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Gingrich Stops Campaign
WASHINGTON D.C., — U.S. Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. House speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a press conference in a hotel in Washington D.C., the United States, on May 2, 2012. Gingrich on Wednesday announced he is suspending his campaign to become Republican Party’s presidential nominee. <Xinhua/Fang Zhe> news@theasian.asia
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Final Showdown Coming Close
A wall screen shows the televised debate between Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election Francois Hollande and current President and conservative rival for re-election, Nicolas Sarkozy, at the TF1 television studio, in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, Wednesday, May 2, 2012. The prime-time debate between conservative incumbent Sarkozy and his leftist…
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Aung San Suu Kyi Comes To Parliament
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to reporters after attending a regular session of Myanmar Lower House, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Suu Kyi was set to be sworn in to Myanmar’s military-backed parliament Wednesday to take public office for the first time since launching her struggle…
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Facebook IPO
This Feb. 1, 2012 photo shows the Facebook logo on a computer screen in Berlin. Facebook will go public on May 18, a published report says, in one of the most highly anticipated tech initial public offerings since Google went public in August 2004. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
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UN Chief And Suu Kyi
YANGON – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, talks to medias during a press conference after meeting with Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, at her lakeside residence Tuesday, May.1, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
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Exercise For May 9 Military Parade
MOSCOW – Training exercises for the military parade in honor of the 67th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War were held Thursday night in the center of the Russian capital. On Red Square a column of 14,000 soldiers and officers, accompanied by an orchestra of 1,100 musicians took…
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UN Chief With Myanmar President
Myanmar President Thein Sein, left, shakes hands with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during their meeting at the presidential house in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Monday, April 30, 2012. Ban is on a three-day visit in Myanmar to see how the world body can help promote the country’s tentative steps toward democratic reform.…
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“We Are Innocent, BSE Is To Blame”
MAPLE PARK, Ill. — Tagged cattle are gathered at Larson Farms/Midwest Feeders, one of the largest ranches in Illinois, Wednesday, April 25, 2012, in Maple Park, Ill. Owner Mike Martz, who raises 6,000 cattle a year, says the USDA system is working and that the discovery of mad cow disease…
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Amazing Airshow For Children’s Day
Turkish Air Forces’ ‘Turkish Stars Acroteam Squadron’ performs a show over Pamukkale, Denizli during April 23rd National Sovereignty and Children’s Day. <Cihan> news@theasian.asia
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“Wake Up, Gorby”
CHICAGO, Ill. — Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, right, is awakened by an unidentified woman during a panel discussion “New Challenges For Peace,” at the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates Monday, April 23, 2012, in Chicago. Gorbachev participated on the panel with Willem de Klerk, Lech Walesa, and Jimmy…
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