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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The DiplomatYoung South Koreans have different attitudes on family issues, from caring for parents to cohabitation before marriage.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaIt seems big is no longer best for disaster-hit Malaysia Airlines -- it's said to be offloading its entire fleet of A380 superjumbos.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The DiplomatAnd other brief news updates from Central Asia
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaManny Pacquiao is a force to be reckoned with, but bookmakers still have him as a firm underdog in the lead up to Saturday's fight with Floyd Mayweather. We take you through the sport's biggest shocks and ask the question: can Manny rain...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)Saudi Arabia's new king signals an unprecedented shift of power to a new generation.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from The DiplomatThe only thing worse than living with a nuclear North Korea is trying to disarm it through force.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Asia News WeeklyGetting ready for an awesome Asian summer vacation? This week top travel bloggers share their picks and insider tips. The post Destinations and tips for traveling in Asia appeared first on Asia News Weekly .
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from The DiplomatEconomic transformation is opening up new possibilities for inland cities in China and elsewhere.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaWashington and Tokyo ties cause concern in Beijing
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)Shallow graves, believed to belong to migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, found at camp in remote jungle in the south.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)Three soldiers onboard aircraft killed as operation targeting drug cartel sees violence across Jalisco state.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaThe film hitting Pakistani cinemas - 40 years after it was made
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)Former World Bank Vice President for Africa Obiageli Ezekwesili on Nigeria as regional and global power and Boko Haram.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaBabies carried by pregnant women during the Beijing Summer Olympics in 2008, when China took drastic steps to combat air pollution, were born heavier than than babies born a year earlier or later, a new study has found.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)Police officer charged with second-degree murder of Gray, with five others to face other charges, state's attorney says.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from NYT > Asia PacificSome leading Chinese trade policy figures now say the American-led pact could even make it easier for Beijing to pursue its own regional agreements.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from BBC News - AsiaNepal's authorities rule out the possibility of finding more survivors under the rubble of last week's earthquake, as the death toll rises to 6,621.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from International Business TimesCrowds of environmentalists, anti-establishment activists and angry youths gathered in demonstrations across the globe on Friday -- May Day, also known as International Workers' Day. In many cases, demonstrations turned violent and polic...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Asia news, all the latest and breaking Asian newsUp to 1,000 Europeans are still missing in Nepal nearly a week after the country was devastated by an earthquake
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from CNN.com - Asia
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from International Business Times(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Sri Lanka on Saturday to offer support for newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena after years of tensions with the former government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa over huma...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Central & South Asia)UN agency calls on Houthis to release fuel supplies, saying it needs 200,000 litres of fuel to distribute its food aid.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalThe Russian Emergencies Ministry An-148 jet aircraft flew to evacuate 40 Russian citizens from Nepal, according to the statement of ministry.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from The DiplomatIt has been a bleak year for democracy in Thailand.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from CNN.com - AsiaAt least 30 graves containing human remains have been found in a "detention camp" in southern Thailand, along with a lone male survivor, Thai authorities said.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from English Edition : The hankyorehThe South Korean government announced plans on May 1 to allow broad-ranging inter-Korean exchange efforts by private groups and local governments and organize joint cultural, historical, and sporting ..
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Uploads by ARIRANG NEWSWorkers across Asia rally to mark May Day 노동절 기념 아시아 집회 And for more top international headlines... we connect to Paul Yi at the News Center. Our focus today： W...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from English Edition : The hankyorehNorth Korean refugees (left) protest to North Korea’s mission to the United Nations (right) at UN headquarters in New York, during a hearing on the human rights situation in the North, Apr. 30. During..
