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East Asia
ANA’s Boeing 787 Made An Emergency Landing At Takamatsu Airport After Developing Battery Problem
In this photo taken by a passenger and distributed by Japan’s Kyodo News, passengers leave an All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 after it made an emergency landing at Takamatsu airport in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. ANA said a cockpit message showed battery problems and a…
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South East Asia
British Defense Chief Visits Jakarta For Talks With His Indonesian Counterpart
Defense Secretary of the United Kingdom Philip Hammond (L), accompanied by Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, walks to the defense ministry office in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 16, 2013. Hammond’s meeting with Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro will build on the recently-signed Defense MoU between the two countries, the statement said.…
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Society
French Soldiers Prepare To Advance To Mali’s Northen Region To Help Retake The Area From Islamist Rebels
This photo provided by the ECPAD/French Army shows a Rafale jetfighter flying over Mali, Tuesday, Jan.15, 2013. Islamists in Mali on Wednesday prevented residents from leaving the towns they are holding, and some fear they will be used as human targets by the extremists as French troops pressed forward to…
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West Asia
Rescuers Inspect Site Of Bomb Attack In Kirkuk, Iraq, That Left 17 Dead, 133 Injured
Rescuers inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, Iraq, on Jan. 16, 2013. Up to 17 people were killed and 133 wounded in two bomb attacks targeting offices of Kurdish parties in the ethnically mixed cities of Kirkuk and Tuz-Khurmato in northern Iraq on Wednesday, according to the…
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East Asia
A Protester Holds A Defamed Picture Of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying Outside Legislative Council
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying speaks at a news conference after delivering his policy address in Hong Kong Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. Hong Kong’s unpopular Beijing-backed leader said he is making the city’s housing crisis a priority in a bid to soothe widespread discontent. Hong Kong Legislative Council member…
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South East Asia
Protesters Rally At Philippine Supreme Court For Removal Of Certain Provisions From Cybercrime Law
Protesters display placards as they gather at the Philippine Supreme Court for a rally to coincide with the oral arguments to seek the extension of the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) issued by the High Court on the new Cybercrime Law Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, in Manila, Philippines. Bloggers, civil society…
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South East Asia
Malaysian Coast Guard Retrieves A Boat Suspected Capsized While Carrying Illegal Migrants
In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 photo, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) enforcement officers retrieve a capsized boat in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia. Malaysia’s coast guard has rescued 41 Indonesians and is searching for seven others after the boat overloaded with suspected illegal migrants capsized in choppy waters. <AP/NEWSis>
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East Asia
Number Of China’s Internet Users Rises To 564 Million Despite Gov’t Control On Content
In this Feb. 1, 2012 photo, job seekers use laptops connected with Internet at a job fair in Wuhan, in central China’s Hubei province. China’s population of Internet users rose 10 percent last year to 564 million even as communist authorities tightened controls on content, according to data released Tuesday…
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East Asia
China And Mongolia Deepen Cooperation For Developing Natural Resources
Zhang Xiaoqiang (L), deputy director of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, speaks during a press conference in Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia. China and Mongolia have broad prospects to deepen cooperation in mineral resources and energy, Zhang Xiaoqiang said in Ulan Bator on Tuesday. Photo taken on Jan. 15,…
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South Asia
Supporters Of Fiery Pakistani Cleric Remain On A Street Braving Cold Weather As Ordered By Him
Supporters of Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, take a nap in a cold weather at an anti government rally in Islamabad, Pakistan Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Thousands of Pakistanis fed up with political leaders they say are corrupt and indifferent rallied in the Pakistani capital Tuesday, as the fiery cleric…
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