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Flame At Varanasi To Send Loved Ones Soul To Heaven
In this Tuesday, July 10, 2012 photo, funeral pyres burn during cremation at Manikarnika Ghat, on the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi, India. Devout Hindus believe that cremation of deceased at Manikarnika, one of the oldest and most sacred place for cremation in Varanasi, will send the loved…
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World Top Models Compete In Lebanese Beauty Contest
Participants of the Miss World Next Top Model 2012 beauty pageant perform during the contest in Beirut, Lebanon, late Sunday, July 15, 2012. Thirty-eight models gathered from all over the world to compete in the biggest international event to be held in Lebanon. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Anti Nuclear Protesters March On Tokyo Street
Anti-nuclear energy protesters march on a street in Tokyo Monday, July 16, 2012. Tens of thousands of people gathered at a Tokyo park, demanding Sayonara, or goodbye, to nuclear power as Japan prepares to restart yet another reactor, and expressed outrage over a report that blamed culture on the Fukushima…
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Kidnapped Journalists Released In Libya
A Libyan militiaman from Zlitan guards a check point in the desert near the border of Bani Walid in Misrata, Libya, Sunday, July 15, 2012. Tensions between the National Army and the former Gadaffi stronghold of Bani Walid have eased following the release of kidnapped journalists Abdelkader Fusuk and Youssef…
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West Asia
Hillary With Israeli PM In Jerusalem
Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjiamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2012. <Xinhua/Pool/Abir Sultan> news@theasian.asia
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Australia Permits To Hunt Up To 5.2 Mil. Kangaroos
A hunted kangaroo is carried at a farm in Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, July 16, 2012. Australian government allows up to 5.2 million kangaroos and wallabies to be commercially hunted in 2012. <Xinhua/Jin Linpeng> news@theasian.asia
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Self-Burning May Not Confined To Buddhist Nations
People try to extinguish the fire after a man set himself alight in Tel Aviv, Israel on Saturday, July 14, 2012 during rally marking the anniversary of a wave of demonstrations that swept the country to protest the high cost of living and other social issues. He was later rushed…
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East Asia
Heavy Rains Devastate Parts Of Fukuoka
A road, left, is buried in a landslide in Yame, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, Sunday, July 15, 2012. Heavy rain triggered flash floods and mudslides in southern Japan this week, killing over two dozens of people. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Foreigners Enjoy Mud Festival On Daecheon Beach
Tourists take part in the 15th annual mud festival on Daecheon Beach in Boryeong, South Korea, Sunrday, July 15, 2012. The festival features mud wrestling, mud sliding and mud king contest. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
China: Rescue hero may lose both legs Major news in <People’s Daily>: Rescue hero may lose both legs Rail police student who saved man from train says he would do it again A 20-year-old student who risked his life in an attempt to save a suicidal man from being hit by a train could lose both legs…
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