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East Asia
Month-Long Beijing Fringe Festival Kicks Off
Actresses and an actor of a Spanish troupe perform at the National Center for Performing Arts to mark the opening ceremony of the Beijing Fringe Festival in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2012. A total of 135 performances by actors from 13 countries and regions will be staged at…
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Farm Products Severely Damaged By Freezing In Inner Mongolia
Potatoes are packed and piled up at a rush havest spot during the fight against freezing disaster in Caimushan Township of Duolun County under Xilingol League, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Sept. 3, 2012. The freezing disaster which hit Inner Mongolia in late August has affected 727,000 people and…
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East Asia
Top Leaders Of China, Singapore Meet In Beijing
Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 4, 2012. Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) meets with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing,…
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East Asia
Former nurse becomes top Peking Opera performer
Wang Yige, left, discusses performing skills with Elyse Ribbons, an American graduate student of the National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts in Beijing, capital of China, April 11, 2012. Wang Yige is a Peking Opera performer who specializes in acting Qingyi, a female role representing young or middle-aged woman with…
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Extra Editions Of A Paper Report Death Of Moon Sun-myung
A woman prays near the extra editions reporting about the death of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon at an Unification Church in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. Moon, self-proclaimed messiah who founded Unification Church, died Monday at a church-owned hospital near his home in Gapyeong County, northeast of…
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Pak Speaks Of Funeral For Unification Church Founder Moon
Pak Bo-hi, chairman and president of The Korean Cultural Foundation, speaks about the funeral of Unification Church founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon at CheongShim Medical Center in Gapyeong, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. Moon, self-proclaimed messiah who founded Unification Church, died Monday at a church-owned hospital near his home…
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Moon Sun-myung, Kim Il-sung Got Together In 1991
In this December, 1991 photo released by Unification Church, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, left, greets North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in North Korea. Moon, the self-proclaimed messiah who founded the Unification Church, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2012 at a church-owned hospital near his home in Gapyeong County, northeast…
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Children On Their Way To Beijing For Education
Children from Yushu sing in a carriage of a train from Xining, capital of northwest China’s Qinghai Province, to Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 2, 2012. A total of 22 children, whose homeland is Yushu of Qinghai Province, took the train back to school in Beijing on Sept. 2,…
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Picturesque Scenery Around Yulong River, China
Photo taken on Sept. 2, 2012 shows a view of the Yulong River in Yangshuo County of Guilin, a tourist resort in southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Tourists take a raft tour on the Yulong River in Yangshuo County of Guilin, a tourist resort in southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang…
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A Fisherman Carries Cormorant For Fishing In China
Fisherman Luo Laiyin carries his two cormorants with his motorcycle on the way to the fishing area in Mount Longhu scenic spot in Guixi City, east China’s Jiangxi Province on Aug. 30, 2012. Some fishermen here still inherit the tradition of cormorant fishing, a traditional fishing method in which fishermen…
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