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Al-Qaida Leader In Arabian Region Killed By U.S. Drone Attack
In this undated frame grab from video posted on a militant-leaning Web site, and provided by the SITE Intelligence Group, shows Saeed al-Shihri, deputy leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. Yemeni officials say a missile believed to have been fired by a U.S. operated drone on Monday, Sept. 10,…
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Egyptian Paralympic Athletes Welcomed Home
Egyptian sitting volleyball player Tamer Morgan Khalil gestures to his fans after his return from London, in Cairo airport, Cairo, Sept. 10, 2012. Hundreds of fans came to Cairo international airport Monday to welcome the Egyptian paralympic athletes returned from London Paralympic Games. Egyptian powerlifting silver medalist Heba Ahmed speaks…
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Kenyan Women Make Bags From Recycled Plastic
Kenyan women make recycled plastic bags in Nairobi, Sept. 10, 2012. Over three hundred women in Kenya are working with a project named “Tosheka Textiles”. This project conducts a recycling programe to sell the handcrafted, durable, fashionable bags that Tosheka’s women producers make from the recycled plastic bags. This innovative…
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Daily Lives Of People In Vladivostok, Eastern Russia
A couple poses foe a picture at a waterfront in the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. <AP Photo/Vincent Yu> A woman sits at a restaurant in the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. A waitress cleans a table against sunset at a restaurant…
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East Asia
Miracle Pine Tree In Japan To Be Preserved
The sun rises over a pine tree which survived the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 as Japan marks 18 month anniversary of the tsunami. The tree will be logged on Wednesday for preservative treatment. <AP Photo/Kyodo News> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Syrian Lebels Confident To Topple Assad’s Regime By Themselves
FSA soldiers take their positions in the Saif Al Dula district in Aleppo, Syria, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Syria’s most prominent defector said in an interview that aired Monday that he opposes any foreign military intervention in the country’s civil war and that he is confident the opposition can topple…
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East Asia
Sino-UAE Friendship Photo Exhibition Held In Dubai
Visitors look at photos on display during the Sino-UAE Friendship Photo Exhibition, in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Sept. 10, 2012. The photo exhibition, dubbed Xinhua Gallery, was organized by Xinhua News Agency Dubai Bureau and Chinese Business Group of Dragon Mart, Dubai. <Xinhua/Li Zhihui> A visitor looks at photos…
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Chinese Legislative Leader In Lithuania
Lithuanian Parliament Speaker Irena Degutiene (L) meets with Yan Junqi, vice chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sept. 10, 2012. Yan led the NPC delegation to make the visits at the invitations of parliaments of Lithuania, Denmark and Sweden. <Xinhua/Guo…
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World
Palestinians On Protest Against High Cost Of Living
Palestinian protesters throw stones at riot policemen during clashes erupted during a demonstration against the high cost of living in the West Bank City of Nablus, on Sept. 10, 2012. <Xinhua/Ayman Nobani> news@theasian.asia
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