• South East Asia

    Silvery Gibbon Is One Of Animals Endandered Due To Commercial Deforestation

    A Silvery Gibbon holds her two-week-old baby at the Bali Zoo in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. The Silvery Gibbon (Hylobates moloch) is currently listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). They are in danger mostly because of commercial deforestation. It…

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  • West Asia

    Egyptian Judges Refuse To Overseas Referendum To Approve New Constitution

    In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, the head of the powerful Egypt Judges Club Ahmed el-Zind, center, speaks at a press conference announcing that judges will not oversee the Dec. 15, 2012 referendum to approve a contentious draft constitution in Cairo, Egypt. El-Zinds comments are the latest in a…

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  • West Asia

    People Opposing Syrian Regime Stage Street Demonstration In Idlib, Nothern Syria

    This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows anti-Syrian regime protesters carrying a banner during a demonstration, at Kfar Nebel town, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday Nov. 30, 2012. Activists say Syrian rebels and…

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  • East Asia

    Contain or engage NK leader?

    Park cautious; Moon forthcoming When late President Kim Dae-jung stepped off his plane in North Korea in 2000, he was serenaded by a brass band before clasping hands with late dictator Kim Jong-il. His successor, the late Roh Moo-hyun, strode across the military demarcation line on foot seven years later.…

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  • East Asia

    Asiana receives highest medal from Cambodia

    Asiana Airlines has received the Cambodian government’s highest medal for foreigners for its contribution to the Southeast Asian country, the airline said Monday. The firm’s main contribution in Cambodia includes the establishment of solar street lamps and financial support for local schools there. The Royal Order of Sahametrei, Grand Cross,…

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  • East Asia

    Lukewarm!

    Moon’s standing likely to be weakened ahead of Dec. 19 poll Independent candidate-turned-king maker Ahn Cheol-soo broke out of his mini-hiatus Monday and supported opposition challenger Moon Jae-in over conservative ruling party candidate Park Geun-hye. However, Ahn’s dry comments felt like a telegraphed endorsement and as he appeared to be…

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  • West Asia

    Iraqis Work At A Shop In Baghdad Earning $20 Per Day

    Iraqis work on sieves at a shop in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. These workers earn about $20 per day. <AP Photo/Karim Kadim>

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  • East Asia

    A Job Fair Attracts A Large Number Of Students In Tianjin, North China

    Swarm of students attend a job fair in Tianjin Normal University in north China’s Tianjin Municipality, Dec. 2, 2012. Tianjin Normal University held a job fair for its fresh graduates in 2013 on Sunday, which attracted over 200 enterprises. Students attend a job fair in Tianjin Normal University in north…

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  • Korea, US step up monitoring ahead of NK rocket launch

    South Korea and the United States have increased their surveillance activities to closely monitor North Korea’s preparations for a rocket launch scheduled for later this month, a senior military source in Seoul said Monday. After Pyongyang on Saturday announced its decision to launch a rocket carrying a “working satellite” between…

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  • Freed sailor describes 19-month ordeal as living like animal

    Describing the ordeal at the hands of Somali pirates for 19 months, a Korean sailor said Sunday he and his three colleagues lived the lives of caged “animals” and didn’t have access to clean water. The four Korean crew members of the MT Gemini, a tanker operated by the Singapore-based…

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