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Breaking News Sat, 28 Jan 2012
Anti-Syrian regime protesters wave Syrian revolution flags and chant slogans during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Deir Baghlaba area in Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
Arab world   Photos   Protest   Syria   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
UN considers resolution on Syria
| European and Arab nations have pressed for UN Security Council backing for an Arab League plan calling on Syria's president to stand down, but Russia said their proposed resolution crossed its ... (photo: AP) Al Jazeera
Mahout with a young elephant at Elephant Nature Park, Thailand
Elephants   Photos   Restaurants   Thailand   Wikipedia: Thailand  
'Restaurants serving trunk' raise fears for Thai elephants
| Wildlife officials have told reporters they believe that two dead elephants found with their sex organs and trunks missing had been killed for their meat. Officials have called in the police, but ha... (photo: Creative Commons / AlexanderKlink) The Independent
Air India Express Boeing 737-800 taxiing towards runway. Aborted take-off by Air India Express pilot being probed: DGCA
New Delhi: Aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday said that it is looking into an incident of aborted take-off involving an Air India Express flight from Singapore to... (photo: Creative Commons / Jovianeye) Zeenews
Aerospace   India   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: Air India Express  
In this image made off MRTV video footage, a rare white elephant is caught in the jungles in Maungdaw township in northwestern Rakhine state, Myanmar. The rare white elephant has been captured in the jungles of northwestern Myanmar, a mostly Buddhist country where the animals are considered good omens, state media reported Tuesday, June 29, 2010. White elephants, actually albinos, have for centuries been revered in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and other Asian nations. They were normally kept and pampered by monarchs and considered a symbol of royal power and prosperity. Thailand to build DNA database to protect elephants
| Thailand Natural Resources and Environment Minister Preecha Rengsomboonsuk has vowed to solve within a year issues related to Thailand's elephants. | Preecha planned to build a DNA database on 4,000... (photo: AP / MRTV) Jakarta Post
Animal   Environment   Photos   Thailand   Wikipedia: Elephant  
Top Stories
 Actress Naomi Watts, attends the Chanel 2006-07 cruise collection fashion show at Grand Central railroad terminal, Wednesday, May 17, 2006 in New York. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh) nf2  Watts gang to have summer in Sydney
| HAVING endured a white Christmas and New Year at their New York townhouse, Naomi Watts and her family returned to Oz this week for what will be an extended stay in Sydn... (photo: APphoto ) The Daily Telegraph Australia
Celebrity   Hollywood   Photos   Star  
Kia Motors Kia Motors earnings up
South Korea's second largest automaker, Kia Motors, said Friday it posted a record profit last year thanks to brisk overseas sales and increased returns in investment in ... (photo: Creative Commons / Magnus Manske) Independent online
Auto   Market   Motor   Photos  
File - Historian Howard Zinn lecturing at the Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin, May 2, 2009. Remembering Howard Zinn
| Editor's note: Today, January 27, is the second anniversary of the death of Howard Zinn. An active participant in the Civil Rights movement, he was dismissed in 1963 fr... (photo: Creative Commons) Al Jazeera
Human Rights   Justice   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Howard Zinn  
Apple Inc. Mosaic Asia may not be such easy pickings for Apple
By Harichandan Arakali and Farah Master BANGALORE/HONG KONG, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Investors in Apple Inc have a one-word answer for those who wonder whether this corporate ... (photo: Creative Commons / Mono) The Guardian
Apple   Asia   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Apple Inc.  
