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West Asia
Israeli Lawmakers Dissolve Parliament For New Election In January
Photo taken on Oct. 15, 2012 shows the winter session of Israeli Knesset (parliament) held in Jerusalem. Israeli lawmakers passed a bill in an early Tuesday morning vote approving a bid for the Knesset’s (parliament) dissolution and holding an early election on Jan. 22, 2013. <Xinhua/Jini> news@theasian.asia
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Growing Number Of Innocent People Fall Victims In Syria Amid Use Of Cluster Bombs By Gov’t Force
In this Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 photo, an elderly Syrian man helps his wife wounded from government forcers shelling to get treatment at the Dar al-Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. In this Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 photo, a Syrian doctor treats a wounded Free Syrian Army fighter at Dar al-Shifa…
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West Asia
Iranian President, UN Representative Call For Peaceful Resolution Of Syrian Issue
The joint special representative of the United Nations and the Arab League (AL) to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi attend a joint press conference in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 14, 2012. Both of them called here on Sunday for resolving the Syrian issue in a…
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Syrian Children Study At School In Jordan Refugee Camp
In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 photo, A Syrian refugee child attends class at the Zaatari Syrian refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan. For many Syrian children traumatized by the civil war and displacement from their homes, the opportunity to head back to school even if it’s in a dusty, wind-swept…
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Israeli Police Clash Violently With Palestinian Protesters In Ramallah, West Bank
An Israeli border police officer fires a tear gas canister during clashes with Palestinian Protesters, not pictured, outside the Ofer military prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. The clashes started during a demonstration calling to release prisoners jailed in Israel. A masked Palestinian protester…
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New Website Of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Opens To Public
Iranian photojournalist Maryam Rahmanian checks the newly launched website of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. A glimpse into the shadow world of Iran’s main spy agency is now a click away. In an unexpected display of outreach, the Intelligence Ministry now hosts a website with…
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Severe Drop In Value Of Iranian Currency From Western Sanction Alarms People
An Iranian man tries to sell carpets at the main entrance of the Tehran’s old main bazaar in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. Iran’s parliament on Sunday abandoned its planned impeachment of a Cabinet minister over the free-fall of the country’s currency, opting instead to look for more…
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Lebanese Men Stage Sit-In To Protest Against Syrian Regime In Sidon
Lebanese men sit in front of a banner during a protest against the Syrian regime, in southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. A Lebanese man with the colors of the Syrian revolutionary flag painted on his fingers attends a protest against the Syrian regime, in southern…
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Jewish Activists Push For New Settlement In Israel’s Mixed Arab-Jewish Cities
In this photo taken on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, Israeli Jewish activist Aharon Attias poses for a photograph in front of new housing project for religious Jews in Israel’s mixed Arab-Jewish town of Lod, central Israel. Religious Jews who are the bedrock of the settlement movement have marked Israel’s mixed…
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Triple Explosions In Syrian Gov’t-Controlled Region Leave Heavy Damages
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian men walk at a street between destroyed buildings where triple bombs rocked at the Saadallah al-Jabri square, in Aleppo city, Syria, Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012. Three powerful explosions rocked the main square in a government-controlled central district of…
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