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West Asia
A Church In West Bank Of Bethlehem Prepare For Coming Christmas
A nun touches a wooden sculpture of the baby Jesus after a ceremony in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Thursday Dec. 20, 2012. The baby Jesus is made from handmade olive wood with the length of 2.5 meters (8.2 feet). A woman places her fingers into crucifix-shaped holes in…
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West Asia
People Buy Something To Eat For The Longest Night Of Iranian Calendar At Bazaar In Tehran
People shop for Yalda Night, the longest night of the Iranian calendar year, at Tehran’s old main bazaar in downtown Tehran, Iran, Dec. 20, 2012. <Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz>
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South Asia
Syria Beats Iraq 1-0 In Final Of WAFF Championship Held In Kuwait City
Hamid Mido (Bottom) of Syria vies with Waleed al Lami of Iraq during the 7th WAFF (West Asian Football Federation) Championship 2012 Final Football match between Syria and Iraq in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on Dec. 20, 2012. Syria won the match 1-0. Players of Syria celebrate scoring against Iraq during…
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West Asia
Yemenites Hold Rally To Show Support For Their President In Sanaa
A female protestor with Yemen’s flag painted on her face and Arabic writing on sunglasses that reads, “we support the decision,” during a rally to show support for President Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Yemeni soldiers stand guard near the residence of Yemen’s president…
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West Asia
Egyptian, Jordanian PMs Get Together For Talks In Amman
Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil (L) and his Jordanian counterpart Abdullah Ensour attend a joint news conference in Amman, Jordan, Dec. 20, 2012. <Xinhua/Mohammad Abu Ghosh> Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil (L) meets with King Abdullah II of Jordan in Amman on Dec. 20, 2012. <Xinhua>
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South Asia
People In India Recognized As Descendants Of Jew Leave For Israel To Live
A Bnei Menashe Jewish community woman, right, bids goodbye as other leaves for Israel from Churachandpur, in India’s northeastern state of Manipur Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The Jews from India’s northeastern state of Manipur are known as Bnei Menashe and claim to be descendants of one the 10 lost tribes…
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West Asia
Growing Number Of Syrians Under Treatment At Hospitals Due To Gov’t Airstrike
In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 photo, the bed of a Syrian patient, not pictured, at an intensive care unit of a hospital is seen in the village of Atmeh, Syria. In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 photo, Syrian patients lie in their beds at an intensive care unit of…
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East Asia
Four Asian nations in power transition asked to have summit meeting at DMZ
Any one to study the history of the Far East Asia can easily realize how much it is difficult to grow the seeds of trust in the soil of those four countries; China, Japan, North & South Korea. This is true either for people or more critical for the politicians.…
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South East Asia
[Indonesia Report] Indonesian parliamentary delegation visits Palestine
Indonesian mass media, detiknews.com reported on the agenda of Indonesian House of Representative Commission I’s visit to Palestine on December 7. In the report, it said that the meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister of Hamas Ismail Haniyya in Gaza is one of the most important agenda of Commission I’s visit. After meeting…
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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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