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South East Asia
Vietnamese President talks with Myanmar Veep making his first ever trip to Hanoi
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (R) meets with visiting Myanmar Vice President U Nyan Tun in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, March 20, 2013. U Nyan Tun is on his first ever trip to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Madam Nguyen Thi Doan and the visit comes a…
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South East Asia
Indonesian President opens 3rd Int’l Defense Dialogue in Jakarta
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1st R) beats the gong for the opening of the third Jakarta International Defense Dialogue in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 20, 2013. The Jakarta International Defense Dialogue 2013, an international forum attended by military and political elite from 38 nations, opened in Jakarta on Wednesday. <Xinhua/Jiang…
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South East Asia
“The Voice,” Myanmar’s weekly journal, cleared of defamation charge in a show of improved gov’t attitude toward the press
In this March 14, 2013 photo, journalists work in the newsroom of weekly journal “The Voice,” in Yangon, Myanmar. The Voice Weekly news journal was temporarily suspended for 6-times during the period of 2005-2012. After eight months and 26 hearings, Myanmar’s ministry of mining dropped its controversial defamation lawsuit against…
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South East Asia
President of Myanmar talks with Australian PM in Canberra
President of Myanmar Thein Sein, left, meets with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, March 18, 2013. Thein is on a three day visit to Australia. <AP Photo/Alan Porritt, Pool>
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South East Asia
Dogs are in use to raise consciousness of using helmet in Surabaya, Indonesia
Handoko N. (in white) rides his motorbike with two dogs wearing helmets in Surabaya, Indonesia, March 17, 2013. Handoko N. said that putting helmets on dogs is to raise consciousness of using helmets when riding motorcycles. <Xinhua/Hidayat>
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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 East Asia
Int’l meeting on how to protect endangered species ended in Bangkok
John E. Scanlon, Secretary General of the 16th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), speaks at the closing ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, March 14, 2013. The 16th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna…
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South East Asia
Suu Kyi comforts people in a mine village who got angry with gov’t over violent handling of protesters
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, speaks during a meeting with villagers at a school during a visit to an area near the Letpadaung copper mine, in Monywa township, 760 kilometers (450 miles) north of Yangon, central Myanmar, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Opponents of the nearly $1 billion…
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South East Asia
Artists dance at festival ending Chinese New Year celebration in Bogor, Indonesia
People perform a dragon dance during a cultural festival marking the end of Chinese New Year celebrations in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. An artist performs during a cultural festival marking the end of Chinese New Year celebration in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 13, 2013.…
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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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