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Only Disabled Medal Man At London Olympics Performs His Duty
Steve Tarrant serves as a medal man during a victory ceremony of sailing event at London 2012 Olympic Games in Britain, on August 7, 2012. He is the only medal man with disability at the London 2012 Olympic Games, according to 51-year-old Steve Tarrant who lives in a town 50km…
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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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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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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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Patent dispute between Samsung Electronics and Apple A trial on a patent dispute between Samsung Electronics and Apple is underway. Apple may have copied Sony designs and used them for its iPhone, which, if testified in court, would damage Apple’s claim for original designs and its allegations that Samsung stole its intellectual property. This is intern Doria…
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Jamaicans Rejoice At Bolt’s Win Of Olympics Gold
People cheer as they watch Olympic sprinters Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake competing in the 100 m dash at the London Olympics on a large TV screen set up at the national stadium in Kingston, Jamaica, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. A crowd of roughly 500 people on the grounds of…
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UN Urges Probe On Violence In Myanmar Muslim Region
Tomas Ojea Quintana, left, U.N human rights envoy to Myanmar, talks to journalists during a press conference at Yagon International Airport Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. The UN’s human rights envoy to Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana has called for an urgent independent investigation into the recent bloody inter-communal…
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