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Thailand on 10 January 2012
Thailand on 10 January 2012 <The Nation> : “Thaksin’s retreat may cut conflict” news@theasian.asia
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Vietnam on 9 January 2012
Vietnam on 9 January 2012 <Vietnam Plus> : “Supreme People’s Procuracy launches 2012 tasks” news@theasian.asia
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Singapore on 6 January 2012
<The Straits Times> reports that at least 200 DBS Bank and POSB customers have been hit by an ATM fraud that has seen some $200,000 stolen from their accounts. news@theasian.asia
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U.K. Cartoonist Ronald Searle dies
British cartoonist Ronald Searle, best known for his fictional girls’ school St. Trinian’s creations has died at the age of 91 on Dec. 30 at a hospital in southern France. His daughter Kate Searle told “(He) passed away peacefully in his sleep” said in a statement. Searle’s spindly schoolgirl creations…
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Philippines Landslide Killed 25 People
Rescuers work at the site of landslide in the gold-rich community of Panganason in Pantukan town of Mindanao’s Compostela Valley Province, Philippines, Jan. 5, 2012. At least 25 people died and around 100 people remained missing when a landslide hit a mining village before dawn Thursday in the southern Philippines.…
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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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