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East Asia
Beer Drinking Competition At Qingdao Beer Festival
QINGDAO — A visitor takes part in a beer drinking competition during the International Beer Festival in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, Aug. 16, 2012. The 22th Qingdao International Beer Festival has set a beer drinking competition, attracting worldwide participants. After various event, the final winner will get a brand-new…
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South Asia
Indian Muslims On The Verge Of Breaking Ramadan Fast
An Indian Muslim boy has his hand pushed away as he tries to take donated food from a volunteer before breaking the Ramadan fast at the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. Muslims around the world are marking the holy fasting month…
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South East Asia
Bomb Explosion Occurs In Zamboanga, Philippines
Philippine military and police bomb squad units search for bomb debris from a bus that was ripped by a powerful explosion late Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012 in Zamboanga City, southern Philippines . Several people were injured in the blast. Another explosion occurred near a mosque at the city but no…
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South East Asia
Malaysians Shop Various Items To Celebrate End Of Ramadan
A Muslim man is reflected in a mirror as he tries on a songkok cap at a Ramadan bazaar in Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. During the holy month of Ramadan, a daily bazaar offers various selections of clothing, food, prayer mats and other religious items…
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South Asia
Terror Attack Takes Place In Assam, India
A policeman inspects the site of violence in Rangiya, about 55 kilometers (34 miles) west of Gauhati, in the Indian northeastern state of Assam, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. Thousands of panic-stricken Indians from the northeast were fleeing the southern city of Bangalore on Thursday, spurred by rumors they would be…
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South East Asia
Flood Submerges Whole City Of Baguio, Philippines
Houses are submerged in floods at City Camp Lagoon in Baguio City, northern Philippines, Wednesday Aug. 15, 2012. A second tropical storm in as many weeks battered the northern Philippines on Wednesday as forecasters warned that the still-reeling capital could see more flooding. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Syria: Ex-Syrian PM, Assad Government ‘Enemy of God’
Major News in <Ammon News>: Ex-Syrian PM, Assad Government ‘Enemy of God’ Former Syrian prime minister Riad Hijab appeared publicly Tuesday for the first time since his defection, calling President Bashar al-Assad’s government an “enemy of God” and saying it is collapsing. In a news conference in Amman, Hijab…
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West Asia
Yemen: UK to help Yemen to enhance political change
Major News in <Yemen News Agency(SABA)>: UK to help Yemen to enhance political change Director of Yemen office in the UK Department for International Development (DFID) asserted Wednesday the UK government’s keenness to offer all aid required to enhance the underway political change in Yemen. During her meeting with Minister…
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East Asia
Chinese Protest Against Japan Over Disputed Island
A Chinese man holds a national flag during a protest outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Chinese hold a protest against Japan plans to nationalize disputed islands, which also claimed by Taiwan and China. The islands called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese have long…
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West Asia
Syrian Air Strikes Continue To Pound Civilian Homes
A Syrian man look for survivors under the rubble of destroyed houses after an air strike in the town of Azaz on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Syrians injured in an air strike that hit their homes evacuate a field hospital after a second air strike…
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