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South Asia
India on 9 January 2012
India on 9 January 2012 <India Today> : “First phase of UP polls not to begin on Feb 4: Election Commission” news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Vietnam on 9 January 2012
Vietnam on 9 January 2012 <Vietnam Plus> : “Supreme People’s Procuracy launches 2012 tasks” news@theasian.asia
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Central Asia
Mongolia on 9 January 2012
Mongolia on 9 January 2012 <The UB Post> : “Fuel prices spikes linked to inflation and Russian oil tax reform” news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
China on 9 January 2012
China on 9 January 2012 <China Daily> : “Hunt for Nanjing killer intensifies” news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Japan on 9 January 2012
Japan on 9 January 2012 <Japan Today> : “Olympus considers suing current, former executives” news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Female Bodyguards Get Training
The contestants receive training by the sea in Sanya, south China’s Hainan Province, Jan. 8, 2012. A selection of female bodyguards organized by Beijing Tianjiao Special Guard company started in Sanya on Sunday. <Photo: Xinhua/Hou Jiansen> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
China Develops Its 1st Wearable Computer
A staff member shows how to use a wearable computer designed by a company in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Jan. 6, 2012. The wearable computer, designed and made by a sci-tech company in Yunnan, includes an eyeglasses-shaped mainframe, a mouse and a folding keyboard. The computer, the first of its…
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East Asia
A Praying Pigeon to Lord Buddha
A pigeon is sitting in front of a statue of Lord Buddha next to the main building of Jogye Temple where a mortuary of Ven. Jigwan was set up. She seems to be praying for her own wishes. news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
What Makes Nepal Identify Lumbini’s Nationality
Maya Devi Mandir in Lumbini, Nepal dedicated to Queen Maya, Buddha’s mother <Source: AsiaN> 2012 as ‘Visit Lumbini Year’ The Nepali people have launched an aggressive campaign to promote the fact that Buddha was born in Nepal, not India. Nepal’s Ambassador to Korea Kamal Prasad Koirala wrote a letter…
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West Asia
US Navy Rescue 13 Iranians from Pirates
In this photo released by US Navy, a U.S. Navy SH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter provides support to a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team in a 7-meter rigid-hull inflatable boat, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) in the Arabian Sea Jan. 5, 2012. The VBSS team…
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