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West Asia
Shuttle Diplomacy By Hillary, Ban Yield Cease-Fire Agreement Between Israel And Hamas
In this image made from Egyptian State Television, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, right, shake hands after a joint news conference announcing a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. Egypt has announced a cease-fire…
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A Cargo Plane Crashes In Sanaa, Yemen, Killing All Of 10 Crew Members
Smoke rises from the site of a plane crash accident in Yemen’s capital of Sanaa on Nov. 21, 2012. A military cargo plane crashed in Sanaa on Wednesday, killing 10 of its crew members onboard the plane. <Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed> Army and police officers work at the scene of a plane…
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West Asia
Rampant power failure threatens people’s lives in Egypt
Having a blackout has become something regular and happens almost on a daily basis in Egypt. This crisis originally started at 2010, during Mubarak’s regime and Nazif’s government. The justification back then was that the increase in the electrical load and household-air conditioners, which weakened the power generators. But the…
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West Asia
Arab League Secretary-General Arrives In Gaza Strip To Forge A Truce In The Region
Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil Elaraby (C) arrives in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Nov. 20, 2012. Turkey’s foreign minister and a delegation of Arab League traveled to Gaza on a truce mission between Palestine and Israel on Tuesday. <Xinhua/Khaled Omar>
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UN Chief Ban In Jerusalem As Part Of Diplomatic Effort To End Conflict In Gaza Strip
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in Jerusalem, on Nov. 20, 2012. <Xinhua/Pool/Jim Hollander> United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, speaks with Israel’s President Shimon Peres during a joint press conference at the President’s residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. Ban is in…
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West Asia
Americans Supporting Israel Stage Anti-War Protest In New York Amid Mounting Hostilities In Gaza Strip
Pro-Israeli demonstrators chant during an anti-war protest regarding the expanding hostilities between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip on 42nd Street, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, in New York. Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers traded fire and tough cease-fire proposals Monday, and threatened to escalate their border conflict if diplomacy…
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West Asia
Israel Intensifies Attack On Gaza Strip, Raising Palestinian Death Toll To 96
Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Israeli aircraft struck crowded areas in the Gaza Strip and killed a senior militant with a missile strike on a media center Monday, driving up the Palestinian death toll to 96, as Israel broadened its targets…
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West Asia
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Peluncuran The AsiaN Versi Arab
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita diluncurkannya situs The AsiaN versi Arabik. The AsiaN mewawancarai salah satu pendiri The AsiaN versi Arab, Radwa Ashraf, saat ditanya mengenai apa yang ingin dia lakukan dengan meluncurkan versi bahasa Arab Asia? Radwa mengatakan dia berharap untuk membangun jembatan diaman dia…
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Egyptians’ Gathering To Mark Eruption Of Violence Last Year Turns Into Violent Street Demonstration
Egyptians participate in a protest marking the first anniversary of the Mohamed Mahmoud street incidents near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 19, 2012. On Nov. 19, 2011, several days ahead of the historic parliamentary elections, violence erupted across the country. The most notable incident was a demonstration in the…
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West Asia
Hamas Chief: His Group Want To Reach Truce With Israel In Gaza Strip
Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal speaks during a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 19, 2012. Meshaal said here Monday that the Islamic group wants to reach a truce with Israel, with its demands met, official MENA news agency reported. <Xinhua/STR>
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