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West Asia
Lebel Forces Confront Syrian Army In Street Fighting
FSA fighters fire their weapons towards Syrian Army positions from the top of a building in the Izaa district in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. The diplomat tasked with ending Syria’s civil war said that the conflict is worsening on Thursday, the same day he travelled to the country…
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Protests Near U.S. Embassy In Cairo Becoming Violent
A protestor sets a police vehicle on fire during clashes with riot police forces which fired tear gas and rubber bullets at them near the U.S. embassy near Cairo’s Tahrir square in Egypt, Sept. 13, 2012. At least 224 people were injured in clashes in front of the U.S. embassy…
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South Asia
Relatives Mourn Death Of Loved Ones In Garment Factory Fire
Relatives mourn the death of their loved ones outside a garment factory following a massive fire which resulted in the death of 289 people in Karachi, Pakistan, on September 13, 2012. Relatives light candles during a candlelight vigil for the death of their loved ones outside a garment factory following…
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Jolie Comforts Syrians Living At Turkish Refugee Camp
The photo released by UNHCR shows UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie meeting with Syrian refugee children in an undisclosed refugee camp close to the Syrian border in eastern Turkey Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Ant？io Guterres, and his Special Envoy, Angelina Jolie continued their…
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Bangladeshi Muslims Burn U.S. Flag In Protest Against Movie Mocking Islam
Bangladeshi Muslims burn a U.S. flag during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. The protest was held against an obscure movie made in the United States called “Innocence of Muslims” that mocked Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. <AP Photo/A.M.Ahad> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Muslim Leaders In Kashmir Denounce U.S. Movie Insulting Islam
Kashmiri Muslim religious leaders speak to media during a press conference to protest against the U.S. anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims”, in Srinagar, Indian-controled Kashmir, on Sept. 13, 2012. <Xinhua/Javed Dar> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Innocent Syrian Children At Refugee Camp In Jordan
A Syrian baby, who fled with family the violence in his country, sleeps in a tent at Al-Zaatri Syrian refugee camp, at the north east city of Mafraq, Jordan, Sept. 13, 2012. The United Nations says an estimated 1.2 million Syrians, more than half of them children, are internally displaced.…
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South Asia
Indians Stand Up Against Nuclear Power Plant
Activists and residents stand in the waters of the Bay of Bengal and shout slogans as they protest against the Russian-built Kudankulam Atomic Power Project, background, at Kudankulam, about 700 kilometers from Chennai, Tamil Nadu state on Sept. 13, 2012. Villagers in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu have renewed…
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World
Pashkov House, Known As Lenin Library, Opens After Restoration
Visitors walk in a ballroom at the Pashkov House, a famous neoclassical mansion and home to the Russian State Library, known during the Soviet era as the Lenin Library, after it reopened following restoration works in central Moscow, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Visitors consult books in a reading room at…
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Eunuchs Dance While Passengers Watch Boat Race In Dhakar
Two eunuchs dance on a boat as they watch a traditional boat race on the Kaliganga River on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. <AP Photo/A.M. Ahad> news@theasian.asia
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