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West Asia
Iranian Women Stick to Pre-Islamic Festival
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian women play ball during a picnic marking ancient festival of Sizdeh Bedar, or public picnic day, at the end of thirteen-day Iranian New Year holidays, outside the northeastern city of Esfarayen, Iran, Sunday, April 1, 2012. Iranians flocked to parks and orchards to mark Sizdeh Bedar,…
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Major news in Turkey on April 2 2012
Top news in <Today’s Zaman >: Police use tear gas to disperse Assad supporters in İstanbul news@theasian.asia
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Major news in Iran on April 2 2012
Top news in <Iran Daily>: President Opens Hormuzgan Steel Plant Calls for Upholding Justice news@theasian.asia
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Bahraini Protesters Face Riot Police
MANAMA, Bahrain — Bahraini anti-government protesters face off against riot police in a street where protesters lit fires to ease the effects of tear gas fired by riot police Saturday, March 31, 2012, in Salmabad, Bahrain, on the outskirts of the capital of Manama. Bahraini security forces fired tear gas…
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Major news in Iran on March 30 2012
Top news in <Tehran Times> : Farewell winter! Greetings spring! news@theasian.asia
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Major news in Turkey on March 30 2012
Top news in <Today’s Zaman> : Turkish consumers sandwiched between high taxes, crude prices, dollar news@theasian.asia
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Major news in Jordan on March 29 2012
Top news in <Ammon News>: 12 students expelled from Mutah over brawl news@theasian.asia
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Major news in Yemen on March 29 2012
Top news in <Saba News>: Yemen requests to extradite detainees in Iraqi jails news@theasian.asia
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Major news in Lebanon on March 28 2012
Top news in <Daily Star>: Sehnaoui unveils plan to boost Internet capacity by 10 Gbit/s news@theasian.asia
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Major news in Saudi Arabia on March 28 2012
Top news in <Arab News>: Defense minister stresses RSAF’s role news@theasian.asia
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