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South Asia
Bus Crash Claims 25 Lives In Pakistan
Family members of a bus accident victim mourn at a local hospital in Kahuta near Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Monday, June 4, 2012. At least 25 members of a wedding party died early Monday when their bus fell into a deep ravine, police said.Pakistani soldiers take part in a rescue work…
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Hindu Devotees Go Violent Over Date Of Pilgrimage
Hindu devotees burn an effigy of Jammu and Kashmir state governor during a protest in Jammu, India, Monday, June 4, 2012. The devotees demanded the commencement of the annual Hindu pilgrimage to the holy Amarnath cave shrine from June 3 instead of the official government scheduled date June 25. <AP/Newsis>…
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East Asia
Chinese Students Prepare For College Entrance Exam At Cram Schools
Gao Biao reads while washing his feet in his dorm at a full-time “cram school” in Changsha, central China’s Hunan Province, May 24, 2012. Every year, tens of millions of Chinese high school graduates rejoice or lament after taking highly competitive college entrance exams. Those who fail the test are…
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Spaceship and Aurora
This image provided by NASA shows the Aurora Australis, accompanied by star streaks and air glow, in this view recorded by one of the Expedition 31 crew members Friday May 22, 2012 when the orbital outpost was above a point on Earth located about 290 miles southeast of southern New…
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East Asia
Chinese Kungfu Shown In Israeli Festival
Performers from China Poly Agency perform “Kungfu Revelations: 9 scrolls” at Jerusalem Theater during Israel Festival on May 31, 2012. The Israel Festival was founded in 1961 as a summer music festival taking place in the ancient Roman theatre in Caesarea and was adopted in 1982 as Israeli national festival.…
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World
People In Istanbul Hang Effigy of Assad In Show Of Anger
People, displaying Turkish, Syrian and Palestinian flags, carry an effigy of Syrian leader Bashar Assad during a rally in Istanbul, Turkey, late Thursday, May 31, 2012. Addressing a summit of the Alliance of Civilizations, a forum promoting understanding between the Western and Islamic worlds, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on…
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South East Asia
Haunting War Memories Of A Vietnamese Woman
In this June 8, 1972 file photo, crying children, including 9-year-old Kim Phuc, center, run down Route 1 near Trang Bang, Vietnam after an aerial napalm attack on suspected Viet Cong hiding places as South Vietnamese forces from the 25th Division walk behind them. A South Vietnamese plane accidentally dropped…
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Baltic Sea Countries Talk On Energy Security
The members of the Council of the Baltic Sea States sit under models of whales at the Ozeaneum sea museum as they attend the plenary session of the summit in Stralsund, Germany, Thursday, May 31, 2012. Germany is hosting government leaders and officials from the countries around the Baltic Sea…
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Does Blackberry Seek Revival?
Three people on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange display their Blackberry smartphones, Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry, is in steep decline. The company, once the crown jewel of the Canadian technology industry, is now worth 1 percent of Apple’s…
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East Asia
World No Tobacco Day Observed
An Indian man smokes ‘bidi’, a small hand-rolled cigarette on the eve of ” No Tobacco Day” in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Bidis are popular among poor Indians because they are significantly cheaper. A packet of 10 costs about 2 rupees (about 5 US cents; 0.03 euro) while…
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