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West Asia
Bahraini Anti-Gov’t Protesters Form Solidarity With Doctors Arrested For Treating Injured Protesters
Bahraini anti-government protesters move in the shadows, waving national flags during a march in solidarity with Bahraini jailed doctors in Sitra, Bahrain, on Wednesday Oct. 31, 2012. Pictures of political prisoners are seen on the wall at left. Bahrain police arrested doctors who treated injured anti-government protesters who clashed with…
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West Asia
Many Poor Families Still Make Do With Only Bread For All Three Meals In Iraq
Children ride a donkey cart in Baghdad’s eastern suburb of Shamaiyah, Iraq, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. An Iraqi woman distributes bread as a lunch meal for her family in Baghdad’s eastern suburb of Shamaiyah, Iraq, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Many poor families eat only bread for all three meals in…
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[Nuclear Symposium] No safe guaranteed in using nuclear power no matter how peaceful it may be
At the time the Gulf States were racing to get the Western satisfaction on using the nuclear power in peaceful ways, and make use of the stack of oil wealth in running the European and American economy, the disaster of Japan came as a bomb blowing away the Gulf ambitions…
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West Asia
Even Kalashnikov Poses No Threat On Cat Sleeping At Security Check Point In Gaza City
A cat sleeps next a Kalashnikov weapon on a Hamas security check point in Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. <AP/NEWSis=Bernat Armangue>
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West Asia
Iraqi People Still Suffer From Lack Of Adequate Water Supply Despite U.S. Efforts
Iraqis fill drinking and cooking water containers from a public water hose on open ground in Baghdad’s eastern suburb of Fadaliayah, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. The neighborhood has no municipal water supply. The US allocated billions of dollars to rebuild Iraq’s water infrastructure shattered by war, sanctions and neglect,…
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East Asia
AJA hosts symposium on role of Asian news media to effectuate Seoul Nuclear Summit
“Nuclear power facilities should be phased out with an ultimate aim of removing all of them in the long run. Regional news media in cooperation with Parliament and NGOs should play a leading role for peaceful and safe use of nuclear power,” Yun Jae-seok, Pressian & CBS columnist, said Tuesday (Oct. 30). He made the remarks in…
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West Asia
Sewage Water Flows Directly Into Sea In Mawasi Area, Gaza Strip
Palestinian children play in sewage water flowing into the sea in the Mawasi area, Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 29, 2012. <Xinhua/Khaled Omar>
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West Asia
Samaritans Offer Prayer During Pilgrimage For Holy Day Of Tabernacles On Mt. Gerizim
A Samaritan boy, wrapped in a prayer shawl, attends the pilgrimage for the holy day of the Tabernacles or Sukkot on the top of Mount Gerizim near the West Bank city of Nablus, Oct. 29, 2012. A Samaritan man helps his son to read during the pilgrimage for the holy…
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West Asia
Lybian People Still Struggle To Overcome Legacy Of Dictatorship Celebrating 1st Anniversary Of Gadhafi’s Fall
In this Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 photo, armed militiamen acting as security rush towards protesters shaking the gates to the compound of Libya’s parliament in Tripoli, Libya. One year on, the country is still trying to overcome the legacy of one of the most erratic leaders of modern times as…
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West Asia
Violent Anti-Gov’t Rally Calling For Political Freedom Goes On In Downtown Bahrain
Bahraini anti-government protesters, some holding petrol bombs, remove a palm tree trunk being used as a roadblock in Malkiya, Bahrain, on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, to allow the passing of a march calling for freedom for political prisoners and in remembrance of those killed from Bahrain’s western villages. The protesters…
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