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West Asia
Emir Of Qatar Urges Warring Palestinian Factions To Reconcile In His Visit To Gaza Strip
The Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, right, and Gaza’s Hamas Prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, center, arrive for the corner-stone laying ceremony of a new centre providing artificial limbs, in Bait Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar has used his landmark visit…
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West Asia
Syrian Conflict Lasting Over A Year And Half Drives People Into Abyss Of Misery
Displaced Syrian men wait for food near an NGO charitable kitchen in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. A Syrian displaced woman and her granddaughter are seen in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. <AP Photo/Manu Brabo> This June 12, 2012 file…
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South Asia
Animals Are Selling Well In Muslim Countries Ahead Of Eid Al-Adha Festival
An Egyptian man waits with his son to sell sheep ahead of Muslim festival of Eid Al-Adha at a street market in Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 23, 2012. <Xinhua/Qin Haishi> Photo taken on Oct. 23, 2012 shows the general view of a main animal market in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar, as the…
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East Asia
Tales of Korean Treasures ①
As you go through the country’s National Museum, you feel as if you were passing from one age to another. In this way you leave a face which represents Seoul’s contemporary present to a space which embodies the history of the Korean nation. But in the depths of these ages…
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West Asia
Tunisians Protest Against Gov’t Policy In Tunis Amid Chaotic Political Climate
A demonstrator leads other Tunisians who took to the streets of Tunis Monday Oct. 22, 2012, to protest against government policy. Tunisia will celebrate on Tuesday a year since its first free elections in a political climate marked by tensions within the national assembly, a stalled new constitution and sporadic…
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West Asia
Annual Islamic Pilgrimage Attracts Pilgrims From Around World To Grand Mosque In Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Palestinian children perform a simulated pilgrimage celebrating the upcoming Islamic pilgrimage and Eid al-Adha festival at their school in the West Bank city of Nablus on Oct. 22, 2012. <Xinhua/Ayman Nobani> Muslim pilgrims leave the Grand mosque after the noon prayer in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. The…
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West Asia
Turkish Youths In Region Bordering Syria Protest Against Foreign Intervention In Syria
Demonstrators gesture during a protest in Hatay of Turkey, on Oct. 21, 2012. A group of youth protested against foreign intervention in Syria, near the Turkish-Syrian border on Sunday. Five people were detained as some protestors clashed with police. A demonstrator is arrested by police during a protest in Hatay…
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West Asia
Tension Heightens In Beirut After Overnight Clashes Between Sunni And Shiite Gunmen
A masked Sunni gunman stands guard on a road leading to a Shiite neighborhood after overnight clashes that erupted between Sunni and Shiite gunmen in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday Oct. 22, 2012. Lebanese security officials say overnight clashes in Beirut between Sunni and Shiite gunmen have wounded several people. The officials…
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West Asia
Time to test Iran
NEW YORK ― Most of the debate about how to address Iran’s efforts to develop nuclear-weapons capacity focuses on two options. The first is to rely on deterrence and live with an Iran that has a small nuclear arsenal or the ability to assemble one with little advance notice. The…
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West Asia
Kuwaiti Opposition Supporters Rally Against Electoral Law Change In Kuwait City
Opposition supporters hold a rally in Kuwait City on Oct. 22, 2012 to protest against a decision to change the electoral law. Opposition supporters clash with riot police during a rally in Kuwait City Oct. 22, 2012. Kuwaiti opposition supporters on Monday held a rally to protest against a decision…
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