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Turkish President Meets Italian Business Delegation
Turkish President Abdullah Gul received Aldo Kaslowski, chairman of the Confederation of Italian Entrepreneurs Worldwide, in Istanbul on Tuesday. <Cihan News Agency> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Bullets’re Everywhere In Syria As Civil War Steps Up
In this Sunday Aug. 5, 2012, photo, a Syrian man holds bullets he picked from a wall in a damaged house in the town of Atareb outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Paper Lanterns Illuminate Atomic Bomb Dome
Paper lanterns float along the Motoyasu River in front of the illuminated Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. Hiroshima marks the 67th anniversary of the atomic bombing on Aug 6. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Heavy Rain Paralyzes Everything In Manila
A man crosses deep floodwaters using water containers as floaters in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday Aug. 7, 2012. Torrential rains pounding the Philippine capital on Tuesday paralyzed traffic as waist-deep floods triggered evacuations of tens of thousands of residents and the government suspended work in…
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West Asia
Riot Police Crack Down Anti-Gov’t Protest In Bahrain
Riot police chase Bahraini Anti-government protesters during a protest in Sitra, Bahrain, on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. Protesters chanted anti-goverment slogans and demanded to free jailed political prisoners until riot police fired tear gas and dispersed them. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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World
A Tank Takes Position In Sinai Where Terror Attack Occured
An Egyptian army vehicle keeps its position close to the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on August 6, 2012. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has decided to hold three-day mourning for soldiers killed and injured in a deadly assault in Sinai Peninsula. A terrorist group attacked one of…
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East Asia
South Korean Gymnast Takes Gold In Vault
Yang Hak Seon of South Korea competes during men’s vault final contest of Gymnastics Artistic event, at London 2012 Olympic Games in London, Britain, on August 6, 2012. Yang Hak Seon of South Korea won gold medal. <Xinhua/Shen Bohan> news@theasian.asia
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A Squirrel Trapped In Manhole Cover
In this photo taken Aug. 5, 2012 and publicly provided by the police department Hanover, Germany, on Aug. 6, 2012, a squirrel is trapped in a manhole cover in Isenhagen, northern Germany. After they were called by neighbours, police managed to free the animal by using olive oil. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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40 Turkish generals forced to retire for plotting coup
Turkey’s Supreme Military Council forced all of the forty generals and admirals who are currently under arrest as part of ongoing coup investigations to retire in its annual decisions announced on Saturday. The YAŞ meeting concluded on Friday and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with President Abdullah Gül, along…
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IT-Science
Researchers Cheer At Curiosity’s Safe Landing On Mars
In a photo provided by NASA, the Mars Science Laboratory team in the MSL Mission Support Area reacts after learning the the Curiosity rover has landed safely on Mars and images start coming in at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Mars, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012 in Pasadena, Calif. The MSL…
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