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East Asia
Used Cloth Helpful for Funeral Vehicles
A local resident lays a piece of used cloth on the road, which is helpful for the passing of the vehicles on snowy road during the farewell to Kim Jong Il, late top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), in Pyongyang, Dec. 28, 2011. DPRK bid farewell…
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World
Virginity Tests Ruled Illegal
Forced “virginity tests” on female detainees arrested in Tahrir Square during a protest on 9 March were ruled illegal in Egypt yesterday. Aly Fekry, head of the Cairo administrative court decreed that what happened to Samira Ibrahim and six other detainees was illegal and any similar occurrence in the future…
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West Asia
Israel Airsrike Palestine, 1 Person Dead
Palestinians inspect a car targeted in Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, on Dec. 27, 2011. Eight Palestinians were moderately injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza city on Tuesday night, hours after an earlier air raid killed an Islamic Jihad militant in the area, medical sources said. <Photo: Xinhua/Wissam Nassar>…
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Company
“Bring’em on, I’m the Incarnation of Pele”
Elephants take part in a football game during the three-day 8th International Elephant Festival held at the edge of Chitwan National Park, Nepal, Dec. 26, 2011. The festival aims to attract more foreign and domestic tourists and promote the harmony between human and animals. (Xinhua/Zhou Shengping) (msq)
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World
“Stop Sexual Harassment!”
Egyptian protestors shout slogans during a protest against the military council violations and virginity tests on women, outside the State Council court in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 27, 2011. A Cairo court ordered the Egyptian army to stop forced virginity tests on female detainees, months after the practice sparked a…
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Hot Air Balloon Campaign against Drunk Driving
The hot air balloon rises on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 27, 2011. A hot air balloon and eight floating balloons, with slogans against drunk driving, were inaugurated Monday in order to raise the awareness of the public. <Photo: Xinhua/Weng Xinyang> news@theasian.asia
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“Keep Us from Drunk Driving”
Children take a photo while watching the rise of the hot air balloon on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 27, 2011. A hot air balloon and eight floating balloons, with slogans against drunk driving, were inaugurated Monday in order to raise the awareness of the public. <Photo: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia…
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East Asia
Soft Power is Telling on the Generation Y
North Koreans are in deep mourning, bereaved of their father figure Kim Jong Il. They have grown up knowing only one leader, first Kim Il Sung, the founder of the political dynasty,and then his son Kim Jong Il, who died last week. The leadership mantle has been handed down…
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East Asia
Lee-Hyun Meets Kim Yong-nam
Kim Yong-nam (7th L), president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), poses for group photos with Lee Hee-ho (6th L), widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, and Hyun Jeong-eun (8th L), chairwoman of the Hyundai Group, in…
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East Asia
Lee-Hyun Meets NK Kim Yong-nam
Kim Yong-nam (R, Front), president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), greets Lee Hee-ho (C, Front), widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, and Hyun Jeong-eun (L, Front), chairwoman of the Hyundai Group, in Pyongyang, DPRK, Dec. 27,…
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