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East Asia
Chinese Students In Seoul, Beijing Hold Anti-Japan Protest Over Disputed Islands
Chinese students who study in South Korea, hold anti-Japan banner as they hold a press conference about the disputed islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. In this Tuesday Sept. 18, 2012 photo, anti-Japan protesters hold…
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South East Asia
Philippine Police Drive Out Settlers Of Shanty Region For Redevelopment
Philippine National Police officers and SWAT team members try to arrest resisting informal settlers during the demolition of their shanty in Taguig city Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, east of Manila, Philippines. The informal settlers’ community of mostly retired police and military personnel was demolished to pave the way for new…
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West Asia
Iranians Protest Against Publication of Anti-Islam Caliculture In French Weekly
Holding posters of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, demonstrators chant slogans in front of the French Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, during a protest the publication of caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad by a French satirical weekly. Dozens of Iranian students and clerics gathered outside the…
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East Asia
Wen Jiabao Attends EU-China Summit Meeting Held In Brussels
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, left, shakes hands with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, center, as European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, right, looks on during an EU-China summit in Brussels on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) shakes hands with Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di…
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West Asia
Syrian, Iranian Foreign Ministers Get Together In Damascus
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, left, meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad is seen top center. <AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Ahn Cheol-soo Announces His Run For Presidency
Ahn Cheol-soo, the founder of Seoul-based antivirus maker AhnLab, speaks during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Ahn has formally announced his presidential bid in South Korea because of public calls to reform politics. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
U.S. Defense Chief Talks With Xi Jinping In Beijing
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, left, meets with China’s Vice President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Panetta met Wednesday with Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi, who just days ago reappeared after a puzzling two-week disappearance. <AP Photo/Larry Downing> Chinese Vice President…
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East Asia
Chinese Hold Anti-Japan Protest In Kuala Lumpur
Chinese protestors hold a banner during an anti-Japan protest on disputed islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, outside the Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The banner reads ” Diaoyu Island belongs to China.” A Chinese protestor holds a Chinese national flag during an…
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South Asia
Anti-U.S. Protests In Muslim Countries Become Violent
Afghan university students step over a U.S. flag in Surkhrod district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Hundreds of Afghans, some shouting “Death to America”, held a protest against an anti-Islam film in the eastern city of Jalalabad. Afghan university students burn a U.S. flag…
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South Asia
Indian Hindu Devotees Start 10-Day Long Ganesh Festival
A Hindu devotee carries an idol of elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesha during a procession in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The ten-day long Ganesh festival began Wednesday and ends with the immersion of Ganesha idols in water bodies on the 10th day. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) Indian devotees raise their…
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