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Major news in China on March 23 2012
Top news in <People’s Daily>: Growth of China’s national defense expenditure reasonable
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Three-Year Drought Leaves Reservoir Dried-Up
KUNMING, March 22, 2012 (Xinhua) — A villager walks on the dried-up bed of the Xinba reservoir in Shilin County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, March 22, 2012. A severe drought has lingered in Yunnan for three consecutive years, leaving 3.2 million people and 1.65 million livestock short of water. A…
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“Who Is Big Enough to Take This?”
SHENYANG, China (Xinhua) — A citizen walks past a gigantic high-heel shoe at a department store in Shenyang, capital of northeast China’s Liaoning Province, March 22, 2011. The high-heel shoe, three meters long and 2 meters high, is 15 times larger than a real one. <Photo: Xinhua/Zhang Wenkui> news@theasian.asia
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Major news in Japan on March 22 2012
Top news in <Japan Times>: U.S. grants exemption on Iran sanctions
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Major news in China on March 22 2012
Top News in <CNTV>: Forest blaze in SW China under control
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Major news in Malaysia on March 22 2012
Top news in <New Strait Times>: People come first, says Najib
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Japan on March 21 2012
Japan on March 21 2012 <Kyodo News>: Japan, 10 others to be exempted from U.S. sanctions against Iran
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China on March 21 2012
China on March 21 2012 <People’s Daily>: Chinese economy will not suffer a hard landing
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Long Hair Contest of Uygur Women
Women of Uygur ethnic group dance during a long hair contest in Makit County, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 20, 2012. Women of Uygur ethnic group have a tradition of keeping long hair. <Photo: Xinhua/Shen Qiao> news@theasian.asia
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Egg Erection on Vernal Equinox in China
Children erect eggs at the kindergarten of Nanma No. 2 Primary School in Yiyuan County, east China’s Shangdong Province, March 20, 2012. It is a tradition in many places of China to erect eggs on the day of vernal equinox in lunar calendar, which falls on March 20 this year.…
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