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Uploads by ARIRANG NEWSDeath toll following Nepal′s earthquake surpasses 6，200 네팔지진 사망자， 기하급수적으로 늘어나… Let′s ...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from The Korea HealdSouth Korean activists and victims demanded at a U.N. meeting on Friday that Japan should apologize to and compensate Koreans who were taken to Japan as forced laborers and fell victim to the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasak...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsDuan Chengliang, an inventor from the Yubei district of Chongqing, has invented a unique kind of lock, which can only be opened by couples kissing, reports the Chongqing Morning Post. Duan told the...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsThe Expo Milano 2015 inaugural concert on Thursday night was crowded with guests ready to welcome the world exposition that kicks off on Friday. Chinese pianist Lang Lang impressed the audience wit...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsAlibaba Group announced its complete acquisition of AutoNavi and UCWeb on April 29, which merged with Alibaba in February and June last year respectively, reports Tencent's tech news portal. The tw...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Uploads by ARIRANG NEWSRain on the way tomorrow evening 내일 저녁에 비 The first day of May kicked off under summery conditions， but we have rain on the way nationwide to cool things down a bit starting tomorrow eveni...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsTaiwan's Legislative Yuan passed an amendment on Labor Day Friday that will require businesses to share their profits with their employees. The amendment to the Company Act said that companies must...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from English Edition : The hankyorehSo much for the chance of senior officials from Seoul and Pyongyang meeting at a ceremony to be held in Moscow on May 9, the 70th anniversary of the Allies’ victory in World War II. Not only has it be..
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from The Korea HealdUnionized public workers and teachers vowed Saturday to fight vigorously against a proposed pension reform bill now before the National Assembly for approval, arguing that it is unfairly disadvantageous to them.After months of negotiatio...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from The Korea HealdThe union of civil servants holds a rally against the pension reform scheme at the National Assembly on Friday. (Yonhap)A task force of government officials, civil servants and experts Friday agreed on a bill that would require civil ser...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Uploads by ARIRANG NEWSRain is in store for most of the central region tonight 중부지방 대부분 비 Finally，... taking a brief look at the weather... Rain is in store for most of the central region tonight.....
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from The Korea HealdPaul McCartney, a member of the legendary band the Beatles, will hold his much-anticipated first-ever concert in South Korea on Saturday. Paul McCartney (AP)The concert will...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
NARA--A 1,300-year-old “mokkan” wooden tablet found in the remains of Heijokyu palace with an inscription of “Narakyo (or Naranomiyako)” proves that the Nara name has been used since the ancient capital of Japan was established here in 7... -
Saturday, May 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsJames Soong, chair of Taiwan minority opposition People First Party (PFP), said that he will make a decision on whether or not the party is willing to form a coalition with the ruling Kuomintang (KMT)...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsOn April 27, satellite images were released which showed that seven Type 052D guided-missile destroyers are being built simultaneously at Shangahi's Jiangnan Shipyard, according to Beijing's Sina Mili...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from News - Kyodo News
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsA design featuring a Formosan black bear surrounded by other creatures unique to Taiwan has been selected by Taipei citizens as the mascot of the 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade, a city official announ...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsChina's leading search engine Baidu is said to open its e-commerce platform Baidu Mall soon, which will integrate both its online and offline resources and focus on middle-to-high-end brands, reports ...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsMicrobiology applied to agricultural products is connecting China with Argentina, two emerging markets with complementary economies and strategic partners looking to increase bilateral exchanges. A...
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KYOTO--Outdoor terraces at restaurant/inns opened along the Kamogawa river on May 1 to mark the arrival of summer. -
Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Uploads by ARIRANG NEWSParliament agrees on revised pension reform plan for public workers 연금개혁 협상 최종 Our top story this evening... Eight months after starting talks on the sensitive issue of reforming th...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsChinese archaeologists have employed digital scanning in an ongoing excavation of a burial pit in the ancient capital of Xi'an, where an army of terra cotta warriors guards the mausoleum of China's fi...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsA ￡600 million (US$922 million) real estate project developed by Chinese Greenland Group in Wandsworth, London laid its foundation stone on Thursday. The Ram Quarter project, the Chinese leading d...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsEconomic officials in Taiwan have been preparing to speed up the pace of negotiations on a trade-in-goods agreement with China since President Ma Ying-jeou said he would like to see the pact signed be...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from English Edition : The hankyorehLG U+ introduced its “911 working system” in 2013. The system involves dedicated working hours between 9 and 11 each morning. LG Display has similar dedicated hours from 8:30 to 10 am and from 4 to 5:..
