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East Asia
Former Japanese Premier Abe Wins LDP Leadership Election
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, joins hands with a contender Shigeru Ishiba after winning the party leadership election of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. Abe, known as a hawk and nationalist, defeated ex-defense chief Ishiba in a run-off election Wednesday by a vote…
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East Asia
Traditional Tibetan Wedding Ceremony Held In Lhasa
The weekend were days of good luck in the Tibetan calendar. A Tibetan couple, bridegroom Tenzin Norbu and bride Tosan, held a Tibetan style wedding ceremony in the blessing of relatives and friends in Lhasa. Tenzin Norbu is the youngest son of Dando. The old man was quite excited on…
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South Asia
Bus Accident At Purna River In India Claims 18 Lives
People pull the damaged bus out of the Purna river in Maharashtra, India, Sept. 26, 2012. At least 18 people, including some school children, were killed in a major road accident in the western Indian state of Maharashtra Wednesday, a senior police official said. People gather around the accident site…
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West Asia
Iranian President Ahmadinejad Addresses At UN General Assembly
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the General Debate of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Sept. 26, 2012. Ahmadinejad on Wednesday accused some “hegemonic powers” of intimidating his country, citing military threats from Israel. <Xinhua/Shen Hong> news@theasian.asia
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World
Anti-Islamic Caricatures Countered By Pro-Islamic Ones
Egyptian cartoonist Khalid Abdul-Ati from the Egyptian Al Watan daily newspaper works on a cartoon depicting an Islamic figure inside his office at the newspaper’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. Amid outrage sparked by perceived insults to Islam, one Egyptian newspaper has decided to fight cartoons with…
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World
Funeral Held For Person Who Helped Capture Gaddafi
People carry the coffin of Omran Ben Shabaan during his funeral in Misrata, Libya, Sept. 26, 2012. Shabaan, who was credited with capturing former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was later kidnapped by armed men in Bani Walid and tortured. People pray in front of the coffin of Omran Ben Shabaan…
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World
Yemenis Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Revolution
Yemenis in traditional clothes march during a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1962 revolution in Sanaa, Yemen, Sept. 25, 2012. The ceremony marked the 50th anniversary of the revolution that toppled the regime of the Hameed al-Deen family in northern Yemen on Sept. 26, 1962. Yemeni officials light…
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South East Asia
Philippine Official Checks Elephant Tusks Confiscated
A staffer of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (DENR-PAWB) displays elephant tusks which were seized by Philippine customs authorities over a two-year period following failed smuggling attempts in the country, Wednesday Sept. 26, 2012, in Quezon city northeast of Manila. The tusks are to…
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South East Asia
World School Milk Day Celebrated In Jakarta, Indonesia
Indonesian elementary students hold bottles of milk to celebrate World School Milk Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 26, 2012. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations launched the World School Milk Day as a support and awareness of children nutrition by drinking milk in 2000. <Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Scene Of People’s Lives At Poor Region In New Delhi
Indian laborers wait in the street before starting in New Delhi, India, early Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. <AP Photo/Kevin Frayer> An Indian rickshaw driver waits for customers as a ragpicker walks by on a street in New Delhi, India, early Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. An Indian vendor balances as he…
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