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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
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China Opens 5th Session of 11th NPC
Journalists work during a press conference of Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi held on the sidelines of the Fifth Session of the 11th National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 6, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Xie Huanchi> news@theasian.asia
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AJA expresses regret on NK defectors
The Asia Journalist Association (AJA), represented by Ivan Lim, issued a statement in which it expressed regret and concern over the 31 North Korean defectors who were arrested earlier by the Chinese police and now in danger of being repatriated to North Korea. North Korean defectors, sent back to the…
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