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West Asia
Supporters of Mubarak stage rally on second anniversary of his ouster in Cairo
Supporters of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak display his photographs during a small rally on the second anniversary of his stepping down from power in front of the Mostafa Mahmoud Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Egypt has been gripped by political turmoil since Mubarak’s ouster in the…
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Assad meets with his supporters when rebels captured Syria’s largest dam
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center left, meets with a delegation of Jordanian political activists, lawyers, doctors and engineers in support of him, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Syrian rebels captured the country’s largest dam on Monday after…
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Hindu devotees attend Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India
A woman seeks blessings from young boys dressed as Lord Ram, left, and his wife Sita during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India , Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are attending the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world’s largest religious gatherings that lasts…
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Palestinians register their names at voter registration stations in their territories
Palestinians wait to register their names at a voter registration center in Gaza City on Feb. 11, 2013. Voter registration stations opened Monday in the Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip for the first time since Islamic Hamas movement seized control of the area in 2007. Palestinian women register their…
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Bangladesh people rally to demand death penalty for Jamaat-e-Islami leader in Dhaka
In this photo made using a slow camera shutter, pro government activists and other Bangladeshi people gather to protest as they demand the death penalty for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. The protesters urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to review a verdict sentencing…
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Children sit by life materials saved from fire in a Chinese village that gutted 92 homes
Children sit by life materials saved from a scene of fire in Heiduo Village of Diebu County in northwest China’s Gansu Province, Feb. 7, 2013. The fire broke out in Heiduo Village around 8 p.m. and was put out Thursday morning, leaving destruction of 92 homes and no casualties. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Liu…
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A Syrian woman sit on the ruins of her house destroyed by gov’t airstrike
In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, a Syrian woman sits on the ruins of her house, which was destroyed in an airstrike by government warplanes a few days earlier, killing 11 members of her family, in the neighborhood of Ansari, Aleppo, Syria. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Abdullah al-Yassin>
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Pakistani women collect canola flowers from a field near Islamabad
Pakistani women collect canola flowers from a field on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Muhammed Muheisen>
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People jampack a supermarket in Huaibei City to prepare for coming Spring Festival
People select goods at a supermarket in Huaibei City, east China’s Anhui Province, Feb. 7, 2013, to prepare for the coming Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 10 this year. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Wang Wen> A girl selects toys at a supermarket in Sanhe City, north China’s Hebei Province, Feb. 7, 2013, to…
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A Chinese leader encourages cast, crew of the CCTV’s Spring Festival gala show
Liu Yunshan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, poses for a group picture with cast and crew of the 2013 China Central Television (CCTV)’s Spring Festival gala show during a visit…
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