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East Asia
Heavy Snowfall Paralyzes Street In Tianjin, North China
A citizen pushes an electric tricycle down a street in Tianjin, north China, Dec. 14, 2012. A heavy snow hit Tianjin on Friday. Sanitation workers clean the snow at a street in Tianjin, north China, Dec. 14, 2012. A heavy snow hit Tianjin on Friday. <Xinhua/Zhang Chaoqun>
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East Asia
Qinghai Lake In China Presenting Beautiful Winter Scenery Attracts Tourists
A tourist takes pictures on a boat at the scenic area of the Qinghai Lake in northwest China’s Qinghai Province, Dec. 12, 2012. The Qinghai Lake, China’s largest inland salt water lake, presents a beautiful scenery in winter. An amateur photographer takes photos of the sunrise scenery on the Bird…
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East Asia
Heavy Fog Forces Vehicles To Move At Snail’s Pace In Changchun, China
Vehicles are stranded due to heavy fog at a street in Changchun, capital of northeast China’s Jilin Province, Dec. 14, 2012. Heavy fog covered some parts of Changchun on Friday. Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2012 shows a bus shrouded in fog in Changchun, capital of northeast China’s Jilin Province.…
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West Asia
Karzai Gets Together With U.S. Defence Chief In Kabul
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) meets with visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Dec. 13, 2012. Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) and visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta attend a joint press conference in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Dec. 13, 2012. <Xinhua>
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East Asia
NK Top Leader Gives Launch Order Of Rocket At Satellite Control Center
This photo provided by KCNA on Dec. 14, 2012 shows Kim Jong Un (C), top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), gives the launch order of Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite at the Pyongyang General Satellite Control Command Center on Dec. 12, 2012. Kim Jong Un personally commanded Wednesday’s satellite…
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West Asia
Israeli Foreign Minister To Be Indicted For Fraud And Breach Of Trust
The file photo taken on Oct. 25, 2012 shows Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman attending a press conference in Jerusalem. Israeli Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein decided on Thursday to indict Lieberman on charges of fraud and breach of trust, for allegedly promoting former ambassador to Belarus Ze’ev Ben Arye in…
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South Asia
Shootout In Quetta, Pakistan, Leaves Three Dead, Three Others Injured
An injured man is carried into an ambulance following a shootout in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta on Dec. 13, 2012. At least three people were killed and three others were injured in different fire incidents in Quetta on Thursday, local media reported. Security officers inspect the shootout site in southwest Pakistan’s…
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East Asia
North Korea angers US
In the wake of North Korea’s stakes-raising rocket launch this week, the United States is expected to seek harsher financial measures on the Kim Jong-un regime, similar to those mobilized on Iran. But in the longer term, Washington faces tough choices on how to handle Pyongyang given what analysts describe…
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East Asia
Multicultural Awards held in festive mood
“Little Psy” Hwang Min-woo and Nigerian Vanessa Ossy were among the recipients of the 1st Multicultural Youth Awards at the Korea Press Center in central Seoul, Thursday, in recognition of their outstanding achievements in promoting diversity. Hwang born to a Vietnamese mother and Korean father brought down the house with…
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East Asia
Polls show gap significantly tightens
With just days before the Dec. 19 presidential election, the race between Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in is becoming too close to call. Park, the ruling Saenuri Party candidate enjoyed a lead outside the statistical margin of error in some polls a few days ago. However, the latest polls show…
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