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West Asia
Israeli Journalists Protest Against Their Dismissals
In This photo taken on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, Israeli journalists and employees of Maariv daily newspaper demonstrate against their dismissals in Tel Aviv, Israel. Throughout much of Israel’s history, the Maariv daily was known as the “country’s paper,” the newspaper with the highest circulation and a cornerstone of Israeli…
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Iranians Protest Against Anti-Islam Caricature At French Embassy
Iranian protestors chant slogans in front of the French Embassy during a demonstration to condemn a French magazine caricaturing prophet Muhammad in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. <AP Photo/Vahid Salemi> news@theasian.asia
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18-Month Syrian Conflict Claimed To Have Killed 30,000
A Syrian man reacts outside of his damaged home, which was destroyed by a Syrian government airstrike earlier in the day, in Marea village, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. Syria’s bloody 18-month conflict, which activists say has killed nearly 30,000 people, has so far eluded…
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Iraqi Children Return To School After Summer Vacation
Iraqi children leave their classroom, in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. Students nationwide returned to school on Sunday morning after three months of summer vacation. Iraqi children walk to school as students nationwide returned to school on Sunday morning after three months of summer…
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Iranians Protest Against Publication of Anti-Islam Caliculture In French Weekly
Holding posters of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, demonstrators chant slogans in front of the French Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, during a protest the publication of caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad by a French satirical weekly. Dozens of Iranian students and clerics gathered outside the…
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Syrian, Iranian Foreign Ministers Get Together In Damascus
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, left, meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad is seen top center. <AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman> news@theasian.asia
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Israeli Soldiers Search Palestinian’s Van Near West Bank
A blindfolded and handcuffed Palestinian stands in front a van while Israeli soldiers inspect a vehicle, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Sept. 18, 2012. <AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi> news@theasian.asia
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Bahrainis Hold Rally To Call For Freedom Of Jailed Activists
Bahraini women pray and hold up a sign calling for freedom for jailed human rights activist Nabeel Rajab during a pro-democracy rally organized by opposition groups in Muqsha, Bahrain, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Bahrain says it has charged seven police lieutenants with alleged abuses against suspected anti-government protesters, including…
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Bahrain Honors Police Officers Killed Or Wounded In Clash With Protesters
Bahraini Interior Minister Lt.-Gen. Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, attends a ceremony in Manama, Bahrain, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, to honor police officers killed and wounded during clashes with anti-government protesters. Bahrain says it has charged seven police lieutenants with alleged abuses against suspected anti-government protesters, including using…
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A Syrian Family Takes Shelter At School Classroom
A Syrian man and his children who fled their home in Aleppo due to government shelling, sleep in a classroom of a school where they take refuge, in Suran, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. A book is left on the ground at the yard of…
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