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World
Egyptians Enjoy Holiday Marking End Of Ramadan
Egyptian children celebrate the second day of Eid Al-Fitr, a holiday which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, in Al-Mansoura, Egypt on Aug. 20, 2012. <Xinhua=Amru Salahuddien> news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Earthquake Hits Sulawesi Island In Indonesia
In this Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012 photo, a resident inspects a house that was damaged after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck in Sigie, Sulawesi island, Indonesia. The death toll rose to six on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, from a powerful weekend earthquake in Indonesia as rescuers reached mountainous villages that…
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South Asia
Indian Muslims Celebrate End Of Ramadan
Indian Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayer at Shahi Masjid at the famous Taj Mahal in Agra, India, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Indian Muslims offer Eid al-Ftr prayer as children wait in a shop near…
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East Asia
Geese Help Increase Production In Rice Field
A flock of European geese walk by the paddy field in Tonggui Township in the Xingqing District of Yinchuan, capital of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Aug. 20, 2012. Nearly 5,000 mu (333.33 hectares) of organic rice fields with 50 geese seedlings per mu were planted in the Xingqing…
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East Asia
Typhoon Kai-Tak Ravages Guangxi Region Of China
Passengers push a bus out of a flooded road in Shibu Village of Nanning, capital of south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 20, 2012. Kai-Tak, the 13th typhoon of the year, had ravaged 8 cities and 36 counties in Guangxi, totally affecting 2.68 million people there. It has left…
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East Asia
Russia-China Cultural Festival Held In Heihe, China
A visitor tours an exhibition of Russian fabrics during the third China-Russia Cultural Festival in Heihe, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 19, 2012. The week-long cultural event, launched on Sunday, is jointly hosted by Heihe and the neighbouring Russian city of Blagoveshchensk. The festival presents a variety of art performances…
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Column
Pyongyang blowback
In 2001, following the 9/11 terrorist attack, a term used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency entered common currency. Throughout the 1980s, the Mujahideen, that loose conglomeration of Afghan tribal forces and international Muslim groups fighting against Soviet forces occupying Afghanistan, were supplied and supported by the CIA. Following the…
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South Asia
Pakistanis Pray In Festival To Celebrate End Of Ramadan
Pakistani worshippers pray on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in an alley of a slum, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, marking the end…
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World
“Why My Father Was Killed”
A Yemeni boy holds a poster depicting his father, who was killed in an attack in the city of Aden, during his funeral in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. Suspected al-Qaida militants attacked a Yemeni intelligence headquarters killing 20 people in the port city of Aden on Aug. 18,…
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South East Asia
Orang yang Tidak Bersalah Mendekam Dipenjara Selama Lima Tahun Atas Kesamaan Nama Dengan Pelaku Pembunuhan
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia saat ini sedang bermagang untuk The AsiaN. Berikut adalah salah satu berita dari Bangladesh. Seorang pria secara illegal dipenjarakan atas kasus pembunuhan dengan atas dasar kesamaan nama, dibebaskan Selasa (Agustus 14) lalu atas perintah pengadilan, setelah menjalani masa lima tahun penjara. Zakir Hossain menjalani…
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