<2011 Top News> “What a Cold”
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ⑥ Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C) attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Moscow’s Kremlin, Feb. 23, 2011. Russia celebrates its annual Defender of the Fatherland day on February 23. news@theasian.asia
<2011 Top News> Wave for Egypt Democracy
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ⑦ Protestors wave a national flag of Egypt during a demonstration on Tahrir Square in central Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 8, 2011. As a standoff with protesters seeking the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak entered its third week Tuesday, demonstrators called for continued mass rallies against their […]
<2011 Top News> “I Just Want to Play”
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ⑧ People gather at the Navona Plaza during an anti-war rally against the West-led military intervention in Libya in central Rome, Italy, April 2, 2011. The rally was organized by Emergency, an Italian humanitarian group running clinics in war-torn countries. news@theasian.asia
<2011 Top News> “Sunshine Always Makes Us Happy”
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ⑨ People in jeans enjoy the sunshine at a garden in Brussels, capital of Belgium, April 9, 2011. news@theasian.asia
<2011 Top News> Mud Mourn for Imam Hussein
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ⑩ People covered with mud mourn during the Ashura celebrations in Bijar, west Iran, Dec. 6, 2011. Ashura marks the death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed. news@theasia.asia
<2011 Top News> India Hospital Fire, 89 Dead
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ⑪ A staff member is saved out of the AMRI Private Hospital in the Eastern Indian city of Kolkata, Dec. 9, 2011. The death toll from the massive fire Friday which turned a hospital building into a chimney in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata has […]
<2011 Top News> Bus Plunged into Lagoon, 32 Dead
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ⑫ Rescuers search for victims of a bus accident on a lake in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Aug. 5, 2011. A bus belonging to the Abidjan Transport Company (SOTRA) plunged in a lagoon from a bridge on Friday morning, killing 32 people. news@theasia.asia
<2011 Top News> Mass Customers at NY Apple Store
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ⑬ People buy Apple products inside the newest Apple store in Grand Central Station in New York City, the United States, Dec. 9, 2011. news@theasian.asia
<2011 Top News> Syrians Protest against AL’s Sanction
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ⑭ Syrians attend a demonstration to protest against Arab League’s decision to impose sanctions against Syria, at a main square in the capital city of Damascus, Nov. 28, 2011. Tens of thousands Syrians held anti-Arab League rallies across the country on Monday, expressing discontent with the […]
<2011 Top News> Kiss of the Century
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ⑮ Britain’s Prince William and his bride Kate Middleton kiss on the balcony at Buckingham Palace after their wedding in Westminster Abbey, in London, April 29, 2011. news@theasian.asia