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South East Asia
Lives Of Low-Income People In Myanmar Look Gruelling
Myanmar daily waged labors unload sands from a ship at a construction site in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct.2, 2012. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win) A woman walks on a bridge as she sells bananas in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct.2, 2012. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win) Daily waged workers get rid of debris…
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Filipino Journalists Opposed To Cybercrime Prevention Act For Fear Of Suppressing Online Freedom
Filipino journalists and some media group leaders hold their petitions against the Cybercrime Prevention Act as they submitted them to the Supreme Court in Manila, Philippines, Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012. Media groups and Filipinos stepped up calls Wednesday for repealing a tough new law that targets cybercrime but activists fear…
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Streets In Ho Chi Minh City Flooded By Heavy Rain
Students wade through a flooded street in Binh Tan District in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, Oct. 3, 2012. (Xinhua/VNA)(dzl) Local residents ride motorcycles on a flooded street in Binh Tan District in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, Oct. 3, 2012. (Xinhua/VNA) news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Filipino netizens freest in Asia, 6th freest in world
MANILA, Philippines—Filipino netizens are the freest in Asia and sixth in the world when it comes to Internet freedom, according to a study by a Washington DC-based advocacy group released as outrage builds in the Philippines over a new cybercrime law. The study of Freedom House found the Philippines having…
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South East Asia
UAE-Cambodia Trade Ministers Discuss Ways To Expand Trade, Investment
Cambodia’s Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh (R) and visiting Minister of Foreign Trade of the United Arab Emirates Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi hold talks in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Oct. 1, 2012. The talks was held Monday to strengthen and expand bilateral trade and investment ties, Cham Prasidh said…
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Philippine Politicians Declare Their Candidacy For 2013 Elections
Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III speaks during the proclamation rally for the administration candidates for the 2013 elections in San Juan City, the Philippines, Oct. 1, 2012. Politicians will declare their candidacy for the 18,053 local and national posts in government from Oct. 1 to 5. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali) Philippine…
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South East Asia
People Enjoy Car Free Day With Soap Bubble Making On Streets In Jakarta
A mother and her child play with soap bubbles during Car Free Day at Bundaran HI in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 30, 2012. A man makes soap bubbles during Car Free Day at Bundaran HI in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 30, 2012. A colourful soap bubble is seen flying in the sky…
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South East Asia
Suu Kyi Addresses Before Students Of Havard University
Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi smiles prior to an address at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. <AP Photo/Charles Krupa> news@theasian.asia
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Philippine: Anti-cybercrime law will not be used against journalists—CIDG
MANILA, Philippines—Trust us, we will not spy on journalists or try to curtail press freedom. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) made this assurance on Tuesday to allay fears that members of the media and bloggers would be harassed by the government under the newly enacted anti-cybercrime law passed…
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South East Asia
Philippine Official Checks Elephant Tusks Confiscated
A staffer of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (DENR-PAWB) displays elephant tusks which were seized by Philippine customs authorities over a two-year period following failed smuggling attempts in the country, Wednesday Sept. 26, 2012, in Quezon city northeast of Manila. The tusks are to…
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