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Publication Date : 31-12-2012

Tokyo to step up campaign for Olympic bid next year with its two rivals Madrid and Istanbul to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, says The Yomiuri Shimbun. The Philippines to launch crackdown on illegal firecrackers ahead of New Year revelry, and President Benigno Aquino III ordered police to shut down permanently shops selling prohibited pyrotechnics that injure Filipinos, especially children, according to Philippine Daily Inquirer. South Korea, US to reach agreement on further exchanges in nuclear power technology, bringing them a step closer toward revising the bilateral nuclear accord that is set to expire in 2014, The Korea Herald reports. Thai way to greet 2013 with some 30,000 temples across the country preparing chanting and meditating activities for tens of millions of people to celebrate New Year in "Buddhist style", The Nation writes. Quiet funeral held for Delhi gangrape victim yesterday away from public glare, even as a beleaguered Manmohan Singh government turned Delhi into a fortress, The Statesman says.