Nigeria President,Goodluck Jonathan, visits the site of the police headquarters bombed by a suicide bomber in Kano, Nigeria, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. Jonathan urges Boko Haram to state demands
| Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has challenged Boko Haram to identify themselves and state clearly their demands as a basis for talks. | "If they clearly identify ... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) Al Jazeera
Boko Haram   Nigeria   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
Blue Whale Tail Fluke Diving Balaenoptera musculus 29 July 2010 - It is somewhat rare to see the tail fluke of a Blue Whale upon diving, North Atlantic. Blue note: scientists use sound to find lost giants of the deep
| IT IS said that the blue whale lights up the sea. Now, Australian scientists have turned to sound to illuminate the hidden lives of the few remaining largest animals on... (photo: Creative Commons / Mike Baird) Canberra Times
Animals   Australia   Photos   Scientists   Whale   Wikipedia: Blue whale  
Protestors react after receiving the news of the departure of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh from Sanaa to Oman in Sanaa, Yemen, Jan. 22, 2012 Many killed in Yemen clashes
| At least 22 people are reported to have been killed in clashes in a province under rebel control in rugged northern Yemen. | A source close to rebel group known as Hout... (photo: AP / Hani Mohammed) Al Jazeera
Death   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: 20112012 Yemeni uprising   Yemen  
Japan Australia
Japan, Russia to boost ties despite islands row
Japan, Russia to boost ties despite islands row
Ace Attorney
Japan, Russia agree to boost economic, security ties, but ma
Samsung - Electronics - Technology
Smartphones drive record Samsung profit
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Canberra U nited claim the W-League crown
Home owners £1,200 better off a year than those who rent
Smells can trigger emotional memories, study finds
Britain's 'tackiest house' sells after six years
New Zealand's Julian Dean, of Team CSC, refreshes himself during the 7th stage of the 67th Tour de Suisse cycling race from Savognin to Oberstaufen, in Germany, on Monday, June 23, 2003, in Oberstaufen. Kazakhstan's Sergei Jakovlav won the stage, Italy's Francesco Casagrande remains overall leader.
Cycling: Dean hell-bent on Olympic reprise
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Singapore Taiwan
Berlian debt standstill may lead to massive restructuring
Friends Shocked by Singapore Woman’s ‘Double Life’
Singapore Still Has ‘Ample Job Openings’
Push to promote mother tongue
Air India Express Boeing 737-800 taxiing towards runway.
Aborted take-off by Air India Express pilot being probed: DGCA
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Moe eager to win in Myanmar
US to deport Taiwanese official who abused Filipina maids
Weather outlook fine for last holiday trips
Tsai Ing-wen embarks on ‘thank you tour’ of nation
File - In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a motorized division of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) takes part in a military exercise in central China's Henan Province, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006.
How China is advancing its military reach
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Philippines New Zealand
Philippines underground river named new wonder of nature
Flood Survivors Rebuild in Philippine Danger Zones
Rose leads Bulls over Bucks
Philippine underground river named new wonder of nature
 Cebu City skyline - view from Tops Mountainview Park, Busay Hills, Cebu City Philippines (rt1)
‘PH still has room for growth’
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New Zealand crush Zimbabwe
Rain halts NZ charge Napier: Torrential rain dashed New Zeal
Wellington council has cost taxpayers
Tacking battle around the top of Indonesia
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Jan. 15, 2005)--Rescue crews from the Coast Guard and NOAA Marine Mamamal Stranding Network monitor one of the last living pilot whales on the beachs of  North Carolina after a beaching earlier today (from left Seam Adam Radford, USCG; Ari Friedlander of NOAA; and  Fireman Jennifer Smith, USCG). USCG photo by PA2 Donnie Brzuska. (101304) ( BEACHED WHALE (FOR RELEASE) )
Thirty stranded whales refloated
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Malaysia Thailand
Muhyiddin: Need to beef up Umno disciplinary committee
CAP: Stop alcohol sale during Thaipusam
Umno Youth criticises Anwar for article "supporting Isr
Special funding for KL's public housing
Dragon dance performers swing their dragon infront of the electronic board at the trading floor as part of the celebration of Chinese New Year Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 in Manila's financial district of Makati, Philippines.
World stocks up as Apple result lifts tech shares
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Moe eager to win in Myanmar
Thailand's"Miracle Year" tourism campaign to
A strange new world for refugees from Burma
Thai Govt Talks Tough on Flood Plan
Mahout with a young elephant at Elephant Nature Park, Thailand
'Restaurants serving trunk' raise fears for Thai elephants
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