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Leading Lebanese TV Station Attacked
In this picture taken on Tuesday, June 25, 2012, a Lebanese policeman steps out of the destroyed main entrance of the Lebanese TV station, In Beirut, Lebanon. The headquarters of a leading Lebanese TV station was attacked a day after hosting a hardline Sunni Muslim cleric Sheik Ahmad al-Aseer who…
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News Corp. Considers Two-Way Split
In this file photo, shows News Corp.’s headquarters in New York. Under pressure to limit contagion from the British phone hacking scandal, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. confirmed Tuesday, June 26, 2012, that it is considering splitting into two publicly traded companies. The Wall Street Journal, News Corp.’s flagship newspaper, reported…
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Ugandan Woman Looks For Her Children Lost In Landslide
A woman cries for her four children she lost in a landslide in Bududa, about 250kms east of Uganda capital Kampala Tuesday June 26, 2012. Massive landslides induced by torrential rains destroyed three villages in the mountainous district of Bududa in eastern Uganda Monday, killing scores of people officials said.…
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Tropical Storm Hits Tampa Bay Area
A truck hangs over the edge of a sinkhole that opened up in the parking lot of Hughes Relocation Services, Monday, June 25, 2012, in Salt Springs, Fla. Tropical Storm Debby raked the Tampa Bay area with high wind and heavy rain Monday in a drenching that could top 2…
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Deer Jumps Through Fence To Avoid Wildfire
A deer jumps through a fence along U.S. Highway 24 near Manitou Springs, Colo., as a wildfire burns near Cascade, Colo., on Sunday, June 24, 2012. The fire erupted and grew out of control to more than 3 square miles early Sunday, prompting the evacuation of more than 11,000 residents…
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World Refugee Day
Palestinian refugee children are seen at Al-Amari Refugee Camp near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on June 20, 2012. The Palestinian Central Statistics Bureau said in a report issued on the World Refugee Day that observed on June 20, the number of Palestinian refugees registered by UNRWA had reached…
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“Wishing It Is To Avoid Heat”
An infant cools off at a fountain in Battery Park in New York, the United States, June 20, 2012. According to the National Weather Service, in New York City’s Central Park, the temperature was 93 degrees (34 Celsius). <Xinhua/Shen Hong> news@theasian.asia
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Spear Fired Accidentally Pierces Skull
In this undated image provided by University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, a spear accidentally shot through Yasser Lopez’s skull is seen. Lopez, 16, was in serious condition Tuesday, June 19, 2012, at Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center. Hospital officials say one of Lopez’Accidens friends was loading a speargun when…
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Libya’s General Election to Take Place in July 7
Workers set up a giant election poster in Aziziyah, Libya, June 18, 2012. The July 7 election, for a 200-member national assembly which will draft a new constitution, offers Libya the chance to choose legitimate leaders capable of uniting the country for the first time since Gaddafi’s downfall and death…
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Rodney King Found Dead At His Home
FILE – This April 13, 2012 photo shows Rodney King posing for a portrait in Los Angeles. King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation’s history, has died, his publicist said…
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