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East Asia
Strong Typhoon Threatens Korea, Japan, China
High waves pound seawall in Yonabarucho, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, Sunday afternoon, Aug. 26, 2012. Residents were being told to stay indoors and warned wind gusts from the strongest typhoon to approach Okinawa in several years could overturn cars and cause waves of up to 12 meters (40 feet) on…
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East Asia
Taoli Cup Dance Competition Held In China
Dancers perform during the dancing competition Taoli Cup in Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui province, Aug. 25, 2012. Taoli Cup is the highest level teenager dancing competition held by China’s Ministry of Culture in a bid to select talented dancers. <Xinhua=Zhang Rui> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Non-Aligned Movement Summit To Open In Iran
Representatives attend the expert-level meeting of the 16th Non-aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 26, 2012. The expert-level meeting of the 16th Non-aligned Movement (NAM) summit opened here on Sunday. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi speaks at the expert-level meeting of the 16th Non-aligned Movement (NAM) summit in…
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West Asia
Detention Center Run By Syrian Rebel Force
In this Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 photo, a Syrian prisoner holds the bars of a makeshift prison run by rebels in a former elementary school in Al-Bab on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. Many improvised detention centers have sprung up as rebels wrest cities from army control, but these facilities…
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East Asia
NK Army In Exercise To Confront Korea-U.S. Joint Drills
In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012 and released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, Korean People’s Army personnel conduct military exercises at an undisclosed location in North Korea while South Korea and the United States…
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South East Asia
Celebration Of Indonesia’s Independence Day
Indonesian children with mud help one another to climb a palm tree in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 26, 2012. People participate in the game of palm tree climbing every year in order to celebrate the Indonesia’s Independence Day. <Xinhua=Agung Kuncahya B.> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Czech Artist Suchanek Holds Exhibition In Tianjin, China
Visitors view works of Czech lithography master Vladimir Suchanek at an art exhibition in north China’s Tianjin Municipality, Aug. 26, 2012. The art exhibiton of Czech artist Vladimir Suchanek opened in Tianjin on Sunday, and will last until Sept. 25. Martin Suchanek (L), son of Czech lithography master Vladimir Suchanek,…
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East Asia
Chinese Bridge Built Less Than A Year Ago Collapsed
Photo taken on Aug. 24, 2012 shows the collapsed section of the Yangmingtan Bridge in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. Four trucks fell off to the ground after a section of the Yangmingtan Bridge collapsed in Harbin early Friday morning, killing three people and injuring five others. The…
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East Asia
Young Couples Celebrate Chinese Valentine’s Day
Young couples drinking wine make a formation in the shape of a heart during an activity to celebrate the Qixi Festival, or Chinese Valentine’s Day, in Changli County, north China’s Hebei Province, Aug. 23, 2012. <Xinhua=Huang Jingwen> Young couples take part in a group wedding ceremony in Yuncheng City, north…
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South Asia
Air Pollution Also Troubles Afghanistan
Afghan labors work at a brick factory on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan on August 23, 2012. Smoke rises from a brick factory on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan on August 23, 2012. Air pollution has become a serious problem in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. <Xinhua=Ahmad Massoud> news@theasian.asia
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