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    Famous Meili Snow Mountain in Yunnan Province, China

    Photo taken on March 12, 2012 shows colorful sutra streamers in front of the Meili Snow Mountain in Deqin county, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in southwest China’s Yunnan province. The Meili Snow Mountain, with the highest peak at an altitude of 6,740 meters, is covered with glaciers formed thousands of…

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    CPPCC Annual Session Concludes

    Members of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) sing the national anthem during the closing meeting of the Fifth Session of the 11th CPPCC National Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 13, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng>…

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    China on 13 Mar 2012

    China on 13 Mar 2012 <People’s Daily>: Chinese should know more about the world    

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    Japan on 13 Mar 2012

    Japan on 13 Mar 2012: <Kyodo News>: Japan to approve extension of sanctions against N. Korea

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    China on 12 Mar 2012

    China on 12 Mar 2012 <CNTV>: Persistent snowfall hammers animal husbandry in NW China

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    Japan on 12 Mar 2012

    Japan on 12 Mar 2012 <NHK>: Population falling in disaster-hit areas

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    Vietnam on 12 Mar 2012

    Vietnam on 12 Mar 2012 <Vietnam Plus>: Border cooperation vital to VN-Cambodia ties

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    Japanese Mark 1st Anniversary of Tsunami

    People light candles during a memorial service marking the first anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Fukushima, Japan, on March 11, 2012. Some 500 residents from the quake-shaken Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi attended the memorial service on Sunday. <Photo: Xinhua/Kenichiro Seki> news@theasian.asia

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    ‘Beaches of Agnes Varda’ in China

    A visitor is seen in front of a photograph taken by Agnes Varda at the exhibition The Beaches of Agnes Varda in China, 1957 – 2012 held in the Art Museum of China Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, capital of China, March 10, 2012. The exhibition presented photo…

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    “I Passed It”

    A student is tossed into the air in a celebration after passing the exam of the University of Tokyo on its campus in Tokyo, Japan, March 10, 2012. The University of Tokyo released the result of its entrance examination on Saturday. <Photo: Xinhua/Kenichiro Seki> news@theasian.asia    

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