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January 01, 2012
S. Korean President Predicts 'Big Changes' on Dealings with North

President Lee, delivering his nationally televised New Year's address, spoke of a turning point that he hopes can lead to progress

January 01, 2012
In Burma, Visiting Dignitaries Line Up to Ride Crest of Change

Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi hosts a stream of visits, predominantly by senior foreign officials
January 01, 2012
Pakistan Gas Shortages Spark Protests

Thousands of people across Pakistan demonstrated Monday to protest severe gas shortages, price hikes
January 01, 2012
Reports: Afghan, Pakistani Militants Unite to Fight US-led Troops in Afghanistan

Reports say Afghan and Pakistani Taliban have formed a joined five-member committee
December 31, 2011
Brother Says Missing China Rights Lawyer Held in Remote Prison

Gao Zhiyi says Gao Zhisheng is being held in Shaya County Prison in Xinjiang
December 31, 2011
Powerful Earthquake Rocks Japan

US Geological Survey put epicenter of quake in Izu islands, 486 kilometers south of Tokyo; no tsunami warning issued
December 31, 2011
Seoul Sees Opportunity for Better Ties with North Korea

South Korea President Lee says relations can be opened if Pyongyang shows sincerity
December 31, 2011
India Opens Stock Market to Foreign Investors

Government will allow qualified foreign investors to directly invest in the market after January 15
December 30, 2011
33 Killed in Indian Cyclone

Cyclone Thane makes landfall near former French colonial town of Pondicherry early Friday with winds up to 135 kilometers per hour
December 30, 2011
North Korea Officially Names Kim Jong Un Supreme Commander

State-run Korean Central News Agency makes announcement Saturday
December 30, 2011
Afghan President Welcomes US Remarks on Taliban

Hamid Karzai says he hails VP Joe Biden's remarks that Afghan insurgent group is not enemy of US, unless it harbors al-Qaida
December 30, 2011
Asia Welcomes 2012

Australia, New Zealand among first in the world to welcome the new year, and did so with massive fireworks displays

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East Asia

Sunday 1 January 2012

S. Korean President Predicts 'Big Changes' on Dealings with North

In Burma, Visiting Dignitaries Line Up to Ride Crest of Change

Pakistan Gas Shortages Spark Protests

Reports: Afghan, Pakistani Militants Unite to Fight US-led Troops in Afghanistan

Brother Says Missing China Rights Lawyer Held in Remote Prison

Powerful Earthquake Rocks Japan

Seoul Sees Opportunity for Better Ties with North Korea

India Opens Stock Market to Foreign Investors

33 Killed in Indian Cyclone

North Korea Officially Names Kim Jong Un Supreme Commander

Afghan President Welcomes US Remarks on Taliban

Asia Welcomes 2012

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