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East Asia
Mysterious Woman Found To Be Kim Jong-un’s Wife
This photo released on July 25, 2012 by KCNA, State media of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), shows Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol Ju, inspects an amusement park in Pyongyang, capital of DPRK. The official KCNA news agency confirmed Wednesday that top leader Kim…
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West Asia
Syrian Refugees Arrive At Iraqi Town
Syrian refugees arrive at the border crossing by the Iraqi town of Qaim, located in the Euphrates river valley 200 miles (320 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Suspected al-Qaida Members Captured In Iraq
Iraqi army soldiers bring in a blindfolded and handcuffed suspected al-Qaida member to detention centers in an Iraqi army base in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Iraqi security forces raided some villages in Arab Jabour, south of Baghdad, and detained 16 men suspected members of al-Qaida. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Evicted From Home Due To Ethnic Violence
An ethnic violence affected Bodo woman holds her baby at a relief camp at Kambari Beel in Kokrajhar, Assam state, India, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Thousands of Indian troops marched through a northeast region Wednesday to quell ethnic violence that has killed at least 38 people, but roving bands of…
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‘Don’t Cry For Me Argentina’
FILE – In this Oct. 17, 1951 file photo, Maria Eva Duarte de Peron waves to supporters in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentina commemorates the 60th anniversary of the death of Argentina’s most famous first lady on Thursday, July 26, 2012. Evita died of cancer on July 26, 1952 at the…
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Former Philippine President Freed From Detention
Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo looks at her supporters as she arrives at her village in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday July 25, 2012. Arroyo on Wednesday walked out of a government hospital where she has been detained for nearly eight months on charges of…
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West Asia
Syrian City Of al-Qalmoun Under Attack By Helicopter
This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network SNN, taken on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, purports to show a helicopter gunship flying a bombing run in al-Qalmoun, Syria. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Reason To Be Desperate For Rain
An Indian farmer walks through a dry, cracked paddy field on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Indians have grown increasingly desperate waiting for the long-delayed monsoon, the annual rains that replenish rivers and quench crops to keep this agricultural nation of 1.2 billion fed through the…
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Culture
‘Zlabia,’ Special Ramadan Food In Algeria
An Algerian confectioner makes a special type of sweets known as “zlabia” in a pastry shop in Boufarik city of Blida province, south of Algiers, Algeria, on July 24, 2012. Zlabia, a type of pastry with typical ingredients including flour, yeast, yogurt and sugar, is the most popular sweets during…
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Ethnic Clashes Take Place Again In Assam, India
A woman carrying her sick relative in her lap leaves her home due to ethnic clashes in Kokrajhar district of the state of Assam, northwest India, on July 24, 2012. Army and paramilitary troops are now deployed in the trouble areas after communal clashes took place over land rights between…
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