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South East Asia
Pray for Chinese New Year
A woman prays under the red lanterns for the upcoming Chinese New Year at the Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 3, 2011. The Chinese New Year, the year of the dragon, will start on Jan. 23 this year. <Photo: Xinhua/Chong Voon Chung> news@theasian.asia
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2012 Wishballs on the Marina Bay
About 20,000 wellwish balls are seen on the Marina Bay to celebrate the new year in Singapore on Jan. 1, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Chen Jipeng> news@theasian.asia
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Malaysians Celebrate New Year
Fireworks are set off to celebrate the new year at the Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 1, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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“Happy New Year”
Youngsters take a rest in front of the design of 2012 in a street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 1, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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Philippine Stock Market Ends with 0.81% Higher
Traders blow horns to celebrate the last trading day of the year inside the Philippine Stock Exchange in Makati, the Philippines, on Dec. 29, 2011. Philippine shares closed 0.81 percent higher as they ended the trading of the year. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
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South East Asia
Xi Jinping Meets Nguyen Phu Trong
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L) meets with Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, Dec. 21, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua/Li Xueren> news@theasian.asia
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Malaysia Bus Accident, Died 6
Firefighters inspect the site of a traffic accident in Malaysia’s Sabah state in the east peninsula on Dec. 20, 2011. A bus carrying over 30 tourists from Brunei lost control and hit a tree in Malaysia’s Sabah state in the east peninsula on Tuesday, killing six people, local police said.…
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Burma Holds 4th GMS Summit
Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo (L) meets with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung during the 4th Summit of the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation (GMS) in Nay Pyi Taw, Burma, on Dec. 19, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua/Song Zhenping> news@theasian.asia
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