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West Asia
Bullets’re Everywhere In Syria As Civil War Steps Up
In this Sunday Aug. 5, 2012, photo, a Syrian man holds bullets he picked from a wall in a damaged house in the town of Atareb outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Paper Lanterns Illuminate Atomic Bomb Dome
Paper lanterns float along the Motoyasu River in front of the illuminated Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. Hiroshima marks the 67th anniversary of the atomic bombing on Aug 6. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Heavy Rain Paralyzes Everything In Manila
A man crosses deep floodwaters using water containers as floaters in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday Aug. 7, 2012. Torrential rains pounding the Philippine capital on Tuesday paralyzed traffic as waist-deep floods triggered evacuations of tens of thousands of residents and the government suspended work in…
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West Asia
Riot Police Crack Down Anti-Gov’t Protest In Bahrain
Riot police chase Bahraini Anti-government protesters during a protest in Sitra, Bahrain, on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. Protesters chanted anti-goverment slogans and demanded to free jailed political prisoners until riot police fired tear gas and dispersed them. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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World
A Tank Takes Position In Sinai Where Terror Attack Occured
An Egyptian army vehicle keeps its position close to the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on August 6, 2012. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has decided to hold three-day mourning for soldiers killed and injured in a deadly assault in Sinai Peninsula. A terrorist group attacked one of…
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East Asia
South Korean Gymnast Takes Gold In Vault
Yang Hak Seon of South Korea competes during men’s vault final contest of Gymnastics Artistic event, at London 2012 Olympic Games in London, Britain, on August 6, 2012. Yang Hak Seon of South Korea won gold medal. <Xinhua/Shen Bohan> news@theasian.asia
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A Squirrel Trapped In Manhole Cover
In this photo taken Aug. 5, 2012 and publicly provided by the police department Hanover, Germany, on Aug. 6, 2012, a squirrel is trapped in a manhole cover in Isenhagen, northern Germany. After they were called by neighbours, police managed to free the animal by using olive oil. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Column
[Global Report] Antartica, most Desolate Region on Earth
The Weather At the end of April, the sun will disappear for 4 months (Huxley, 1977). During this time the temperature can drop to -55C. Since Antarctica is in the southern hemisphere, their winter is during the northern hemisphere’s winters. During the winter if one goes ventures into the outdoors,…
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Park Tae-hwan & Sun Yang
Olympic fans here and in China are showing much admiration for the friendship between the two swimming athletes _ South Korea’s Park Tae-hwan and China’s Sun Yang. The Internet is filled with photos of their friendly gestures in and outside of the Olympic pool. Net surfers in Korea have dubbed…
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Society
South Korea’s footballers ready for Brazil
When South Korea faces Brazil at Old Trafford in Wednesday’s semifinal, football fans around the world will be watching to see whether they can provide yet another surprise. “We will put out our best line up against Brazil,” Korea manager Hong Myung-bo said at a media conference in London, Tuesday.…
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