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South East Asia
Unique Fashion Carnival In Indonesia
A model performs during Jember Fashion Carnival, an annual event to showcase creations by local fashion designers, in Jember, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, July 8, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Exhibition Of Housing Materials In Ho Chi Minh City
Visitors stroll around the International Exhibition of Construction, Building Materials, Housing and Interior Decoration in southern Ho Chi Minh City, some 1,130 km south of capital Hanoi, in Vietnam, July 5, 2012. <Xinhua/Dinh Tung> news@theasian.asia
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Major news in Singapore on July 6 : More couples got married last year, divorces also up
Major news in < Straits Times> : More couples got married last year, divorces also up More couples got hitched last year, even as the trend of divorce continue to inch upwards in 2011. The figures on divorces and marriages in 2011 were released on Thursday morning by the Department…
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Major news in Malaysia on July 5: “Taxi drivers are our image ambassadors”
Major news in <New Straits Times> : Taxi drivers are our image ambassadors: Najib PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today hailed taxi drivers as an important group that can portray a good image of the country. He said they could form in the public, particularly foreign tourists,…
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Kinetic Art Decoration In Singapore Changi Airport
People admire a giant kinetic structure at the Changi International Airport on Wednesday July 4, 2012 in Singapore. Claiming to be the world’s largest kinetic art installation, “Kinetic Rain” designed and built by a German team is made up of 1, 216 bronze droplets that transforms into multiple shapes through…
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Major news in Philippines : 661 Manholes ‘Missing’
Top news in <Manila Bulletin> : 661 Manholes ‘Missing’ MMDA Says They’re Partly Blamed For Flash Floods MANILA, Philippines — Flash floods, like the ones that happened on Tuesday, were blamed partly on 661 manholes and drainage inlets, which have been plugged by private contractors of the Department of Public Works…
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Thai Gov’t to hire water management companies
BANGKOK, July 4 (Xinhua) — Thailand’s cabinet has approved a budget of 300 billion baht (10 billion U.S. dollars) to hire Thai and foreign companies for the country’s water management and flood control projects, senior official said late Tuesday. The cabinet also approved the terms for hiring and will publicize…
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Major news in Burma on July 3 : Waste dump extension leaves 70 homeless
Major news in <The Myanmar Times> : Waste dump extension leaves 70 homeless FAMILIES recently evicted from illegal settlements in North Dagon township have pleaded for assistance from the government, saying they have nowhere else to live and no money to rent a house. Sixty-four people from 12 households were evicted…
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IHH Healthcare Goes Public
IHH Healthcare Chairman Abu Bakar Suleiman delivers his opening remarks during the launch of its initial public offering prospectus in in Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday, July 3, 2012. IHH Healthcare, Asia’s top hospital operator, said Tuesday it plans to raise 6.4 billion ringgit ($2 billion) from an initial public offering in…
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Major news in Viet Nam on July 3 : Deputy PM seeks greater Japan trade
Major news in <Vietnam News> : Deputy PM seeks greater Japan trade Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda yesterday in Tokyo. — VNA Photo TOKYO – Despite the fact that bilateral trade between Viet Nam and Japan reached US$21 billion in 2011, there is still…
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