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsChina's service sector activity expanded in April, but at a slower pace, an official monthly survey showed on Friday. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the non-manufacturing sector fell to 5...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
Japan's conservative ruling party is gearing up for a new push to achieve its long-sought goal of revising the country's U.S.-drafted postwar Constitution. Its first challenge: winning over a divided public. -
Saturday, May 2, 2015 from The Korea HealdBALTIMORE (AP) - Baltimore's top prosecutor charged six police officers with felonies ranging from assault to murder in the death of Freddie Gray, triggering celebrations and a sense of relief in the tension-filled city. ...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from The Korea HealdSouth Korea's chief nuclear envoy will visit Washington and Beijing next week for talks with his counterparts on how to restart long-stalled negotiations with North Korea, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday.Hwang Joon-kook, special rep...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Uploads by ARIRANG NEWSSix Baltimore police officers face charges over custody death of Freddie Gray Six police officers in the U.S. city of Baltimore have been charged in the death of Freddie Gray，... an African American man who died in police custody....
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsAir China's Beijing-Budapest route was officially inaugurated on Friday evening, when its Airbus 330-200 landed at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Airport officials were on hand to gre...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Uploads by ARIRANG NEWSProtesters in LA press for apology for wartime sex slavery from Japanese PM 미 More than five－hundred protesters held a rally in Los Angeles on Friday， local time，... to demand an apology for Japan′s wart...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from English Edition : The hankyorehFour days before Children’s Day, a notice posted in a large supermarket in Seoul informing customers that they had no more stock of items related to Yokai Watch, a popular Japanese video game, May 1. ..
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsEric Chu, Chairman of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang Party, arrived in Shanghai on Saturday for a cross-Strait forum. Chu is leading a delegation to the 10th Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Fo...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from The Japan Times » NationalAs Japan’s conservative ruling Liberal Democratic Party gears up for a new push to achieve its long-sought goal of revising the country’s U.S.-drafted postwar Constitution, its first challenge will be winning over a divided public. The p...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from English Edition : The hankyorehIn life, it’s sometimes said that direction matters more than speed. Things are different in the world of exchange rates, though. There, speed clearly trumps direction. Many times more frightening tha..
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Uploads by ARIRANG NEWSGov′t task force reaches agreement on reforms to civil servant pension plan 공무 Civil servants may be contributing more to their pensions... and receiving less in payouts... in the coming years. On Friday， a gov...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from WantChinaTimes-NewsGeng Yansheng, the spokesperson of the Chinese ministry of defense confirmed that the People's Liberation Army Navy and the Russian Navy will launch joint naval exercises in the Mediterranean Sea late...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalThe body of girl has been kept in a mortuary at Singhawala village in Moga.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalFriends and family of the teenage girl, who died after being molested and thrown off a moving bus in Moga, said the 13-year-old aspired to be a police officer and wanted to fight for the rights of the weak and oppressed.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalEarlier, Mr. Gandhi sought to reiterate the Congress’ "pro-farmer" position when it was in power.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from NDTV News - WorldThe US space agency has selected proposals from 254 small businesses and 39 research institutions in the US for grants to develop new technologies that will further NASA's journey to Mars.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from NDTV News - WorldPrime Minister Tony Abbott said he was confident Australia could restore its relationship with Indonesia despite anger over the execution of two drug convicts, whose bodies reportedly returned home to...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from NDTV News - Top StoriesAfter NDTV highlighted the plight of two minor orphaned children in Telangana's Medak, forced into manual labour after their debt-ridden father committed suicide, the state government has stepped in, ...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from NDTV News - WorldA 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal at 11.30 am today with its epicentre at Barpark in Gorkha district, seismologist Mukunda Bhattarai from the National Seismology Centre (NSC) said.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from NDTV News - Top StoriesUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today promised all help for four abandoned siblings in Agra after an NDTV report highlighted their plight. The children were found living on their own in a ...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalDMK treasurer MK Stalin on Saturday said any decision on the posibility of forging alliance with Vijayakanth-led DMDK would be announced by party chief M Karunanidhi.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalThe NDA government, which is completing one year in office this month, has asked state governments including those ruled by opposition parties to highlight and "furnish success stories" of all Centrally sponsored flagship programmes, par...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalK.H. Muniyappa, MP, has said priority will be given for cleaning of tanks in Kolar district which are supposed to get treated waste water from Challaghat in Bengaluru.He was speaking to re...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalDefence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday reviewed the prevailing security scenario and ongoing operations against militant outfits in Lower Assam.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalUnion Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday condemned the waving of Pakistani flags at Hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s rally and said he was confident that the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from NDTV News - Top StoriesBritain was awaiting the arrival of the newest member of its royal family today as Kate Middleton, the wife of Prince William, was admitted to hospital in the early stages of labour.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalAfter facing flak from all quarters over a purported ayurvedic product by yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Divya Pharmacy promising male child, Patanjali Yogapeeth on Saturday stated that a disclaimer will be put on the product, claiming it is fo...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Zee News : India NationalSenior IAS officer Anoop Kumar Srivastava was on Saturday given additional charge of Secretary, Inter-State Council Secretariat (ISCS).
