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East Asia
Major news in Japan on Jun 21: Cooking class makes 23 pupils ill
Top news in <Japan Times>: Cooking class makes 23 pupils ill OSAKA — Twenty-three children were rushed to a hospital after falling sick from eating fresh and boiled cabbage during a cooking class at an elementary school in Hirano Ward, Osaka, police said. The fifth-graders were comparing the taste of…
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Major news in China on Jun 21: Asians top immigrant group to US
Top news in <China Daily>: Asians top immigrant group to US A survey released on Tuesday showed that Asians have overtaken Latinos as the largest group of new immigrants arriving each year in the United States. Asian-Americans are not only the fastest-growing racial group in the country, but they also…
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Chinese Singer Vows To Boost Korean Tourism
Chinese singer Li Yuchun attends an appointment ceremony held by Korean Tourism Organization in Seoul, South Korea, June 20, 2012. Li Yuchun is appointed on Wednesday as the new ambassador of Korean Tourism Organization to boost South Korean tourism in the market of Chinese mainland. <Xinhua/Yao Qilin> news@theasian.asia
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Major news in Japan on Jun 20: Ex-Egypt president Mubarak unconscious
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Ex-Egypt president Mubarak unconscious Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak became unconscious Tuesday and is on a respirator, Reuters said. The country’s Middle East News Agency said earlier in the day that Mubarak, 84, was pronounced clinically dead by his doctors but security sources denied the…
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Major news in China on Jun 20: Ancient Tibetan scriptures revived via modern technology
Top news in <People Daily>: Ancient Tibetan scriptures revived via modern technology LHASA, June 19 (Xinhua) — A scripture collection center in the Tibet autonomous region has digitally preserved, printed and published more than 300 ancient Tibetan scriptures with the help of modern technology. The scriptures have been collected since…
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Major news in Japan on Jun 19: Okinawa governor opposes Osprey deployment
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Okinawa governor opposes Osprey deployment Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on Tuesday urged the Japanese government to stop the planned deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma Air Station following recent crashes abroad. Nakaima told Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba and Defense Minister…
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Major news in China on Jun 19: Mysterious shiners seen after the Shenzhuo-9 launch
Top news in <People Daily>: Mysterious shiners seen after the Shenzhuo-9 launch About 4 minutes and 11 seconds after the Shenzhuo-9 manned spacecraft blasted off, infrared imaging equipment photographed two shining objects passing in high speed by the spacecraft. news@theasian.asia
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Moving Watermelons Out Of Flooded Field In China
Villagers transport watermelons with a self-made raft in the flooded field in Putuo District of Zhoushan City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, June 18, 2012. Torrential downpours hit the region and affected living of local residents. <Xinhua/Wu Linhong> news@theasian.asia
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Major news in China on 18 Jun: Taikonauts of Shenzhou-9 to enter Tiangong-1 at 5:22 pm
Top news in <Peoples Daily>: Taikonauts of Shenzhou-9 to enter Tiangong-1 at 5:22 pm Beijing, June 18 (People’s Daily Online)—– China’s astronauts will enter the orbiting Tiangong-1 lab module at 5:22 p.m. Monday. People’s Daily Online will live broadcast the whole procedure of astronauts’ entering of the orbiting Tiangong-1 lab…
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Major news in Japan on 18 Jun: G-7 urges Greece to remain in eurozone, respect commitments
Top news in <Kyodo News>: G-7 urges Greece to remain in eurozone, respect commitments The Group of Seven advanced economies on Sunday urged Greece to remain in the euro area while keeping committed to the international bailout program for the country to resolve its fiscal problems. “We look forward to…
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