What Is It UN Can Do For Syria?
Susan Rice (R, Front), U.S. ambassador to the UN, and Mark Lyall Grant (L, Front), British permanent representative to the UN, vote on the situation in Syria at the United Nations headquarters in New York on July 19, 2012. Russia and China, two permanent members of the UN Security Council, wielded veto power Thursday over […]
A Syrian Rebel Tramples Picture Of Assad
This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed by the Associated Press Thursday, July 19, 2012 purports to show a Syrian rebel stomping on a picture of President Bashar Assad at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey. Syrian President Bashar Assad made his first appearance Thursday since a bomb […]
Israel: Iran Is behind Suicide Attack In Bulgaria
A damaged bus is transported out of Burgas airport, Bulgaria, Thursday, July 19, 2012 a day after a deadly suicide attack on a bus full of Israeli vacationers. A daytime bombing that killed eight people and injured dozens on a bus full of Israeli tourists was most likely a suicide attack, Bulgaria’s interior minister said […]
Beginning Of Ramadan In Jordan
A Jordanian man looks at decorations for Ramadan in Amman, Jordan,Thursday, July 19, 2012. Religious authorities in Jordan declared that Friday will be the start of the holy month of Ramadan, a period devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and spiritual introspection. Ramadan begins around 11 days earlier each year. Its start is calculated based on […]
UN Recognizes China For Public Service Campaign
Renata Lok-Dessallien (C), coordinator of United Nations System in China, presents a manual of the public service announcement titled “2032: The Future We Want” to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during a U.N. hosted event to recognize the Chinese people who participated through social media outlets in a global campaign called “The Future We Want” in […]
NK Soldiers Celebrate Kim’s Ascension To Marshal
Officials and soliders of the Korean People’s Army attend a meeting to celebrate that top leader Kim Jong Un was awarded the title of Marshal of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), at the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang, DPRK, on July 18, 2012. Top leader Kim Jong Un of the DPRK […]
Centennial Of Emperor Meiji’s Death Remembered
Shinto priests pray as Japan’s Emperor Akihito, unseen, visits Meiji Shrine where his great-grandfather Emperor Mutsuhito’s spirit is dedicated, in Tokyo Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Akihito visited the Shinto shrine to mark the centennial of Mutsuhito’s death on July 30. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
Japan: TEPCO to be ordered to trim electricity rate hike to 8.47%
Major news in <Kyodo News>: TEPCO to be ordered to trim electricity rate hike to 8.47% The government decided Thursday to order Tokyo Electric Power Co. to trim its electricity rate hike for households to an average 8.47 percent from the earlier planned 10.28 percent, having determined the utility can further reduce salaries to limit […]
Singaporean Boy Cools Off At Fountain
A boy plays in a water feature at the Marina Barrage, a reservoir in the heart of the city-state’s business district on Wednesday July 18, 2012 in Singapore. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
Training To Make Chinese Armed Police Tough
Soldiers of the Chinese Armed Police Force attend a special training in Chuzhou, east China’s Anhui Province, July 18, 2012. <Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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