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US Defense Secretary First Visits Libya
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (2nd R) lays a wreath during his visit to the American Cemetery in Tripoli, Libya, on Dec. 17, 2011. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Saturday for a brief visit of the North African country which has embarked…
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Christmas Tree Illuminates Palestine
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (C Front) attends the Christmas tree lighting celebration in the West Bank town of Beit Shour, near Bethlehem, on Dec. 17, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua/Luay Sababa> news@theasian.asia
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Jordanian Calls for Speeding Up Reform
Some three thousand Jordanians demonstrate in downtown Amman, Jordan, Dec. 16, 2011, calling for speeding up reforms and rooting out corruption. <Photo: Xinhua/Mohammad Abu Ghosh> news@theasian.asia
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Tajik President officially Visits to Ukraine
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (L) holds a welcoming ceremony for Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon (R) in Kiev, Ukraine, Dec. 15, 2011. Rakhmon is on a two-day official visit to Ukraine. <Photograph: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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Netherlands Opens Its First Icehotel
A chambermaid cleans a room of the icehotel Lumen in Zwolle, the Netherlands, Dec.15, 2011. The recently new-opened hotel is the first ice hotel in the Netherlands which has three rooms in total, and the inside temperature keeps minus four degree Celsius. It will receive guests only for two months,…
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[1000th Wednesday] Han Myeong-sook
Former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook at the rally saying, “Let us solve this problem while the old ladies are alive.” <Photograph: Kris Min>
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[1000th Wednesday] Chung Bong-ju
Chung Bong-ju, a former MP who gained the increasing popularity with the radio talk show “Naneun Ggomsuda” which can be translated as “I’m a man of tricks” attended the rally. <Photograph: Kris Min>
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[1000th Wednesday] Lee Jung-hee
Lee Jung-hee, the leader of the United Progressive Party delivering her speech at the rally. <Photograph: Kris Min>
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Obama “War in Iraq Ends This Month”
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House in Washington D.C., the U.S., Dec. 12, 2011. President Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki spoke to journalists after a meeting at the White House, in which the two…
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Maliki-Obama, Joint News Conference
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama hold a joint news conference in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House in Washington D.C., the U.S., Dec. 12, 2011. President Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki spoke to journalists after a meeting at…
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