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Society
Rituals Performed By Shamans In Hope Of Preventing Apocalyptic Mayan Prediction
Peruvian shamans perform a ritual against the alleged 2012 apocalyptic Mayan prediction in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The supposed 5 a.m. Friday doomsday hour had already arrived in several parts of the world with no sign of the apocalypse. The social network Imgur posted photos of clocks turning…
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South East Asia
[Indonesia Report] A lot of memorable things happen for Indonesia during 2012
Year 2012 is soon to end in a count of days. Major events happened around the world that marks a big change and spectacular moment in each country. Leadership changes took place in world’s major power countries. Barack Obama won his 2nd term as President of most powerful country in…
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West Asia
Afghan Soldiers Donate Bags And Blankets For Displaced Students At A School
Afghan military officials count students at a school in Qarghaye, Laghman province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. Afghan military officers donated school bags, notebooks, child blankets, tea pots to over 120 internally displaced students and 8 teachers of a school in Laghman province. The process of taking…
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Central Asia
CSTO Summit Held In Moscow, Russia
Attendees of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit pose for a group photo in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 19, 2012. The CSTO summit was held here Wednesday, where Russian President Vladimir Putin said the CSTO should work out a pattern of practical actions in Afghanistan. Founded in 2002, the CSTO…
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South Asia
Indian Women Protest Against Rampant Violence Against Women
Indian women, members of Common Man’s Party, shout slogans during a protest outside the residence of Delhi state government Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. The alleged hours-long gang-rape and near fatal beating of a 23-year-old student on a bus in New Delhi triggered…
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West Asia
Israeli Soldiers Stand Guard Against Palestinians Who Prostested For A Prisoner On Hunger Strike
Israeli soldiers stand guard during clashes with Palestinian protestors in the neighbourhood of Issawiya near Jerusalem on Dec. 19, 2012. Palestinians Wednesday demonstrated in solidarity with Samer Issawi, a Palestinian prisoner held in an Israeli jail and on hunger strike since August 1. <Xinhua/Muammar Awad>
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South East Asia
Exhibition Commemorating Queen Savang Vadhana’s 150th Birth Anniversary Held In Bangkok
A visitor takes pictures by a portrait of Queen Savang Vadhana, who is respected as “Queen Sri Savarindira”, during an exhibition commemorating her 150th birth anniversary at a museum in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, on Dec. 18, 2012. <Xinhua/Gao Jianjun>
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West Asia
Christians In Egypt Unable To Attend Referendum Due To Islamists’ Intimidation
In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 photo, children attend a class in a church in the village of El-Aziyah near the city of Assiut, southern Egypt. After a campaign of intimidation by Islamists, most Christians in this southern Egyptian province were too afraid to participate in last week’s referendum on…
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South Asia
Firing Incidents On Polio Eradication Team In Pakistan Kill A Total Of Nine People
An injured polio health worker receives medical treatment at a hospital in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on Dec. 19, 2012. At least three health workers were killed on Wednesday in firing on polio-eradication team in Pakistan’s northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bringing the number of death toll to nine in such…
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East Asia
Park finds miracle in life-or-death moment
President-elect Park Geun-hye said she was born again on May 20, 2006, adding she couldn’t explain what happened to her that day without using the word “miracle.” It was the day when she was attacked by a man, who sneakily approached her and sliced her face with a box cutter…
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