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IT-Science
Cook doesn’t have Job’s magic
Apple CEO Tim Cook may be having sleepless nights nowadays, with data indicating that the U.S. technology giant has started losing its innovative and premium image over rivals such as Samsung Electronics. The Cupertino-based firm has recently been hit by the double whammy of sluggish sales of the iPhone 5…
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East Asia
Final message before the ship went down
“Someone will probably have to die before they stop work on these treaturous conditions,” a message sent to a friend sent on an assignment off the rough seas off the coast of Ulsan, South Gyeongsang Province. One hour later, the vessel on which he was performing repairs in a coastal…
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East Asia
Chinese People Buy Dried Goods On A Shopping Festival For Coming Spring Festival in Yinchuan
Local citizens come to a shopping festival for the coming Spring Festival in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 18, 2013. The 3rd Yinchuan shopping festival for the Spring Festival , which will fall on Feb. 10, 2013, lasts from Jan. 18 to Feb. 4. People…
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West Asia
Egyptian Construction Workers Lead Miserable Life Having Neither Basic Income Nor Medical Insurance
Abdulzaher Marei instructs his younger son Alaa Marei in an under-construction building in Cairo, capital of Egypt, Jan. 17, 2013. More than 40 years ago, Abdulzaher Marei left his hometown Atfeeh in Giza countryside and started to work in the construction field in Cairo. His four sons followed him. His…
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South Asia
Supporters Of Pakistani Muslim Cleric Wait For Transportation At Site Where They Attended Four Days Of Rally In Islamabad
Supporters of Pakistani Sunni cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri stand next to their belongings while waiting for transportation, at the site where they were camping and attended an anti-government rally, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. Pakistani officials struck a deal late Thursday with the fiery Muslim cleric to end four days…
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West Asia
Video Game “Endgame: Syria” Seeks To Illustrate Civilian Loss In Syrian Civil War
This undated image provided by Auroch Digital Ltd. shows the video game “Endgame: Syria.” The new video game based on Syria’s civil war seeks to illustrate civilian loss due to heavy fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces. The British developer of the video game says he wants to educate…
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West Asia
New tax, more suffering, inflation, citizen has only to ask what comes next?
New tax, more suffering, the government is flooding the Egyptian currency, and citizen is asking what could the Egyptian government leave for him.
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South Asia
Supporters Of Nepali Congress Party Denounce Violence On Women, Journalists During A Rally In Kathmandu
Supporters of Nepali Congress party attend a rally against the violence on women and journalists in Kathmandu, Nepal, Jan. 17, 2013. A supporter of Nepali Congress party waves a party flag during a rally against the violence on women and journalists in Kathmandu, Nepal, Jan. 17, 2013. <Xinhau/Sunil Pradhan>
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East Asia
Moktar Belmoktar Is Leader Of A Militant Group Who Took 41 Foreigners Hostage In Sahara Desert
This image from video provided by the SITE Intel Group made available Thursday Jan. 17, 2013, purports to show militant militia leader Moktar Belmoktar. Algerian officials scrambled Thursday Jan. 17, 2013 for a way to end an armed standoff deep in the Sahara desert with Islamic militants who have taken…
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