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from World News, News of World, Top World News, World Breaking Headlines - Times of IndiaPrince William's wife Kate gave birth to their second child, to be fourth in line for the throne.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from The Hindu - NationalCPRF personnel would reach out to every family in the village with relief and help in its reconstruction.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from NDTV News - Top StoriesRoyal Challengers Bangalore take on defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in an important IPL tie at the M. Chinnawamy Stadium today. Catch live cricket scores and updates here:
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from World News, News of World, Top World News, World Breaking Headlines - Times of IndiaSlaughtering of animals or birds and selling their meat has been banned here over fears of a pandemic in the wake of last week's devastating earthquake and its aftershocks which have jolted the Himalayan nation.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Star Online News HighlightsBEIRUT (Reuters) - An air strike by U.S.-led forces on the northern Syrian province of Aleppo on Friday killed at least 17 civilians including two children, and wounded dozens more, a group monitoring the Syrian conflict said.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 — Police have summoned Datuk Ambiga Sreenavasan to the Dang Wangi police station tonight where she will be arrested over her participation in the May Day rally against the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the activ... -
Saturday, May 2, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - TopstoriesThai authorities on Saturday resumed the excavation of a mass grave site in a remote patch of jungle where migrants believed to be from Myanmar and Bangladesh were held for months by people smugglers in appalling conditions.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Cambodia News latest RSS headlines - Cambodian Times.comEXCLUSIVE Baltimore riots raged because police were not given body armor and batons to stop the mobs - and one officer had his face smashed with a rock when his visor was shattered, reveals ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - NationalPOLICE have launched an investigation into the killing of a renowned crime-buster's nephew, who was shot by a sniper while he was holding his one-year-old baby outside his home in Nonthaburi province.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Thai PBS English News
The board has been without with the chairman after Mr Somchai Sujjapongse quit the post late April. General Prayut also ordered the setting up of a fund called Government Lottery Fund for Social Development. The fund is to be used to bu... -
Friday, May 1, 2015 from NST Online Latest News - AllKUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian student in London was jailed for five years for possession of over 30,000 images and videos of child pornography.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NST Online Latest News - AllKUALA LUMPUR: Former Bar council president Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan was among 30 people arrested following the anti-GST protest in the city centre earlier today.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » NewsKUALA LUMPUR, May 1, 2015: Malaysia Airlines said it was “exploring fleet options” as the flag carrier sidestepped commenting on reports that it is planning to sell off some of its planes to restructure after recent disasters...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - NationalPHETCHABURI Court yesterday sentenced to death a police doctor and his adult son for killing a Myanmar worker and burying his body at the doctor's ranch five years ago.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Star Online News HighlightsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea condemned on Friday plans by Japan to hold a summit in New York on the abduction of Japanese citizens by Pyongyang decades ago, saying the issue had been resolved and accusing Tokyo of escalating a ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Malaysian Insider : Malaysia
The Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the Rompin by-election, Datuk Hasan Arifin, wants the Chinese community to give him a chance to prove his ability to serve the people. "Give me a chance to serve. I can use the platform as member o... -
Friday, May 1, 2015 from Malaysiakini :: NEWSFREE Jay Jay Denis is warned over a tweet regarding arrest of protesters.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NST Online Latest News - AllGEORGE TOWN: Police have yet to record any statements in connection with the vandalism involving the banners of Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Suhaimi Sabudin in Permatang Pauh.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - NationalTHE Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIP) and Save the Children will submit a 15,000-signature petition to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration on Wednesday in a bid to get schools under the BMA's supervision to join their campaign ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NST Online Latest News - AllSEBERANG JAYA: Penang Umno is contemplating disciplinary action against former Umno Guar Jering Jaya branch chairman Asri Ahmad, 44, for sabotaging the party's campaign in the Permatang Pauh by-election.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Bangkokpost.com : Top StoriesAny achievements by Thailand's ruling junta while in power will be lost without significant changes to the country's draft constitution, Democrat Party leader and former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Friday.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » WorldLONDON, May 1, 2015: Carlsberg has launched a parody aimed at taking advantage of a hit advertisement campaign on the city’s Underground. Speaking up for all the men with beer bellies, it launched its own ads next to the Protein Wo...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Malaysian Insider : Malaysia
Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said he would help PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail look after Permatang Pauh should she win the by-election in the parliamentary constituency on May 7. Lim, who is also DAP secretary-g... -
Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Malaysian Insider : Malaysia
Police have begun arresting protesters who were at the Workers Day rally to oppose the goods and services tax (GST) earlier today, according to lawyers. Lawyers for Liberty co-founder Eric Paulsen said that arrests were going on after th... -
Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » NewsSHAH ALAM, May 1, 2015: Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has urged the Selangor government to fulfil the pledge made by former Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim to allocate a piece of land in the state to build a training...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » WorldWASHINGTON, May 1, 2015: US officials have announced a US$20-million (RM71.7 million) pilot programme to help equip law enforcement agencies across the country with body cameras. The programme is part of a general push by American polic...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » NewsROMPIN, May 1, 2015: Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is confident that the police will not be dragged into the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rally participants’ provocation. Ahmad Zahid said that although the rally was p...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Star Online News Highlights(Reuters) - Six Baltimore police officers were charged on Friday in the arrest and death in April of a 25-year-old black man, Freddie Gray, the latest flashpoint in police use of lethal force and race relations in the United States.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - TopstoriesContent will be broadcast via different media, legal fight will continue: Weng
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Star Online News HighlightsKATHMANDU (Reuters) - Thousands of people were still missing in Nepal on Friday as food and help began to trickle through to those stranded in remote areas after last week's earthquake which killed 6,250.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 — Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar warned a DAP lawmaker’s aide tonight against going overboard with his criticism of the string of arrests after this afternoon’s May Day ra... -
Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Malaysian Insider : Malaysia
Labuan and five districts in Sabah were hit by a major power blackout this afternoon. The blackout occurred at 12.43pm. In a statement to Bernama, a Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) spokesman confirmed the power outage had affected Sabah... -
Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | World
BALTIMORE, May 1 — Six Baltimore police officers will face criminal charges, including second-degree murder and manslaughter, in the death of a black man who was arrested and suffered a fatal neck injury while riding in a moving po... -
Friday, May 1, 2015 from NationMultimedia.com - NationalWORKERS from around the country marked Labour Day yesterday by reminding the government that the low minimum wage and poor working conditions were just two of many issues the workers face.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NST Online Latest News - AllKUALA LUMPUR: With an official police estimate of 4,500 participants, the anti-GST (Goods and Services Tax) rally only failed to meet their target of one million protesters, but was also ticked off as an illegal gathering for its failure...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | Malaysia
BUKIT MERTAJAM, May 1 — Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the Permatang Pauh parliamentary by-election, Suhaimi Sabudin had initially refused to accept the offer to be candidate as he felt the responsibilities were too heavy. How... -
Friday, May 1, 2015 from Malaysia Today(Malay Mail Online) – The lavish wedding ceremony for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s daughter Nooryana Najwa at a city venue here was paid for entirely by the family... READ MORE
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Malaysian Insider : Malaysia
Police say they have arrested 29 people over the Workers Day rally in the capital earlier today which saw a massive turnout of about 10,000 thronging the streets of Kuala Lumpur to protest the goods and services tax (GST). Kuala Lumpur C... -
Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Malaysian Insider : Malaysia
Police said the force was disappointed over incidents of vandalism and provocation that flared during a mostly peaceful May Day rally today opposing the implementation of the goods and services tax (GST). It highlighted the matter on the... -
Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Rakyat Post » NewsKUALA LUMPUR, May 2, 2015: A Malaysian student at the Imperial College in London has been sentenced to five years in jail for charges which include possession of indecent images and videos of children, which police in the United Kingdom ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Malaysian Insider : Malaysia
Developments brought to Rompin by Barisan Nasional (BN) can persist only if BN candidate Datuk Hasan Arifin is given the mandate in the impending parliamentary by-election this Tuesday, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi. Zahid s... -
Friday, May 1, 2015 from BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News » NationKUALA LUMPUR: The Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Muhammad V today launched the Royal Disaster Fund to help people […]
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Malay Mail Online | Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 — Police confirmed tonight that a total of 29 protesters were arrested and several smoke bombs seized this evening after the anti-GST rally in the city. According to The Star Online, KL CID chief Senior Asst Com... -
