An Israeli Bombing Victim Receives Medical Treatment
Palestinian medics treat a seriously wounded man following Israeli aerial bombing in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 5, 2012. An Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian militant and seriously injured another in Rafah, medical sources and witnesses said Sunday. <Xinhua/Khaled Omar> news@theasian.asia
“Do They Enjoy Walking Flooded Street?”
People walk on a flooded street after heavy downpours in Lahore, eastern Pakistan, on Aug. 5, 2012. <Xinhua/Sajjad> news@theasian.asia
Old Boys Of 1948 London Olympics Enjoy Reunion In London
Wu Chengzhang of China (R) hugs Lionel Price of Britain during a joint press conference in London, on August 5, 2012. Both Wu and Price are basketball players competing in the 1948 Olympic Games. <Xinhua/Zhang Qiang> news@theasian.asia
Jamaicans Rejoice At Bolt’s Win Of Olympics Gold
People cheer as they watch Olympic sprinters Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake competing in the 100 m dash at the London Olympics on a large TV screen set up at the national stadium in Kingston, Jamaica, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. A crowd of roughly 500 people on the grounds of the national stadium cheered wildly […]
UN Urges Probe On Violence In Myanmar Muslim Region
Tomas Ojea Quintana, left, U.N human rights envoy to Myanmar, talks to journalists during a press conference at Yagon International Airport Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. The UN’s human rights envoy to Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana has called for an urgent independent investigation into the recent bloody inter-communal violence in Rakhine state that […]
People Remember Hiroshima Atomic Bombing
People pray in front of the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of the atomic bombing at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, early Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. Hiroshima marked the 67th anniversary of the atomic bombing on Aug 6. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
Free Syrian Army Loot Police Station
In this Tuesday, July 31, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army soldiers loot a police station in Aleppo, Syria. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
A Nepalese Hindu Takes Holy Bath For Festival
A Hindu devotee offers prayers on the occasion of Janai Purnima, or Sacred Thread festival, near Pashupati temple in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. On Janai Purnima Hindus take holy baths and perform their annual change of the Janai, a sacred cotton string worn around their chest or tied on the wrist, in the […]
Colorful Parade To Celebrate Buddhist Festival In Sri Lanka
In this Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 photo, a decorated elephant parades as Sri Lankan traditional dancers perform during the annual Buddhist festival of the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Hundreds of thousands of Buddhists throng the hill-capital every year to venerate Buddha’s tooth relic which is taken on a parade on decorated […]
DPRK’s top legislator to visit Vietnam to promote ties
HANOI, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) — President of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Yong Nam will pay an official visit to Vietnam from August 5-7, at the invitation of Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, Vietnam News Agency reported on Friday. The visit, the second made […]
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