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South East Asia
Hun Sen and other Cambodian leaders attend closing ceremony of the party congress
Cambodian Prime Minister and Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) Vice President Hun Sen (R, Front), CPP President Chea Sim (C, Front) and the party’s Honorary President Heng Samrin (L, Front) attend the closing ceremony of the party congress in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on March 17, 2013. The ruling Cambodian People’s Party…
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South Asia
Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi appointed Nepal’s new Prime Minister
Kathmandu: Holding marathon meetings lasting over three weeks the key four political parties of Nepal have succeeded to form an election government under the leadership of Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi. With the appointment of Regmi as the chairman of the interim election council of ministers, the nine-month political deadlock…
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East Asia
Beyond nationalism: An approach to ‘explosive’ territorial disputes
Joint Project between the Northeast Asian History Foundation and The AsiaN *Editor’s Note: Security in East Asia is swaying in a rough sea. North Korea’s nuclear crisis has been highly elated amid existing territorial disputes and deep-rooted conflicts between nations in the region. South Korea, China and Japan, the countries…
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West Asia
Turkish President welcomes Romanian FM at his office in Ankara
Photo released by the Presidential Palace of Turkey shows Turkish President Abdullah Gul meeting with visiting Romanian Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean at the presidential Cankaya Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on March 14, 2013. <Xinhua>
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Central Asia
Presidents of Ukrain and Latvia meet in Kiev to strengthen bilateral relations
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (R) meets with his Latvian counterpart, Andris Berzins, in Kiev, March 14, 2013. Both sides pledged Thursday to strengthen bilateral relations and cooperate on Ukraine’s integration into the European Union (EU). <Xinhua/Press Office of President of Ukraine>
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South Asia
Leaders of Nepalese political parties agree to form a gov’t led by chief justice
Leaders of various political parties including Nepalese Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, center, raise hands after signing an agreement to form a government led by chief justice khilraj Regmi in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Nepal’s quiet, barely known chief justice is on the verge of taking almost total control…
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South Asia
Ousted Pakistani premier submits appeal to annul his five-year ban for running election
Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani talks to reporters after appearing in the Supreme Court in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Gilani appeared in the court to submit appeal to quash his five-year disqualification, for the upcoming parliamentary elections. The Pakistani government has suggested that election may…
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East Asia
A senior Japanese diplomat urges his gov’t to cool tension with China through dialogue
Former Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa delivers a speech during a meeting in Okasa, Janpan, March 13, 2013. Uichiro Niwa gave a speech on Wednesday at a lecture meeting held at a major conference hall in the western Japanese city of Osaka, urging the Japanese government to cool tensions…
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East Asia
Vietnamese President welcomes former head of JVFPA in Hanoi
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (R) shakes hands with Takebe Tsutomu, former president of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance (JVFPA), in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, March 12, 2013. <Xinhua/VNA>
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South East Asia
Leaders of four Asian nations and ASEAN get together for summit in Vientiane
Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Vice President of Myanmar Mauk Kham, and Secretary-General of ASEAN Le Luong Minh (L to R) pose for photos during the 6th annual Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) Summit in Vientiane, Laos, March 12, 2013. Senior…
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