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World
Floating School Planned On Floating Slum In Lagos, Nigeria
A lady prepares food for sale at the floating slum of Makoko in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. A group is planning to build a floating school in the slum, which state authorities have targeted for demolition in the past. People paddle canoes on the floating slum of Makoko…
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East Asia
Chinese Coast Guards Aboard Motorboats Train In Qingdao
Coast guards take part in a training session in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, Sept. 27, 2012. The coast guards are equipped with motorboats recently in Qingdao, which will improve their mobility to handle emergency situations. The coast guards will be on duty during the upcoming National Day holiday. <Xinhua/Li…
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Central Asia
Georgian People Pray For Peace Ahead Of Parliamentary Election In Tbilisi
People gather on a bridge across the Kura River for a prayer for peace in the country ahead of parliamentary elections in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Georgia holds tightly contested parliamentary elections on Oct. 1. <AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Vehicles Line Up At Gas Station Amid Shortage Of Natural Gas
Vehicles line up at a compressed natural gas (CNG) station in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on Sept. 27, 2012, due to the shortage of CNG. CNG filling stations remain closed for the fourth consecutive day in Lahore, after observing three days of scheduled gas load shedding, owing to the closure of…
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East Asia
Foreign Ministers Of China, Czech At “Friends Of Yemen” Meeting In New York
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R, front) shakes hands with his Czech counterpart Karel Schwarzenberg during the “Friends of Yemen” meeting in New York, the United States, Sept. 27, 2012. <Xinhua/Fang Zhe> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Indra Jatra Festival Kicks Off With Marked Dance In Katmandu
A masked artist performs a traditional dance on the first day of the week-long Indra Jatra festival in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Indra Jatra festival, which is celebrated by both Hindus and Buddhists, marks the end of the monsoon season and beginning of autumn. <AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
‘Xinhua Photo Gallery’ Held At UN Office In Geneva
China’s permanent representative of the Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Geneva Liu Zhenmin (2nd R) and Director-General of the UN Office in Geneva Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (1st R) view the “Xinhua photo gallery” at the reception marking the 63rd anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China,…
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Culture
Song Festival Held At Tomb Of Religious Saint In New Delhi
A Muslim devotee joins a group of religious singers during a qawwali performance session at Nizamuddin Dargah, a complex of tombs, mosques and stalls centered on the burial site of revered Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. On Thursday evenings, Nizamuddin’s tomb transforms into…
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West Asia
A Palestinian Man Glued To TV Showing His President Addressing At UNGA
A Palestinian man in the West Bank city of Ramallah watches a television screen showing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressing the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Thursday, Sept 27, 2012. Abbas accused Israel of ethnic cleansing Thursday for building settlements in east Jerusalem.”It is…
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West Asia
Jewish People Prepare For Week-Long Holiday Sukkot
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men check etrogs, a lemon-like citrus fruit, for blemishes to determine if they are ritually acceptable, before buying it as one of the four items used as a symbol on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in Jerusalem’s Mea Shearim neighborhood, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. According to the Bible,…
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