Friday, May 1, 2015 from NST Online Latest News - AllKUCHING: Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has agreed to reserve at least RM2.1 billion in contracts for Sarawak-born entrepreneurs in the oil and gas sector.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsThe U.S. State Department said on Friday that China's activities building on reclaimed land in the South China Sea do not contribute to peace in the region, regardless of how the facilities are used.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from SingaporeSINGAPORE - Eight motorists were arrested early yesterday morning during an islandwide operation against drink-driving, the Traffic Police said. Those arrested were aged between 26 and 56, and were among the 26 drivers stopped and tested...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from SingaporeDoctors have given Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong the all-clear for prostate cancer, following a blood test two weeks ago. The test was done two months after Mr Lee underwent keyhole surgery in February for early-stage prostate cancer, w...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from SingaporeSINGAPORE - Angry speeches and demonstrations are no longer a part of Labour Day here but the bond between the Government and unions, forged from the days of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, have endured, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. T...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from philstar.com - WorldVATICAN CITY — Hang up on Pope Francis and you might get a hug.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from WorldJAKARTA - The Indonesian police yesterday arrested a top anti-graft investigator for questioning over his role in the deadly shooting of a thief more than a decade ago, again drawing President Joko Jokowi Widodo into the rivalry between ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from China&IndiaMUMBAI - After losing top engineering talent for years to America's tech heartland of Silicon Valley, India is drawing them back as an e-commerce boom sparks a thriving start-up culture, unprecedented pay and perks, including free health...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from China&IndiaHONG KONG - The kidnapping of a tycoon's grand-daughter, an armed robbery and a spate of high-profile burglaries in the homes of Hong Kong's elite have sparked concern in a city ranked as one of the safest in the world. Hong Kong, which ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsAn Afghan delegation is heading to Qatar for "open discussions" with representatives of Taliban insurgents over the next few days aimed at ending Afghanistan's long war, an official said on Friday.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsThree bare-breasted women making Nazi salutes disrupted a May Day speech by French far-right leader Marine Le Pen as she accused her political rivals of failing to tackle immigration and radical Islam.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from SingaporeKATHMANDU - As the death toll in quake-hit Nepal climbs, the Singapore Government has sent more help to aid in relief efforts. Two doctors and four nurses from the Singapore General Hospital and a Nepalese doctor from Tan Tock Seng Hospi...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsPennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf said on Friday the state will set up its own healthcare exchange if needed to save insurance subsidies for thousands of residents under the federal government's 2010 Affordable Care Act.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsThe chairman of Myanmar's ruling party said on Friday he would stand as national president if nominated, and was willing to cooperate with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, or anyone working in the interests of the country.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Khaama Press (KP) | Afghan Online Newspaper
A woman has been traumatized as she narrowly escaped a beheading attempt by her mother-in-law, in a rare case involving a woman inflicting violence on another woman. Identified as Gul Sima, the woman has recently recovered from state of ... -
Saturday, May 2, 2015 from bdnews24.com - BangladeshThe former disgraced Tower Hamlets mayor introduces the Shadwell councillor to run for the office
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Inquirer News » NationAbout 2,000 workers, students and activists marched on Friday from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) to Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila to press for higher wages and jobs at home to prevent Filipinos from heading into outright danger over...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsPolice fired tear gas at demonstrators on Friday as violent protests marred the start of the Milan Expo, a global fair the government had hoped would help to put a new face on Italy after years of economic decline.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsGunmen fired on a military helicopter in western Mexico on Friday (May 1), killing three soldiers as the aircraft made an emergency landing in a day of violence across drug crime-plagued Jalisco state.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from SingaporeSINGAPORE - Even as the authorities get cracking on a new landfill cell at Pulau Semakau, some establishments are doing their part to not add to Singapore's dwindling waste disposal space. Their strategy: Digester machines that convert f...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from WorldUNITED NATIONS - Russia said on Friday the United Nations Security Council should not intervene in Burundi's constitutional dispute that has sparked the biggest political crisis in the East African state since an ethnically fuelled civil...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Haveeru Online - HeadlinesAdhaalath Party (AP) leader, Sheikh Imran Abdulla – who had taken officially responsibility for having organized Friday’s opposition mass rally – has been arrested.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from China&IndiaBEIJING - The United States and other countries will be welcome to use civilian facilities Beijing is building in the South China Sea for weather forecasting and search and rescue "when conditions are right", China's navy chief has told ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsWarplanes from a Saudi-led coalition struck a residential district of the Yemeni capital Sanaa overnight, killing eight to 10 civilians, residents said on Friday.