• Sri Lanka on 6 January 2012

    Top news of Daily Mirror is an interview with Dr Vikramabahu with his comments on the division within the government, the weakness of the opposition parties and the talks of the government with the Tamil National Alliance. news@theasian.asia

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  • Singapore on 6 January 2012

    <The Straits Times> reports that at least 200 DBS Bank and POSB customers have been hit by an ATM fraud that has seen some $200,000 stolen from their accounts. news@theasian.asia

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  • Afghanistan on 6 January 2012

    <Pajhwok Afghan News> reports Karzai’s order to transfer US prison to Afghan control. news@theasian.asia

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  • China on 6 January 2012

    Top news of People’s Daily on 6 January 2012 is closer military exchanges between China and Pskistan. news@theasian.asia

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  • Japan on 6 January 2012

    NIKKEI of Japan reports the government and the ruling party DPJ(Democratic Party of Japan)’s plan for consumption tax hike. news@theasian.asia

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  • [The AsiaN Video] Former South Korean PM stressing on Stronger Ties with Saudi Arabia

    Former PM of South Korea Chung Un-chan delivered a speech on 6th GCF (Global Competitiveness Forum) organized by SAGIA (Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority) exhorting both countries to be more open . He said that for entrepreneurs to emerge , the mindset of the society has to be open enough…

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  • U.K. Cartoonist Ronald Searle dies

    British cartoonist Ronald Searle, best known for his fictional girls’ school St. Trinian’s creations has died at the age of 91 on Dec. 30 at a hospital in southern France. His daughter Kate Searle told “(He) passed away peacefully in his sleep” said in a statement.  Searle’s spindly schoolgirl creations…

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  • South East Asia

    Philippines Landslide Killed 25 People

    Rescuers work at the site of landslide in the gold-rich community of Panganason in Pantukan town of Mindanao’s Compostela Valley Province, Philippines, Jan. 5, 2012. At least 25 people died and around 100 people remained missing when a landslide hit a mining village before dawn Thursday in the southern Philippines.…

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  • West Asia

    Iran “We’re Ready to G5+1”

    Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi (R) attends a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 5, 2012. Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi said here on Thursday that the Islamic republic of Iran is ready to resume nuclear talks with G5+1 (five permanent members of…

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  • East Asia

    China Will Open ‘Ice Disneyland’

    Tourists pose for photos in a folk custom park in Altay, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 4, 2012. A large variety of snow sceneries and activities are witnessed in the park, which covers an area of 100,000 square meters. The “Disneyland of Ice” is expected to open to…

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