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East Asia
NK issues a fresh threat as S.Korea probes hacking
North Korea said it would attack U.S. military bases on Japan and the Pacific island of Guam if provoked, a day after leader Kim Jong-un oversaw a mock drone strike on South Korea. The North also held an air raid drill on Mar. 21 after accusing the United States of…
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South East Asia
Vietnamese President talks with Myanmar Veep making his first ever trip to Hanoi
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (R) meets with visiting Myanmar Vice President U Nyan Tun in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, March 20, 2013. U Nyan Tun is on his first ever trip to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Madam Nguyen Thi Doan and the visit comes a…
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West Asia
Obama welcomed by Israeli President upon his arrival in Jerusalem
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) attends a welcome ceremony held by Israeli President Shimon Peres at the president’s residence in Jerusalem on Mar. 20 2013. Obama arrived in Israel on Wednesday, starting his first visit as U.S. president to the country. <Xinhua/POOL/Abir Sultan>
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East Asia
Kim Jong-un speaks at the meeting of light industrial workers in Pyongyang
Photo provided by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 19, 2013 shows Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), attending a national meeting of light industrial workers in Pyongyang, DPRK, on March 18, 2013. Photo provided by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on…
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South Asia
Egyptian President visits his Pakistani counterpart for talks on bilateral matters
Photo released by Pakistan’s Press Information Department (PID) on March 18, 2013, shows Egyptian President Dr. Mohamed Morsy (L) talking with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. Egyptian President Dr. Mohamed Morsy arrived in Islamabad on Monday on a day-long state visit for talks on bilateral…
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East Asia
People mourn death of former head of Huaxi Village, one of the richest provinces in China
The file photo taken on Oct. 30, 2008 shows Wu Renbao (2nd L), the retired Communist Party of China (CPC) chief of Huaxi Village, talking with local villagers about rice output in Huaxi Village, east China’s Jiangsu Province. Wu, 85, deceased on Monday at his home in the village, which…
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East Asia
Xi Jinping unfolds vision for ‘China dream’
China’s new leader President Xi Jinping outlined on Mar. 17 his vision for the ‘China Dream’ by saying renaissance is within the nation’s reach. President Xi, in his first address as head of state, said China had to follow its own path while putting its faith in the Communist Party’s…
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East Asia
Abe vows to win in the coming election during the ruling LDP’s annual meeting
Japan’s Prime Minister and leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shinzo Abe addresses LDP’s annual meeting in Tokyo, Japan, March 17, 2013. Shinzo Abe vowed Sunday that his party would strive to win election of the Diet’s upper house in summer so as to put an end to…
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South East Asia
President of Myanmar talks with Australian PM in Canberra
President of Myanmar Thein Sein, left, meets with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, March 18, 2013. Thein is on a three day visit to Australia. <AP Photo/Alan Porritt, Pool>
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East Asia
Liu Yandong congratulates 110th founding anniversary of Beijing Normal University
In this file photo taken in January, 2006, Wang Yang (C) talks with locals during a research in Pengshui County of southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. <Xinhua> In this file photo taken on July 21, 2011, Li Jianguo (R, Front) meets with locals during a visit to Nagqu, southwest China’s Tibet…
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