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South East Asia
Indonesia on 28 February 2012
Indonesia on 28 February 2012 <The Jakarta Post> : “Too old to stand” news@theasian.asia
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Thailand on 28 February 2012
Thailand on 28 February 2012 <The Nation> : “Don’t go outside, northerners told” news@theasian.asia
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Japan on 28 February 2012
Japan on 28 February 2012 <NHK> : “Noda prioritizes getting Fukushima evacuees home” news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
89.4% of Syrian Voters Agree Constitution Amendment
Syria’s Interior Minister Mohammad Chaar attends the press conference in Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 27, 2012. Chaar said Sunday that a total of 8,376,447 citizens, or 57.4 percent of eligible voters, voted in the referendum on the new draft constitution, with 7,490,319 (89.4 percent) agreeing to it and 753,208 (9…
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West Asia
An Iranian Film Grasps ‘1st Oscar’
A man looks at a poster of Iranian director Asghar Farhadi placed in the window of a bookstore in central Tehran, Iran, Feb. 27, 2012, to congratulate the country’s first Oscar win by “A Separation”. “A Separation”, directed by Asghar Farhadi, won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at…
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South Asia
Daily Life in Pakistan
A Pakistani vendor sits on top of a pile of blankets as he drives his donkey-cart along a road in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta on Feb. 27, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Mohammad> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Last Day of Maslenitsa Festival
Russians play with snow during Maslenitsa in Gatchina, Leningrad Region, Russia, Feb. 26, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Lu Jinbo> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Taiwan Experieces 6.1 Magnitute Earthquake
Passengers wait for the resumption of subway operation in a station of Kaohsiung, southeast China’s Taiwan, Feb. 26, 2012. A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan’s Pingtung at 10:34 Beijing Time (02:34 GMT) on Sunday, said the China Earthquake Network Center (CENC). Taiwan’s meteorological authorities said the epicenter of the quake,…
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East Asia
Japan on 27 February 2012
Japan on 27 February 2012 <The Japan Times> : “Noda makes first trip to Okinawa for Futenma talks” news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
China on 27 February 2012
China on 27 February 2012 <China Daily> : “World’s shortest man announced by Guinness” news@theasian.asia
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