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South Asia
Fortune Whaleshark Left
A boy lies on a dead whale shark in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Feb. 9, 2012. The 40-foot whale shark was found dead at a coastal area of Karachi in the Arabian Sea. <Photo: Xinhua/Toheed> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
China CPI Increase 4.5%
Citizens buy vegetable at a supermarket in Chongqing, southwest China, Jan. 27, 2012. China’s consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 4.5 percent year-on-year in January, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Feb. 9, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Li Jian> news@theasian.asia
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World
Palestine Zoo Exhibits Mummified Animals
A Palestinian worker mummifies a dead tiger at a zoo in the Southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Feb. 9, 2012. Instead of purchasing live animals, the zoo mummifies the dead animals and put them into cages for display due to the fund shortage. <Photo: Xinhua/Khaled Omar> news@theasian.asia
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Politics
Harsh rhetoric against China’s veto of Syria resolution is misleading
Some Western countries have been inveighing against Russia and China for their Saturday veto of a draft UN Security Council resolution on Syria. The ostensible focus of their outcry is that China, by siding with the Syrian government to support its own national interests, has derailed global efforts to end…
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Politics
Science should have bigger role in policy making
Science should play a bigger role in policy making and the task should be upheld by scientists in governments, an American scientist said here Thursday. Roger N. Beachy, vice chairman and president of Emeritus Donald Danforth Plant Science Center of the United States, told a public lecture in Bogor Agriculture Institute in West Java…
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East Asia
Japan on 10 February 2012 Japan on 10 February 2012 <NIKKEI> : “CGPI Rises 0.5% On Year In Jan” news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
China on 10 February 2012 China on 10 February 2012 <People’s Daily> : “China, Canada boost strategic partnership” news@theasian.asia
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Central Asia
Afghanistan on 10 February 2012 Afghanistan on 10 February 2012 <The Daily Outlook Afghanistan> : “Karzai Renews Promise on Cabinet Picks, Chief Justice” news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Singapore on 10 February 2012 Singapore on 10 February 2012 <Today> : “Helping families by helping service centres” news@theasian.asia
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