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Philippines Concerns Epidemic after Washi
Children share bags of relief goods in Cagayan de Oro, the Philippines, on Dec. 21, 2011. The Philippine government will release an additional 1 billion pesos (22.77 million U.S. dollars) funding to augment the remaining calamity fund and ensure swift and continuous assistance to the areas hit by storm Washi…
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New Yorkers Enjoy Shopping Season
People watch a puppet show in front of a store in Manhattan, New York, the United States, Dec. 21, 2011. Various kinds of promotions are provided by retailers to attract customers during the annual holiday shopping season. <Photo: Xinhua/Wang Lei> news@theasian.asia
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Burma Bomb Explodes, One Woman Killed
Security force cordons off the blast site in Yangon, Myanmar, Dec. 21, 2011. One woman was killed and two men injured in a time-bomb explosion occurred in a public toilet near the Hledan Market, Yangon, at 11:10 a.m (local time) Wednesday, Myanmar officials said. <Photo: Xinhua/U Mya> news@theasian.asia
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Washi Killed 957 Filipinos
Children play inside a school, which has turned into an evacuation center, after tropical storm Washi in Cagayan de Oro, the Philippines, on Dec. 20, 2011. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported that as of Tuesday afternoon, the death toll from the typhoon stands at 957. Heavy…
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Washi Death Toll Risen to 632
A boy runs from his home that was swept to the roadside after tropical storm Washi triggered flash floods in Cagayan De Oro, the Philippines, on Dec. 19, 2011. The death toll from tropical storm Washi has risen to 632, and hundreds more still missing. <Photo: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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New Delhi Christmas Decoration
Christmas decorations are seen in Ambience Mall in Vasant Kunj, south New Delhi, India, on Dec. 19, 2011. Many shops in New Delhi have been decorated for the upcoming Christmas. <Xinhua/Li Yigang> news@theasian.asia
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Bangladesh Blasts···One Person Killed
A passenger bus was set on fire in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, on Dec. 18, 2011. One person was killed in a small bomb explosion in Dhaka Sunday morning, police said. The blast in Dhaka’s Motijheel commercial district was the result of a clash between the police and activists of…
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Storm Hits Philippines, Appx. 500 Dead
A car is stuck in an entrance hall of a house after the tropical storm Washi hit the place in Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao Island in southern Philippines, Dec. 18, 2011. The death toll from tropical storm Washi (or local name Sendong) in the Philippines rose to 497, with 162…
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Drilling Ship Overturned···Two Dead
A snapshot of a computer screen, taken on Dec. 18, 2011, shows the location of an overturned drilling platform, in the Sea of Okhotsk in Russia’s Far East. Two people were dead and 51 missing after a drilling platform with 67 people on board overturned in the Sea of Okhotsk…
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Carol with Santa Claus
A man dressed as Santa Claus sing Christmas songs with visiting children at a Christmas post office in the village of Himmelpfort (Heaven’s Gate) in Brandenburg, Germany, Dec. 17, 2011. The Christmas post office in Himmelpfort is open from mid-November to Christmas every year. Children can send their Christmas wish…
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