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from SingaporeSINGAPORE - Think the system to keep Singapore ticking can run on autopilot? Be very careful, for national leadership makes all the difference, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his May Day Rally speech yesterday. "Some people say w...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from WorldKATHMANDU - U.S. military aircraft, heavy equipment and air traffic controllers will start arriving in Nepal from Saturday as part of a U.S. relief operation following the devastating earthquake, a senior U.S. officer said. The 7.8 magni...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Channel NewsAsia World NewsAn air strike by US-led forces on the northern Syrian province of Aleppo on Friday (May 1) killed at least 17 civilians including two children, and wounded dozens more, a group monitoring the Syrian conflict said.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from GMA News Online / News / WorldWASHINGTON - Sexual assault in the U.S. military remains far too common despite a 27 percent drop in the number of incidents over the past two years, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Friday as the Pentagon released its annual report ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from SingaporeSINGAPORE - While improving the lives of low-wage workers, particularly in the aftermath of the financial crisis about seven to eight years ago, Mr Lim Swee Say also pushed for higher salaries for all employees via the progressive wage m...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from SingaporeSINGAPORE - Improved connectivity between Singapore and Malaysia will be high on the agenda when Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak meet at a two-day Leaders' Retreat early next week, said the Malays...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from philstar.com - WorldKATHMANDU, Nepal — The structural engineer strides through Kathmandu's old city, past buildings reduced to rubble, buildings whose facades are cracked in doz
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from КазинформKABUL. KAZINFORM - Afghan militancy and counter-militancy have claimed 35 lives and injured 45 others with majority of them Taliban militants, in the eastern Khost and Laghman provinces of the conflict-ridden country on Friday, official ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesThe first European Games torch was delivered to Lerik May 1
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesIstanbul police detained 140 people who hid their faces behind masks during the May Day rally
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Today.Az
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Today.Az
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Panorama.amTurkey has returned to the European Parliament an April 15 motion describing the mass killing of Ottoman Armenians during World War I as genocide, as a senior EU official warned ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesHundreds of demonstrators in Bahrain have taken to the streets across the tiny Persian Gulf country to express solidarity with political prisoners and jailed activists, especially the prominent opposition figure Sheikh Ali Salman.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from AzerNews - AzerbaijanThe Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense Industry has drafted proposals on the development of the country's defense industry, in particular offering to exempt the defense products from taxes.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesBaku 2015 and Official Partner Azerbaijan Airlines have announced the first winner of the wining campaign of the First European Games.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesFrance attaches great importance to its relations with Azerbaijan
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesGerman journalists have been informed about Baku 2015 First European Games.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Panorama.amThe U.S.-led military coalition launched 18 air strikes in Syria and Iraq against ISIS positions since early Thursday, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement, Reuters reported. The seven ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Today.Az
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Armenian News - PanARMENIAN.Net"Would the refusal to recognize the Genocide save us from facing our past? Will it wash away the blood we shed?" Ahmet Hakan questions.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesAzerbaijan Railways CJSC has reduced the tariffs for container and freight car transportation by 50 percent and 35 percent
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesKaren Attiah, one of the editors of the authoritative US newspaper Washington Post, wrote an article about how the Western media would cover the events in Baltimore if they happened elsewhere
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesTurkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey have signed a declaration with the European Union in the energy sphere.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesThe State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan will continue to invest in the Russian and Turkish currency, in spite of their devaluation
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesTurkey plays an important role in the transportation of energy resources.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from AzerNews - AzerbaijanNagorno-Karabakh conflict's undermining the peace in the South Caucasus region has been once more put forward in Baku during a high-level meeting.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from hetq.am RSS -A Civilization Destroyed: Istanbul Academic Conference The Wealth of Non-Muslims in the Late Ottoman Period and the Early Republican Era
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Trend.Az - Latest HeadlinesA total of 203 illegal protesters have been detained in Istanbul as May Day demonstrations were held.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NEWS.am | News from Armenia
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