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North Korea prepares long-range rocket test launch

December 8, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Foster Klug The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP)  —  North Korea is gearing up to fire a long-range rocket this month in a defiant move expected to raise the stakes of a global standoff over its missile and nuclear programs.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2012, British Foreign Secretary William Hague, China, Dongguk University, GMT, International Civil Aviation Organization, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, North Koreans, President Barack Obama, President Park Chung-hee, Security Council, South Korean Foreign Ministry, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, United States, Vol 31 No 50 | December 8 - December 14, japan, technology

7.7-magnitude quake hits off Indonesian island

October 28, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)—A powerful earthquake hit off western Indonesia late Monday, Oct. 25th briefly triggering a tsunami warning that sent thousands

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Ade Edward, Ade Syahputra, EDT, GMT, Geological Survey, Indonesia, JAKARTA, Sofyan Alawi, Vol 29 No 44 | October 30 - November 5

Japanese user claims Twitter’s 20 billionth tweet

August 2, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tomoko A. Hosaka The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Twitter’s 20 billionth message didn’t make much sense, but it spoke volumes about the rapid global growth of the microblogging service. It came at 12:44 a.m. Sunday (1544 GMT, 11:44 a.m. EDT Saturday) from user “GGGGGGo—Lets—Go” in Japan, where Twitter has exploded in popularity over […]

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2008, Denmark, GMT, Japanese Internet, Japanese Twitter, Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Twitter Chief Executive Evan Williams, United States, World Cup

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