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11 January 2013

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Publication Date : 11-01-2013

 

A report in The Yomiuri Shimbun says Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to begin four-day Southeast Asian trip on Wednesday, January 16. South Korea's President-elect Park Geun-hye pledges to strengthen strategic partnership with China, according to The Korea Herald. Malaysia supports Thailand's efforts to negotiate an end to the separatist violence in the south and is ready to assist with a peace initiative and act as a mediator if requested, The Nation says. Four bomb explosions occur in Quetta, Pakistan, late Thurday, leaving at least 70 people dead and 120 others injured, Dawn reports. Taiwan-born filmmaker Ang Lee's Life of Pi receives 11 nominations from the Oscars, a report in The China Post says.

 

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