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East Asia
China Celebrates its First Space Docking
Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang, members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, pose for a group photo with delegates attending the rally to celebrate the…
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East Asia
An Artist in the Snow Block
A contestant climbs into the snow block for carving during the 24th Harbin (China) the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 16, 2011. As a traditional activity in the expo, the 12th Heilongjiang Snow Sculpture Compitition will last four days…
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East Asia
Bloodshed Continues in Syria
In spite of continuing violence between security forces and opposition forces, Syria held local elections on 12. Authorities said the vote had been freer compared to the past ones but turnout was expected to be very low. The opposition had called for a boycott and launched a general strike. Not…
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West Asia
Baird Urges Canadians to Move out of Syria
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird attends a news conference in Ottawa, Canada, Dec.15, 2011. Canadians in Syria should flee the turbulent Syria now, while there are commercial flights out of the country, the country’s John Baird said. (Photograph: Xinhua)(ctt)
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Tajik President officially Visits to Ukraine
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (L) holds a welcoming ceremony for Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon (R) in Kiev, Ukraine, Dec. 15, 2011. Rakhmon is on a two-day official visit to Ukraine. <Photograph: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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Netherlands Opens Its First Icehotel
A chambermaid cleans a room of the icehotel Lumen in Zwolle, the Netherlands, Dec.15, 2011. The recently new-opened hotel is the first ice hotel in the Netherlands which has three rooms in total, and the inside temperature keeps minus four degree Celsius. It will receive guests only for two months,…
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East Asia
[1000th Wednesday] Danyang High School Girls
Danyang High School girls at the rally. Danyang is a part of Chungcheongbuk-do, approximately three hours away from Seoul. They had to depart as early as 7am to attend the historic occasion. <Photograph: Kris Min>
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People
Park Tae-joon, Father of Steel Dies at 84
Park Tae-joon, the creator of Posco, one of the world’s largest steel companies that helped to lay the foundations for South Korea’s rise from a devastated postwar society into an industrial powerhouse, died on Tuesday in Seoul at the age of 84. According to Lee Sung-man, a spokesman for…
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[1000th Wednesday] Han Myeong-sook
Former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook at the rally saying, “Let us solve this problem while the old ladies are alive.” <Photograph: Kris Min>
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