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East Asia
World Press Photo Contest Announces Winners
A handout picture released on Feb. 10, 2012 by World Press Photo shows the work of Samuel Aranda with the caption “a woman holds a wounded relative in her arms, inside a mosque used as a field hospital by demonstrators against rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, during clashes in…
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West Asia
Syria Aleppo Blasts, 28 Dead
Photo taken on Feb. 10, 2012 shows the explosion site of a law-enforcement force in Hanano area in Aleppo, northern Syria. Twin deadly blasts caused by car bombs hit two sites of Syrian government forces in northern Aleppo province Friday, leaving 28 people killed and other 235 injured, said Syria’s…
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East Asia
NY Fashion Week ‘Concept Korea’ Fashion Show
Models display creations during the Concept Korea presentation at Lincoln Center during the Fall 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York, Feb. 10, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Shen Hong> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Fortune Whaleshark Left
A boy lies on a dead whale shark in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Feb. 9, 2012. The 40-foot whale shark was found dead at a coastal area of Karachi in the Arabian Sea. <Photo: Xinhua/Toheed> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
China CPI Increase 4.5%
Citizens buy vegetable at a supermarket in Chongqing, southwest China, Jan. 27, 2012. China’s consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 4.5 percent year-on-year in January, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Feb. 9, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Li Jian> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Japan on 10 February 2012
Japan on 10 February 2012 <NIKKEI> : “CGPI Rises 0.5% On Year In Jan” news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
China on 10 February 2012
China on 10 February 2012 <People’s Daily> : “China, Canada boost strategic partnership” news@theasian.asia
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Central Asia
Afghanistan on 10 February 2012
Afghanistan on 10 February 2012 <The Daily Outlook Afghanistan> : “Karzai Renews Promise on Cabinet Picks, Chief Justice” news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Singapore on 10 February 2012
Singapore on 10 February 2012 <Today> : “Helping families by helping service centres” news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Sri Lanka on 10 February 2012
Sri Lanka on 10 February 2012 <The Island> : “Fuel price hike imminent, but private buses to get diesel subsidy” news@theasian.asia
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