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South Asia
Gas Explosion Near Kabul Leaves 90 Casualties
People who were wounded during Wednesday’s propane gas reservoir explosion receive medical treatment in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 5, 2012. A gas reservoir explosion which broke out in Pul-e-Charkhi industrial park east of Kabul late Wednesday has killed eight and injured 83, a health official said Thursday. <Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Anti-Assad Protests Spread To Jordan
A Syrian girl lifts the center of a giant revolutionary flag during a protest against Bashar Assad, in front the Syrian embassy in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, July 5, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Society
Over 100,000 Chinese children adopted overseas in last 30 years
BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) — More than 100,000 Chinese-born orphans and children with physical disabilities have been adopted by overseas parents over the last 30 years, a government official said Wednesday. Overseas adoption has become an important channel through which to find homes for orphaned and disabled children, said Minister…
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East Asia
A Plague of Locusts Devastate Chinese Fields
Locusts eat crops in a field in Longtang Village of Bairuopu Township in Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province, July 4, 2012. A plague of locusts has been infesting bamboo groves, crop fields, vegetable plantations and building roofs across Bairuopu Township due to the continuous heat recently. <Xinhua/Long Hongtao>…
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Arafat’s Body To Be Exhumed For Autopsy
Palestinians pass by a huge poster of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat with al-Aqsa mosque in Gaza City on July 4, 2012. The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has agreed to exhume late President Yasser Arafat’s body for examination upon a request of some of his family members, a spokesman said…
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Culture
Jordanian Girl Lights Cauldron In Jerash Festival
A Jordanian girl carries the torch of the Festival during the opening ceremony of Jordan’s annual Jerash Festival, hosted in the ancient Greco-Roman city, 45 km north of Amman, on July 4, 2012. <Xinhua/Mohammad Abu Ghosh> news@theasian.asia
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Society
Eating 45 Hot Dogs For Her Second Championship Title
Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas forces down a hot dog during the Nathan’s Famous Women’s Hot Dog Eating World Championship, Wednesday, July 4, 2012, at Coney Island, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Thomas won her second consecutive women’s competition with a world record breaking 45 downed hot dogs.…
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South East Asia
Kinetic Art Decoration In Singapore Changi Airport
People admire a giant kinetic structure at the Changi International Airport on Wednesday July 4, 2012 in Singapore. Claiming to be the world’s largest kinetic art installation, “Kinetic Rain” designed and built by a German team is made up of 1, 216 bronze droplets that transforms into multiple shapes through…
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Row Of Bombings In Iraq Claim Scores Of Victims
People inspect a bomb scene a day after an explosives-laden vegetable truck ripped through a crowded market in Diwaniyah, 80 miles (120 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 4, 2012. For the second day, a row of bombings across Iraq have killed and wounded scores of people, police said.…
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Police Under Tear Gas Attack In Ukraine
Opposition protesters spray tear gas against riot police in front of the Ukrainian House in central Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 4, 2012. Opposition activists have clashed with riot police during a protest against a controversial bill that would allow the use of Russian in official settings in Russian-speaking regions. <AP/NEWSis>…
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