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West Asia
Saudi Oil Minister Meets The Press Ahead Of OPEC Meeting
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Ibrahim Naimi speaks to journalists prior to the start of the meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 . <AP/NEWSis/Ronald Zak>
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East Asia
People In Pyongyang Dance To Celebrate NK’s Successful Rocket Launch
North Korean youths dance before the Pyongyang Grand Theatre in Pyongyang, North Korea, to celebrate a rocket launch on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. North Korea appeared to successfully fire a long-range rocket Wednesday, defying international warnings as the regime of Kim Jong Un pushes forward with its quest to develop…
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South Asia
Trilateral Summit Of Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan Held In Ankara
From left to right, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari pose for group photo after their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Zardari, Gul and Karzai attend the 7th Trilateral Summit of Afghanistan, Pakistan…
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East Asia
Horsetail Embroidery Passed Down By Shui Ethnic Group Women In China
Wei Taohua, horse-tail embroidery craftswoman of Shui ethnic group, picks horsetail hairs in Sandu, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Dec. 12, 2012. Horsetail embroidery is a traditional embroidery handicraft that uses horsetail hairs as raw materials and has been passed down by Shui women for generations. It was listed in China’s…
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West Asia
Yemenis Clean A Street During National Cleaning Campaign In Sanaa
A Yemeni soldier cleans a steet during a national cleaning campaign in Sanaa, Yemen, on Dec. 12, 2012. The Yemeni government launched the first and biggest ever cleaning campaign in the capital Sanaa on Wednesday. The campaign may allow Yemen to enter the race to break a Guinness World Record…
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West Asia
Syrian Opposition Forces Recognized As People’s Representative In Meeting
British Foreign Secretary William Hague (R, front) and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns (2nd R, Front) attend the meeting of Friends of Syria in Marrakech, Morocco, on Dec. 12, 2012. The meeting of Friends of Syria held here Wednesday recognizes the National Coalition for the Opposition Forces, which…
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South Asia
Indian Students Vow To End Practice Of Aborting Female Fetuses In Mumbai
Indian students hold placards as they take an oath vowing to eliminate the practice of aborting female fetuses in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. In India, daughters are often seen as a burden because tradition requires that a bride’s family pay the groom’s family a large dowry of cash…
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West Asia
Egyptians Living In Jordan Vote For Constitutional Referendum
An Egyptian man who lives in Jordan casts his vote during the referendum for the Egyptian new constitution, at the Egyptian embassy in Amman, Jordan on Dec. 12, 2012. Egyptian expatriates started Wednesday morning casting their votes in the constitutional referendum, official news agency MENA reported. About 589,000 Egyptians are…
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West Asia
Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt’s national writer true to Islam spirit
Some people described him as a wise man, others called him a motivation, others liked his philosophical works and completely adored him, while others didn’t like him at all; that is the Nobel prize winner Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz. His birthday has come up and it is time that we…
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NK’s reckless challenge
Pyongyang should pay the price for rocket launch After much speculation, North Korea fired a long-range rocket Wednesday morning in defiance of international condemnation and sanctions threats from the United Nations. The launch is a reckless challenge to the international community that has stubbornly urged the North to give up…
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