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World
Estonians Celebrate Orthodox Christmas
A woman attends a Orthodox Christmas service at Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Tallinn, Estonia, on Jan. 6, 2012. Christmas falls on Jan. 7 for Orthodox believers with the Julian calendar. <Photo: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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Syria Mass Funeral for 26 Casualties
People pray for the suicide bombing victims in al-Hassan Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Jan. 7, 2012. Thousands of Syrians on Saturday took part in a mass funeral procession for 26 people killed a day earlier in a suicide bombing that hit the heart of the Syrian capital of Damascus as…
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Turks ‘Occupy Istanbul’ Protest
Protesters chant slogans as they attend a demonstration in Istanbul of Turkey on Jan. 7, 2012 to support Occupy Wall Street protest and invoke the government to solve the unemployment problem in Turkey. <Photo: Xinhua/Ma Yan> news@theasian.asia
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I wish to forgive you
I am prepared to forgive you. I have come here to mark the 1000th Wednesday Demonstration on 14 December 2011. Since then I have been sitting here for 22 days. I’m not lonely even in the pitch-black darkness of midwinter. Someone has put a scarf around my neck. Someone…
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East Asia
China Develops Its 1st Wearable Computer
A staff member shows how to use a wearable computer designed by a company in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Jan. 6, 2012. The wearable computer, designed and made by a sci-tech company in Yunnan, includes an eyeglasses-shaped mainframe, a mouse and a folding keyboard. The computer, the first of its…
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A Cross at the Temple of Jogyesa
A middle-aged man is heading towards the main building of Jogyesa Temple where a mortuary of Ven. Jigwan was set up carrying a cross on his back in the afternoon of 5th. He bowed down in front of the main building and said, “I am a Catholic, not a Protestant…
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East Asia
A Praying Pigeon to Lord Buddha
A pigeon is sitting in front of a statue of Lord Buddha next to the main building of Jogye Temple where a mortuary of Ven. Jigwan was set up. She seems to be praying for her own wishes. news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
What Makes Nepal Identify Lumbini’s Nationality
Maya Devi Mandir in Lumbini, Nepal dedicated to Queen Maya, Buddha’s mother <Source: AsiaN> 2012 as ‘Visit Lumbini Year’ The Nepali people have launched an aggressive campaign to promote the fact that Buddha was born in Nepal, not India. Nepal’s Ambassador to Korea Kamal Prasad Koirala wrote a letter…
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Coptic Christians Celebrate Christmas
Egyptian Christians pray during the celebration of Coptic Christian mass at a Coptic church in Cairo, Jan. 6, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Ayman Mose> news@theasian.asia
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