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Suu Kyi Meets Leaders Of Shan Ethnic
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, fourth left, poses for photos with representatives from Shan ethnic as she attend a regular session of parliament at Myanmar’s Lower House on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Power Failure Makes People Stranded In India
Passengers sit in a train and wait for power to get restored at a railway station in New Delhi, India, Monday, July 30, 2012. A major power outage has struck northern India, plunging cities into darkness and stranding hundreds of thousands of commuters. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Tropical Storm Turns Manila Bay Into Huge Trash Dump
A Filipino resident swims in polluted waters as he tries to salvage items from their house after two empty barges rammed into shanties on stilts at a poor community in Manila, Philippines on Monday July 30, 2012. A tropical storm roughed up seas and dumped torrents of monsoon rains in…
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No Weight Classes Among Sumo Wrestlers
In this Sunday, July 29, 2012 photo, an elementary school sumo wrestler reacts after his bout at the National Children’s Sumo tournament in Tokyo. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Taiwanese Boy Enjoys Water Splash In Heat
A Taiwanese boy gets a splash of water at Taipei Water Museum in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, July 29, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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HK People Oppose ‘Chinese Patriotism’ Class At Schools
Thousands of people march on a downtown street in Hong Kong Sunday, July 29, 2012 to protest the upcoming introduction in schools of Chinese patriotism classes that they fear will lead to brainwashing. Teachers, parents, students and pro-democracy activists marched Sunday to the government headquarters of the semiautonomous territory to…
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Bull Race Believed To Bring Prosperity To Farmers
A contestant guides a pair of bulls during a bull race at a paddy field at Canning, outskirts of Kolkata, India, Sunday, July 29, 2012. Winners will the race are rewarded with prizes of day to day use such as bicycles, brass pitchers, radio sets, etc. Farmers also participate with…
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Anti-Putin Rally In Downtown Moscow
Demonstrator hold Left Front opposition flags and posters showing portraits of opposition activists who they say were arrested over their role in a violent protest in May, during an opposition rally in their support in Moscow, Thursday, July 26, 2012. Opposition activists and rights groups called the arrests a part…
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Somali Civil War Leaves Nothing But Poverty
Poverty and drought surrounding Somali due to the 20 years long civil war cause tens of people die and hundreds to immigrate. Families who move to urban areas to escape poverty and oppression find refuge in tents provided by international aid organizations. <Cihan News Agency> news@theasian.asia
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Suspected al-Qaida Members Captured In Iraq
Iraqi army soldiers bring in a blindfolded and handcuffed suspected al-Qaida member to detention centers in an Iraqi army base in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Iraqi security forces raided some villages in Arab Jabour, south of Baghdad, and detained 16 men suspected members of al-Qaida. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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