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West Asia
Iranian President Meets The Press In Kuwait Amid Tightening Of Saction By Western Nations Against Iran
In this file photo taken on Wednesday, Oct.17, 2012, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to journalists during a press conference in Kuwait, where he attends the first summit of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD). Even as U.S. and European sanctions tighten around Iran’s economy, officials in Tehran are busy reaching…
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West Asia
A Series Of Attacks On Shiite Community In Baghdad Leave 9 Dead, 26 Wound
A Relative buries Mohammed Hadi, 15, in Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. A family of six was killed when a series of attacks struck Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad early on Tuesday, killing a total of nine people and wounding 26others, according to…
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West Asia
Israeli President Shimon Peres Talks With EU High Representative For Foreign Affairs In Jerusalem
Israeli President Shimon Peres (R) meets with the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Baroness Catherine Ashton in Jerusalem on Oct. 24, 2012. <Xinhua/Jini>
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West Asia
Israeli Airstrike Claimed Caused Explosion At Military Factory In Khartoum, Sudan
A Sudanese man shows damages in his home caused by an artillery shell in Khartoum, Sudan, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Sudan claimed Wednesday that Israeli airstrikes caused an explosion and fire at a military factory south of the capital, Khartoum, killing several. <AP Photo/Abd Raouf>
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East Asia
People Pay Respect To Chinese Killed In Korean War At Their Cemetery Rebuilt Lately In NK
People visit the Cemetery of the Fallen Fighters of the Chinese People’s Volunteers (CPV) in Hoechang County, South Phyongan Province, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Oct. 24, 2012. The completion ceremony of the rebuilding of the CPV cemetery was held here on Wednesday. People attend the completion ceremony of…
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East Asia
Self-Immolation By Tibetan Farmer Raises Tension In Xiahe, Northwestern China
In this photo taken Tuesday Oct 23, 2012 and released by Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet, Chinese paramilitary police officers and residents converge on the body of Dorje Rinchen, a farmer in his late 50s, unseen who self immolated on the main street in Xiahe in northwestern China’s Gansu province.…
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West Asia
10 Taliban Fighters Stand In Line After Being Captured By Afghan Security Forces
Ten Taliban fighters stand handcuffed after they were captured with their ammunitions during an operation by Afghan security forces in Helmand province south of Afghanistan, Oct. 24, 2012. Around ten Taliban fighters captured with their ammunitions by Afghan security forces during an operation on Wednesday, officials said. <Xinhua/Zaheer>
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South East Asia
Annual Paung-Daw-Oo Pagoda Festival Celebrated In Inlay Lake, Southern Myanmar
Ethnic Innthar people row a long boat by legs as they celebrate the annual Paung-Daw-Oo pagoda festival in Inlay Lake, Southern Shan State, Myanmar, on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. Buddhist devotees transport Buddha statues on a barge, back, as they celebrate the annual Paung-Daw-Oo pagoda festival in Inlay Lake, Southern…
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East Asia
Tension Heightens In Okinawa After Rape Of Japanese Woman By Two U.S. Soldiers
In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 photo, Okinawa citizens stage a demonstration denouncing a rape of a Japanese woman by two U.S. sailors and the U.S. military’s decision to deploy the Marines’ MV-22 Osprey hybrid aircrafts to a base in front of U.S. Marine Corps’ Camp Foster in Kitanakagusuku in…
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East Asia
Kungfu Skills Demostrated In Opening Of International Shaolin Wushu Festival
Kungfu players perform during a welcoming ceremony of the 9th Zhengzhou International Shaolin Wushu Festival in Dengfeng City, central China’s Henan Province, Oct. 22, 2012. Students of kungfu school perform during a welcoming ceremony of the 9th Zhengzhou International Shaolin Wushu Festival in Dengfeng City, central China’s Henan Province, Oct.…
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