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West Asia
Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki speaks at election campaign
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, center, is surrounded by his political bloc as he makes a speech during his campaign in Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 15, 2013. Al-Maliki resumed his election campaign after the early voting for security forces in…
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South Asia
Kuwait’s Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah meets Palestinian President
Emir Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (R) meet with visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Kuwait Ctiy, capital of Kuwait, on April 15, 2013. <Xinhua/Pool>
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West Asia
Afghan Taliban militants lay down arms to join peace process
Taliban fighters attend a surrender ceremony in Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan on April 15, 2013. A total of eight armed Taliban militants laid down their arms and joined the government-backed peace process in Kunar province on Monday. <Xinhua/Amran>
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West Asia
Lebanese pro-Syrian fighters patrol at Lebanon-Syria border
In this Friday, April 12, 2013 photo, members of the Lebanese pro-Syrian Popular Committees pose for a photograph at the Lebanon-Syria border, near the northeastern Lebanese town of al-Qasr, Lebanon. Masked men in camouflage toting Kalashnikov rifles fan out through a dusty olive orchard, part of a group of Hezbollah-backed…
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West Asia
Israel commemorates fallen soldiers on Memorial Day
Israeli soldiers attend the ceremony marking Memorial Day at the Western Wall in Jerusalem at night of April 14, 2013. Israel commemorated its fallen soldiers on Memorial Day, which began on Sunday night. <Xinhua/JINIPIX>
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West Asia
Iranians hold funeral for soldiers who killed in Iran-Iraq war
Iranians carry the coffin of an unknown soldier during a funeral ceremony for recently found remains of unknown soldiers killed during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) in Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2013. <Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz>
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West Asia
An Afghan man pushes his bike in a heavy rain in Kabul
An Afghan man pushes his bicycle through heavy rain on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 8, 2013. <AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid>
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West Asia
More than 100 teams compete in Istanbul University Robot Olympics
Contestants show their robots to visitors in Istanbul, Turkey, April 11, 2013. The three-day Istanbul Technical University Robot Olympics was held in Demirel cultural center of Istanbul Technical University on Thursday. More than 100 teams from universities and high schools in Turkey participated in competitions and other activities. <Xinhua/Lu Zhe>
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West Asia
Lamborghini Aventador joins Dubai Police fleet in UAE
This image released by the Dubai Police, shows a Lamborghini Aventador, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 11, 2013. In a city of boundless bling, Dubai police also are in hot pursuit after adding a nearly $550,000 Lamborghini to its fleet. Local media reports Thursday say the Italian-made Lamborghini…
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West Asia
Civilians continue to be killed by Syrian regime’s airstrikes
In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 file photo, a Syrian woman stands amid the ruins of her house which was destroyed in an airstrike by government warplanes a few days earlier, killing 11 members of her family, in the neighborhood of Ansari, Aleppo, Syria. President Bashar Assad has exploited his…
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