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East Asia
Apple’s iPhone5 Starts To Be Sold In Indonesia And China
People attend the iPhone5 launch event in Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec. 13, 2012. Apple’s iPhone5 launched in Indonesia Friday. A man poses for photos with his iPhone5 during the iPhone5 launch event in Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec. 13, 2012. <Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.> A salesperson (R) presents an iPhone 5 cell phone to…
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East Asia
Qinghai Lake In China Presenting Beautiful Winter Scenery Attracts Tourists
A tourist takes pictures on a boat at the scenic area of the Qinghai Lake in northwest China’s Qinghai Province, Dec. 12, 2012. The Qinghai Lake, China’s largest inland salt water lake, presents a beautiful scenery in winter. An amateur photographer takes photos of the sunrise scenery on the Bird…
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World
FINA World Swimming Championships Held In Istanbul, Turkey
Laszlo Cseh (L) of Hungary greets Daiya Seto of Japan after the men’s 400m individual medley final at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, on Dec. 13, 2012. Daiya Seto won the gold with 3 minutes and 59.15 seconds. Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania celebrates for victory after…
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East Asia
Heavy Fog Forces Vehicles To Move At Snail’s Pace In Changchun, China
Vehicles are stranded due to heavy fog at a street in Changchun, capital of northeast China’s Jilin Province, Dec. 14, 2012. Heavy fog covered some parts of Changchun on Friday. Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2012 shows a bus shrouded in fog in Changchun, capital of northeast China’s Jilin Province.…
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East Asia
NK Top Leader Gives Launch Order Of Rocket At Satellite Control Center
This photo provided by KCNA on Dec. 14, 2012 shows Kim Jong Un (C), top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), gives the launch order of Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite at the Pyongyang General Satellite Control Command Center on Dec. 12, 2012. Kim Jong Un personally commanded Wednesday’s satellite…
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West Asia
Karzai Gets Together With U.S. Defence Chief In Kabul
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) meets with visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Dec. 13, 2012. Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) and visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta attend a joint press conference in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Dec. 13, 2012. <Xinhua>
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West Asia
Israeli Foreign Minister To Be Indicted For Fraud And Breach Of Trust
The file photo taken on Oct. 25, 2012 shows Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman attending a press conference in Jerusalem. Israeli Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein decided on Thursday to indict Lieberman on charges of fraud and breach of trust, for allegedly promoting former ambassador to Belarus Ze’ev Ben Arye in…
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South Asia
Shootout In Quetta, Pakistan, Leaves Three Dead, Three Others Injured
An injured man is carried into an ambulance following a shootout in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta on Dec. 13, 2012. At least three people were killed and three others were injured in different fire incidents in Quetta on Thursday, local media reported. Security officers inspect the shootout site in southwest Pakistan’s…
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East Asia
On the brink in NE Asia
Two stories dominate the news in the U.S. There’s the “fiscal cliff” over which civilization-as-we-know-it is doomed to tumble on New Year’s Day unless President Barack Obama talks some common sense into his intransigent foes in Congress. You get so tired of hearing the grating voices of the Republican Senate…
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North Korean missile strikes fear
The world has just become more dangerous. For decades, the United States has been wary of the rogue state of North Korea, governed (after a fashion) by pariahs. Their intent to become a nuclear power, while unable to feed their own people, has not lagged. Their highly touted but often…
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