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West Asia
Palestinian AL permanent delegate discusses latest Israeli assaults
Palestinian permanent delegate Barakat Al-Farra is seen during the Arab League (AL) emergency meeting at the level of permanent delegates to discuss the latest Israeli assaults on Al-Aqsa mosque, one of the three most sacred mosques for Muslims, at the AL headquarters in Cairo, May 12, 2013. Arab League (AL)…
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West Asia
Palestinian President Abbas chairs PLO Executive Committee
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas chairs the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on May 12, 2013. <Xinhua/Fadi Arouri>
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West Asia
A Yemeni boy jumps into rain-water pond for fun
A boy jumps into the water as he and others, unseen, swim in a rain-water pond on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. A farmer and his donkey plow a field on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. <AP Photo/Hani Mohammed>
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West Asia
An Afghan man rides bike under rainbow hung in the sky
A rainbow is seen, as an afghan man rides his bike on a street in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 6, 2013. Temperatures increased to 22 degrees Celsius (72 degrees Fahrenheit). <AP Photo/Rahmat Gul>
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West Asia
An Iranian boy with face painting visits 26th Tehran Book Fair
An Iranian boy with a painting on his face visits the 26th Tehran International Book Fair in Tehran, Iran, May 4, 2013. More than 2,500 Iranian and 1,600 foreign companies from 77 countries attended the 11-day book fair. A man browses books at the 26th Tehran International Book Fair in…
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West Asia
Figurines in Yemen’s traditional clothes displayed at National Museum
Figurines in Yemen’s traditional clothes are displayed at the National Museum of Yemen in Sanaa, on May 5, 2013. <Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed>
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West Asia
Iraninans demand more homes to be built to improve their lives
In this picture taken on Sunday, May 4, 2013, an Iranian vendor waits for customers in the old bazaar of the eastern city of Birjand, Iran. When struggling families in the eastern Iranian city of Birjand take measure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presidency in its waning weeks, it’s not about his…
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West Asia
Moments before Tunisian man set himself on fire in anti-poverty protest
Issam Khedri, 29, eldest brother of cigarette vendor Adel Khedri, shows photos of, from left, his brother Adel, his mother, Latifa, and his father, Habib, in his room in the Mellassine slum of the Tunisian capital, Tunis, on Sunday, April 14, 2013. Born in Souk al-Jumma, about 150 kilometers (93…
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West Asia
[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ⑭
[21] For the first time Emad comes near Viola’s villa where she instructed the guards to let him into a room on the ground floor. A guard told her Emad was not alone, which she didn’t object to. Emad and his uncle entered a room which they felt looked like…
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South Asia
Afghan students protest on border dispute with Pakistan
Afghan students participate in a protest on the border dispute between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Nangarhar province in east Afghanistan on May 8, 2013. Hundreds of Afghan college students staged a peaceful protest against Pakistan in Nangarhar province on Wednesday. <Xinhua/Tahir Safi>
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