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West Asia
Ban Calls for Israel’s Restraining
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) speaks at a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the headquarters of UN, New York, the United States, March 12, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Shen Hong> news@theasian.asia
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China on 12 Mar 2012
China on 12 Mar 2012 <CNTV>: Persistent snowfall hammers animal husbandry in NW China
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Japan on 12 Mar 2012
Japan on 12 Mar 2012 <NHK>: Population falling in disaster-hit areas
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Vietnam on 12 Mar 2012
Vietnam on 12 Mar 2012 <Vietnam Plus>: Border cooperation vital to VN-Cambodia ties
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India on 12 Mar 2012
India on 12 Mar 2012 <Times of India>: Blind Indore girl cleared UPSC, gets railways job at PM’s behest
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Iran on 12 Mar 2012
Iran on 12 Mar 2012 <Tehran Times>: 16 Afghans massacred by deranged U.S. soldier
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Turkey on 12 Mar 2012: Commission approves bill on new education system amidst fistfight
Turkey on 12 Mar 2012 <Today’s Zaman>: Commission approves bill on new education system amidst fistfight
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East Asia
Japanese Mark 1st Anniversary of Tsunami
People light candles during a memorial service marking the first anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Fukushima, Japan, on March 11, 2012. Some 500 residents from the quake-shaken Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi attended the memorial service on Sunday. <Photo: Xinhua/Kenichiro Seki> news@theasian.asia
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US Soldier Kills 17 Afghan Civilians
Local people gather outside the houses where 17 civilians were shot dead by a U.S. soldier in Zangabad village of Panjwayi district in Kandahar province, south Afghanistan, on March 11, 2012. A total of 17 civilians, including women and children, were killed in the wee hours Sunday when a U.S.…
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East Asia
‘Beaches of Agnes Varda’ in China
A visitor is seen in front of a photograph taken by Agnes Varda at the exhibition The Beaches of Agnes Varda in China, 1957 – 2012 held in the Art Museum of China Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, capital of China, March 10, 2012. The exhibition presented photo…
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