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Does Blackberry Seek Revival?
Three people on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange display their Blackberry smartphones, Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry, is in steep decline. The company, once the crown jewel of the Canadian technology industry, is now worth 1 percent of Apple’s…
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Throwing Mortar Boards For World Record
Backdropped by Tower Bridge, hundreds of students from more than 100 nationalities toss their mortar boards into the air in a Guinness World Record attempt for the most people throwing mortar boards simultaneously outside City Hall in London as part of World Record London to mark the news that more…
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Illumination On Tower Bridge To Celebrate Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
A new eco-friendly lighting system illuminates the Tower Bridge in London to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and the London 2012 Olympic Games, May 30, 2012. <Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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Venus Will Never Repeat Passing Across Sun Until 2117
FILE – The planet Venus, black spot, crossing the sun is photographed through a telescope at Planetarium Urania in Hove, Belgium, in this June 8, 2004 file photo. On June 5, 2012, Venus will pass across the face of the sun, producing a silhouette that no one alive today will…
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Images Of About 100 Yemeni Soldiers Killed By A Comrade
A Yemeni woman uses her mobile phone to take photos of images of soldiers who were killed in a suicide bomb attack last week in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May 28, 2012. A Yemeni soldier who detonated a bomb hidden in his uniform during a rehearsal for a military parade has…
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Celebration Of Fifth Republic Day In Nepal
Nepalese women in their traditional dresses perform a dance during a function to observe Nepal Fifth Republic Day, in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 28, 2012. The fifth Republic Day was observed to commemorate the day when the first meeting of the elected Constituent Assembly (CA) declared Nepal a Republic and…
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Sri Lankans To Stow Away Into Australia Stopped
One of the Sri Lankan nationals arrested early Monday by police while preparing to leave the country in a fishing trawler covers his face as he sits with others at a police station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 28, 2012. Sri Lankan police say they have arrested 113 people…
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Fireboat Celebrates 75th Anniversary of Golden Gate
The Phoenix fireboat sprays plumes of water as part of the Golden Gate Bridge’s 75th anniversary celebration on Sunday, May 27, 2012, in San Francisco. The commemoration included a vintage boat parade and a fireworks display slated for the evening. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Bosnian Muslims Hold Mass Funeral
Thousands have gathered in the eastern Bosnian town of Visegrad to bury the remains of 66 Muslim Bosniaks killed and thrown into the river by Bosnian Serb forces at the start of the country’s 1992-95 war. The victims’ remains were discovered two years ago, when a manmade lake that divides…
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Facebook Opens New Camera App
An undated image provided by Facebook shows Facebook’s new camera app, unveiled Thursday, May 24, 2012. The app, made for the iPhone, can be downloaded from Apple’s App Store. It works like most other camera applications for smart phones. To take a photo, you tap a camera icon in the…
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