Chinese Young Couples Rush To Get Married On “Triple 12 Day” For Good Luck
A young couple show their marriage certificates at a civil affairs bureau in Zaozhuang City, east China’s Shandong Province, Dec. 12, 2012. Young couples across the country rushed to get married on Dec, 12, 2012, or 12/12/12, hoping that the “triple 12 day” will bring them good luck. In Chinese, the number 12 is pronounced […]
Saudi Oil Minister Meets The Press Ahead Of OPEC Meeting
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Ibrahim Naimi speaks to journalists prior to the start of the meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 . <AP/NEWSis/Ronald Zak>
People In Pyongyang Dance To Celebrate NK’s Successful Rocket Launch
North Korean youths dance before the Pyongyang Grand Theatre in Pyongyang, North Korea, to celebrate a rocket launch on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. North Korea appeared to successfully fire a long-range rocket Wednesday, defying international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong Un pushes forward with its quest to develop the technology needed to deliver […]
Trilateral Summit Of Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan Held In Ankara
From left to right, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari pose for group photo after their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Zardari, Gul and Karzai attend the 7th Trilateral Summit of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey. <AP/NEWSis/Burhan Ozbilici, Pool>
Horsetail Embroidery Passed Down By Shui Ethnic Group Women In China
Wei Taohua, horse-tail embroidery craftswoman of Shui ethnic group, picks horsetail hairs in Sandu, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Dec. 12, 2012. Horsetail embroidery is a traditional embroidery handicraft that uses horsetail hairs as raw materials and has been passed down by Shui women for generations. It was listed in China’s first group of intangible cultural […]
Yemenis Clean A Street During National Cleaning Campaign In Sanaa
A Yemeni soldier cleans a steet during a national cleaning campaign in Sanaa, Yemen, on Dec. 12, 2012. The Yemeni government launched the first and biggest ever cleaning campaign in the capital Sanaa on Wednesday. The campaign may allow Yemen to enter the race to break a Guinness World Record with over 200,000 volunteers cleaning […]
Syrian Opposition Forces Recognized As People’s Representative In Meeting
British Foreign Secretary William Hague (R, front) and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns (2nd R, Front) attend the meeting of Friends of Syria in Marrakech, Morocco, on Dec. 12, 2012. The meeting of Friends of Syria held here Wednesday recognizes the National Coalition for the Opposition Forces, which was formed by Syrian opposition […]
Indian Students Vow To End Practice Of Aborting Female Fetuses In Mumbai
Indian students hold placards as they take an oath vowing to eliminate the practice of aborting female fetuses in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. In India, daughters are often seen as a burden because tradition requires that a bride’s family pay the groom’s family a large dowry of cash and gifts. Women’s education is […]
Egyptians Living In Jordan Vote For Constitutional Referendum
An Egyptian man who lives in Jordan casts his vote during the referendum for the Egyptian new constitution, at the Egyptian embassy in Amman, Jordan on Dec. 12, 2012. Egyptian expatriates started Wednesday morning casting their votes in the constitutional referendum, official news agency MENA reported. About 589,000 Egyptians are expected to go to the […]
Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt’s national writer true to Islam spirit
Some people described him as a wise man, others called him a motivation, others liked his philosophical works and completely adored him, while others didn’t like him at all; that is the Nobel prize winner Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz. His birthday has come up and it is time that we remember Egypt’s greatest writer. Mahfouz […]
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