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Japan on 9 Mar 2012: Gov’t recognized meltdown possibility hours after tsunami hit plant

Japan on 9 Mar 2012 <Kyodo News>: Gov’t recognized meltdown possibility hours after tsunami hit plant

So Many Ladies, So Many Make-up

Flight attendant candidates put on makeups before entering a job interview held by Hainan Airlines in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, March 8, 2012. The company, China’s fourth largest airlines, plans to enroll 1,000 would-be flight attendants from twenty cities including Beijing, Tianjin, Changchun, Shenyang and Harbin. <Photo:…

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Japan on 8 Mar 2012

Japan on 8 Mar 2012 <Kyodo News>: Japan’s Oct.-Dec. GDP revised up to annualized 0.7 contraction

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China on 8 Mar 2012

China on 8 Mar 2012 <China Daily>: China highlights human rights in law revision

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Malaysia on 8 Mar 2012

Malaysia on 8 Mar 2012 <New Straits Times>: More boys on STPM list of high achievers

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Forever the Moment

A maritime police officer and his wife share an apple during a group wedding in Quanzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, March 7, 2012. Ten maritime police officers got married here on Wednesday at a group wedding held to mark International Women’s Day, which falls on March 8. <Photo: Xinhua/Wei Peiquan>…

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“These are All Important Resources”

A worker collects waste products at a recycle center in Niupengzi Village in Neijiang, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, March 6, 2012. Since the 1980s, the Niupengzi Village of Neijiang, previously a well-known market of trading of waste materials, has grown into a recycling base including the recycle, reprocess and sales…

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Philippine on 7 Mar 2012

Philippines on 7 Mar 2012 <Manilatimes>: Iggy’s remains brought home to Negros Occidental

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China on 7 Mar 2012

China on 7 Mar 2012 <People Daily>: Import taxes ‘will be cut‘ this year

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Japan on 7 Mar 2012

Japan on 7 Mar 2012 <NHK>: IAEA governors discuss N.Korean nuclear issue