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South East Asia
Huge Number Of Roman Catholics Carry Image of Black Nazarene During A Procession In Manila
Devotees struggle to climb the cart carrying the centuries-old image of the Black Nazarene during a raucous procession on its feast day Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. Hundreds of thousands of mostly barefoot Roman Catholic devotees joined the annual ritual to demonstrate faith and seek miracle cures for…
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East Asia
Chinese Craftsman Busy Painting New Year Pictures For Spring Festival
Craftsman Zhai Ruichen (R) and his wife Liu Shufang examine New Year pictures they paints in Liaocheng, east China’s Shandong Province, Jan. 9, 2013. The couple were busy painting New Year pictures recently to meet the demand in local market for the Spring Festival in February. Craftsman Zhai Ruichen (R)…
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South East Asia
Indonesian Women Hold Candles In Vigil For Victims Of Sexual Crimes Against Childen
Indonesian women hold candles during a vigil for the victims of sexual crimes against children in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Sexual crimes against children in the country increased by 10% to 1,526 cases in 2012, a National Commission on Child Protection (KPAI) report said. <AP Photo/Dita Alangkara>
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Central Asia
Russians’ Venture Of Riding Down Ski Slope Inside Inflatable Ball Ended In Tragedy
In this frame grab made Wednesday Jan. 9, 2013, taken from APTN video provided by Yekaterina Achkasova, as her husband Denis Burakov, left, inside the large plastic ball called a zorb, with another man, before tragedy struck on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, at a winter sports venue at Donbay in…
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East Asia
JAL’s Boeing 787 Which Developed Fuel Leak In Boston Arrives In Narita Airport
A Japan Airlines 787, from which about 40 gallons of fuel spilled at Boston’s Logan International Airport Tuesday, arrives at Narita Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, Wednesday night, Jan. 9, 2012. Officials at Logan airport said crew have contained the fuel leak from the outbound Japan Airlines flight to…
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West Asia
Egypt’s Largest Islamist Party Elects New Leader After Months Of Infighting
In this Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 file photo, An Egyptian woman walks under electoral posters with pictures of candidates of the Salafi Al-Nour party and Arabic that reads, “Said Maghawri, and Ahmed Ibrahim,” in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt’s largest ultraconservative Islamist party, which has emerged as a potent political force in…
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West Asia
A Iraqi Protester Waves National Flag During Demonstration In Ramadi Near Baghdad
Sunni clerics address the protesters during a demonstration in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Iraqi authorities have closed the country’s only border crossing with Jordan over security concerns, cutting a key route through a part of the country that has seen anti-government…
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Number of visitors to Lumbini in 2012 increased, but failed to reach target number
KATHMANDU – Nearly 760,000 visitors, including foreign and domestic, visited Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, in western Nepal, during Lumbini Visit Year 2012. The government had targeted to bring one million visitors during the period. Records at the Lumbini Development Trust (LDT) show that the visitors to Lumbini increased…
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West Asia
Heavy Snowfalls In Amman, Jordan, Cause Traffic Paralysis
Palestinians inspect the area where two women drowned following flooding in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, on Jan, 9, 2013. The fiercest storm hit the area in a decade has claimed the lives of two women who drowned after their car was caught in a flash flood unleashed by…
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West Asia
Palestinian President Gets Together With Saudi Amb. To Egypt In Cairo
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador in Egypt Ahmed al-Qattan, in Cairo, Egypt, on Jan. 9, 2013. <Xinhua/POOL>
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