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Syria to hold parliamentary elections that opposition calls a sham
Share Tweet Nationwide parliamentary elections are scheduled for Monday in Syria after more than a year of bloody conflict. The government is promoting the vote as part of ASIA News [...]
5-22, 2012 2:30
Former Sri Lanka army chief Sarath Fonseka freed from prison
Share Tweet Sri Lanka’s former army chief, who was imprisoned after losing an election to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was released from prison on Monday. Asia news, all the latest and breaking Asian news [...]
5-22, 2012 1:45
Three climbers killed on Mount Everest
Share Tweet Three climbers have been killed and one is missing presumed dead after scaling Mount Everest in the worst disaster on the world’s highest peak since 2004. Asia news, all the latest and breaking Asian news [...]
5-22, 2012 0:57
Fukushima Daiichi’s Unit 4 Spent-Fuel Pool: Safe or Not?
Share Tweet Questions have been bubbling recently over how safe Japan’s stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant—in particular the pool atop Unit 4, where some 1,535 fuel rods are stored—would be if another big earthquake hit. Japan Real Time [...]
5-21, 2012 23:24
Nato urges Pakistan to reopen supply route
Share Tweet Nato leaders on Monday called on Pakistan to reopen a key supply route into Afghanistan “as soon as possible” after talks with Islamabad on the border crossing faltered. Asia news, all the latest and breaking Asian news [...]
5-21, 2012 21:52
Aung San Suu Kyi to give Nobel talk in Oslo June 16
Share Tweet Aung San Suu Kyi will make a speech in Oslo next month to accept the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded in 1991, as part of her first trip outside Burma in 24 years, the Nobel Committee [...]
5-21, 2012 21:05
Photos: Ring of Fire
Share Tweet A look at the annular solar eclipse, also known as “Ring of Fire,” from Asia and around the world. Southeast Asia Real Time [...]
5-21, 2012 20:18
Ring of fire: rare annular solar eclipse over parts of North America and Asia
Share Tweet A rare annular solar eclipse over parts of North America and Asia. Asia news, all the latest and breaking Asian news [...]
5-21, 2012 19:31
Video: Reminder of War Under Hanoi Hotel
Share Tweet Having dismissed the idea of turning it into a wine cellar or cigar bar, Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel in Hanoi reopened a Vietnam War air-raid shelter–found beneath what is now the poolside bar–as a memorial. The WSJ’s [...]
5-21, 2012 17:58
“Crab” chips, fruity Oreos? They’re big overseas
Share Tweet Russians prefer their Lay’s potato chips dusted in caviar and crab flavors. The Chinese like their Oreos stuffed with mango and orange cream. And in ASIA News [...]
5-21, 2012 17:12
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