man walks back to his home carrying wood that he collected to be used for heating in a slum area on the outskirts of northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar, on March 6, 2012. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Pakistani economy would speed up to a 3.4 percent…
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