• World

    France Starts ‘Winter Bargain Sale’

    People walk past a huge poster about sales outside the store Le Printemps in Paris, France, Jan. 11, 2012. The 5-week-long winter sales began on Wednesday in France. <Photo:  Xinhua/Gao Jing> news@theasian.asia

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  • West Asia

    France Journalist is Killed in Homs, Syria

    This picture of Syria’s state-run TV shows an injured man bleeding as he lying on the ground following a rocket attack in Syria’s central province of Homs on Jan. 11, 2012. Eight people, including a French journalist, were killed Wednesday and dozens of others were injured when unidentified gunmen fired…

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  • World

    Zuma Visits UN Headquarter

    United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) meets with South African President Jacob Zuma at the UN Headquarters in New York, the United States, Jan. 11, 2012.       <Photo: Xinhua/Shen Hong> news@theasian.asia    

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  • East Asia

    Geithner Meets Wen Jiabao for Iran Sanction

    Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (front, R) meets with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who is visiting China as U.S. President Barack Obama’s special representative, in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 11, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Xie Huanchi> news@theasian.asia

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  • World

    See Waterproof Mobile Phone at CES 2012

    Fuji waterproof intelligent mobile phone are displayed during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the United States, on Jan. 10, 2012. The four-day event kicked off here on Tuesday. <Photo: Xinhua/Yang Lei> news@theasian.asia  

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  • East Asia

    China-Kyrgyzstan, 20th of Diplomatic Relations

    Chinese President Hu Jintao’s special envoy Chen Zhili (Front), who is vice chairwoman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), addresses the reception marking the 20th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between China and Kyrgyzstan in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, on Jan. 10, 2012.  <Photo: Xinhua/Jiang Kehong>…

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  • World

    UN and Libya Sign an Agreement

    Libyan Foreign Minister Ashur bin Khayyal (2nd R) and UN Secretary-general’s Special Representative Ian Martin (2nd L) sign an agreement on the UN Mission of Support in Libya in Tripoli on Jan. 10, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Hamza Turkia> news@theasian.asia

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  • World

    Robber Killed Chinese Family in Rome

    Members of the Chinese community take part in a demonstration to express their condolences to the victims and condemnation towards an armed robbery in Rome, Italy, Jan. 10, 2012. Zhou Zheng, a 31-year-old Chinese bar owner, and his baby daughter Joy were killed during the armed robbery in the Tor…

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  • West Asia

    Abbas Calls for Jordan’s Cooperation

    Jordan King Abdullah (R. Front) meets with visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L. Front) in Amman, Jordan, Jan. 10, 2012. Abdullah called for creating a suitable environment to resume peace talks between the Palestinians and the Israelis. <Photo: Xinhua/Mohammad Abu Ghosh> news@theasian.asia

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  • West Asia

    al-Assad “I Won’t Resign”

    This handout photo from Syrian Abrab News Agency (SANA) shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) delivering a national address in Damascus, Syria, on Jan. 10, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/SANA> news@theasian.asia  

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