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<2011 Top News> Ships Parade in NY for Fleet Week
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ⑱ A boat of FDNY sprays water near the Statue of Liberty during the “Parade of Ships” in New York, the United States, May 25, 2011. The 24th annual New York Fleet Week kicked off on the Hudson River Wednesday morning. …
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<2011 Top News> Flying Like a Spiderman
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ⑲ An Aeriosa Dance Society member performs at the wall of Vancouver Public Library during annual Dancing on the Edge festival in Vancouver, Canada, July 13, 2011. Aeriosa’s artistic objectives include creating dance in non-traditional environments, exploring aerial choreography and revealing…
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<2011 Top News> Thai PM-elect, Attends Press Conference
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ⑳ Yingluck Shinawatra (C), the soon-to-be first female prime minister of Thailand, attends a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, July 4, 2011. Yingluck Shinawatra, who comes from Pheu Thai Party announced on Monday her party succeeded in forming a coalition government…
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<2011 Top News> Yoga Enthusiasts Practice for Solstice
XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2011 FOR INTERNATIONAL NEWS ② Yoga enthusiasts practice yoga during the “Solstice in Times Square” event at Times Square in New York, the United States, June 21, 2011. Thousands of yoga enthusiasts came here to do yoga in celebration of the longest day of the…
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South East Asia
Philippine Stock Market Ends with 0.81% Higher
Traders blow horns to celebrate the last trading day of the year inside the Philippine Stock Exchange in Makati, the Philippines, on Dec. 29, 2011. Philippine shares closed 0.81 percent higher as they ended the trading of the year. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
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East Asia
Kim Yong-nam Delivers Funeral Oration
This TV grab shows that Kim Yong-nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), addresses a national memorial service to mourn late leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, the DPRK, Dec. 29, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Kim Jong-un Era Opens
This picture of TV live broadcast shows that Kim Jong Un (2nd L), vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea, attends a national memorial service to mourn late leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Dec. 29, 2011. <Photo:…
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East Asia
Kim Jong-un Attends the National Memorial Service
This picture of TV live broadcast shows that Kim Jong Un (3nd L), vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea, attends a national memorial service to mourn late leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Dec. 29, 2011. <Photo:…
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World
Burma Warehouse Explosion, 10 People Dead
People gather around a warehouse where an explosion happened in Yangon environs Mingalartaungnyung township, Myanmar, on Dec. 29, 2011. The local firemen said at least 10 people died and 4 of them are women, 54 people injured in this explosion happened at around 2:00 a.m. local time. <Photo: Xinhua/Jin Fei> news@theasian.asia…
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East Asia
UN Raises a Flag at Half-Mast for Kim
The United Nations flies its blue and white flag at half-mast to mourn the death of Kim Jong Il, the late leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), at the UN Headquarters in New York, the United States, Dec. 28, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua/Shen Hong> news@theasia.asia
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