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Danube River’s Ices Damage Serbians’ Boats
People try to save boats from being damaged by the floating ice on the Danube River in Belgrade, Serbia, on Feb. 20, 2012. Hundreds of small boats and floating restaurants on the Danube River were damaged near Belgrade by big chunks of ice that have begun melting due to raising…
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Cologne Rosenmontag Parade
Revelers participate in a parade during the Rosenmontag, a main activity of the Cologne Carnival, Feb. 20, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Ma Ning> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Japanese Medias Inspect Fukushima Nuke Plant
Members of the media wearing protective suits and masks inspect as they are escorted by TEPCO employees at Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)’s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture, Japan, Feb. 20, 2012. Members of the media were allowed into the plant on Monday ahead of the…
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Libya Holds Military College Graduation Ceremony
Libyan cadets march during their graduation ceremony from a military college in Tripoli, Libya, Feb. 20, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Hamza Turkia> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Japan Owes us an Apology
A big advertisement to demand Japan’s apology for comfort women was placed in the evening of 17th inside the Anguk Subway Station, the 3rd line of Seoul, just a few steps away from the Japanese Council. Two ordinary men in their 20s made it themselves on 14th to draw attention…
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West Asia
Bahrainians Protest Against Gov’t
Anti-government demonstrators throw self-made petrol bombs against police in a Shiite village near Manama, Bahrain, on Jan. 25, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
“Release Dr. Dweik”
Palestinians holding banners and pictures attend a protest calling for the Release of Hamas lawmaker, Aziz Dweik, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Jan. 23, 2012. Israel arrested the speaker of the Palestinian parliament Aziz al-Dewik, early this week at a checkpoint in the West Bank. <Photo: Xinhua/Fadi…
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East Asia
Foreign Students Enjoy Spring Festival
A Ghanaian student (C) plays the bridegroom in a Chinese wedding ceremony simulation held in Zibo, east China’s Shandong Province, Jan. 23, 2012, the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Some 70 foreign students from more than 30 countries and regions celebrated the Chinese Spring Festival with local…
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World
Katani is Elected as People’s Assembly Speaker
Mohamed Saad Katatni, secretary general of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), waves at the first session of the new People’s Assembly (lower house of parliament) in Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 23, 2012. Mohamed Saad Katatni was elected as speaker of the new People’s Assembly at the first session…
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West Asia
EU, Further Sanctions to Iran
Photo taken on Jan. 23, 2012 shows Iranian Central Bank’s building in northern Tehran, capital of Iran. The European Union (EU) on Monday imposed further sanctions against Iranian oil exports and central bank, a move aimed to ramp up pressure over the country’s much disputed nuclear program. <Photo: Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz>…
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