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A Tribute To Dead American Soldiers
People walk through a portion of the Boston Common covered with American flags, in Boston, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Relatives and volunteers planted the 33,000 flags in the historic park in tribute to Massachusetts soldiers killed in conflicts as far back as the Civil War. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
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Supreme Performances On Bolshoi Stage
Dancers perform during the 20th Benois de la Danse award ceremony at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow May 22, 2012. <Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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A Daredevil Cyclist On Skateboard Park
A cyclist rides his bike at a skateboard park, Tuesday, May 22, 2012, in Austin, Texas. Temperatures reached a high of near 90 degrees in the Austin area. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) news@theasian.asia
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Conquering World’s Longest Suspension Bridge
MOSCOWㅡ Russian young people climbed world’s longest suspension bridge in Russian city of Vladivostok (MAY 21). 3 Russian young managed to climb to 324 meters high bridge. Bridge will be opened to service this year. Suspension Bridge is 324 meter-height and 1104 meters long. <Cihan> news@theasian.asia
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Fortunate Enough To Survive Suicide Bombing
Wounded policemen are seen at a hospital following a suicide bomb attack at parade square in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May 21, 2012. Officials say Monday’s bombing near Sanaa’s presidential palace is one of the deadliest attacks in the city in months. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Ethnic Groups’ Strike in Nepal Goes Bloody
A wounded Nepalese activist of the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities is taken for treatment by a friend during a general strike in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 21, 2012. Official say protesters enforcing a general strike for the second day have clashed with local residents in parts of the Nepalese…
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A Would-Be Suicide Being Rescured
Niagara Falls emergency officials rescue a man who plunged over Niagara Falls and survived in an apparent suicide attempt, Monday, May 21, 2012. The man is only the third person known to have gone over without a safety device and live. A waiting helicopter flew him to Hamilton General Hospital,…
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“No Pains, No Gains”
Filipino boys use their faces to move a coin close to their mouth during a game as part of celebrations of the feast day of Saint Rita de Cascia in suburban Paranaque, south of Manila, Philippines Sunday May 20, 2012. Philippine fiestas, a festive time for family and friendly reunions,…
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San Francisco Marks 75th Anniversary Of Golden Gate Bridge
File – In this May 24, 1987 file photo, a crowd estimated at several hundred thousand jams the deck of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco during a walk to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the bridge. The bridge was heralded as an engineering marvel when it opened in…
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Olympic Flame Ignited For Torch Relay To London
Actress Ino Menegaki, dressed as a high priestess, lights the torch at a ceremony in Panathinean stadium in Athens, Thursday, May 17, 2012. The torch begins its 70-day journey to arrive at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, from the Greek capital, to cover about 8,000-mile (12,875-kilometer) on…
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