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Palestinian PM Talks With German FM
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (R) meets with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sept. 9, 2012. <Xinhua/Fadi Arouri> news@theasian.asia
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Vote To Elect Hong Kong’s Legislative Members Held
Electoral officers count ballots at the central ballot counting station after legislative elections in Hong Kong, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Hong Kong voters cast ballots in legislative elections Sunday that will help determine the eventual shape of full democracy that Beijing has promised the former British colony. <AP Photo/Kin Cheung>…
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World Chess Olympiad Ends In Instanbul
Men’s teams of Russia (L), Armenia (C) and Ukraine pose during the awarding ceremony of the World Chess Olympiad held in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sept. 9, 2012. <Xinhua/Ma Yan> news@theasian.asia
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Concert To Support Jailed Punk Band In St. Petersberg
A masked spectator reacts during the concert organized to support jailed Pussy Riot musicians in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. A Moscow judge has sentenced each of three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges following a trial that has…
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Huge Blaze Caused By Blast Engulfs Ammunition Depot In Turkey
A glow of a large fire seen after an explosion at an ammunition store in Afyonkarahisar in western Turkey which has killed some 25 soldiers and wounded at least four others, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. The blast happened on Wednesday night at a military storage for hand grenades in Afyon,…
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Hillary With East Timor President Taur Ruak
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, shakes hands with East Timor President Taur Matan Ruak at the Presidential Palace in Dili, East Timor Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in East Timor to offer the small half-island nation support as it ends…
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Putin Is An Outdoorsman Enjoying Motorized Hang Glider
Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left) speaks with ornithologists after a flight in a motorized hang glider on the Yamal Peninsula, in Russia Wednesday Sept. 5, 2012. Putin took part in a flight as part of a program devised by environmentalists to lead a flock of endangered Siberian white cranes,…
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A Military Ammunition Depot Blasted In Turkey
AFYONKARAHISAR — Ambulances are seen near the site of blasts in a military ammunition depot in Afyonkarahisar city, central Turkey, on Sept. 5, 2012. At least 20 Turkish military personnel were wounded in two blasts in a military ammunition depot in Afyonkarahisar city on Wednesday night, Turkey’s private NTV news…
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Hillary Clinton Inspects Coffee Factory In East Timor
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, 2nd right, watches coffee beans come out of a sorter during a tour of the Timor Coffee Cooperative in Dili, East Timor Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in East Timor to offer the small half-island nation…
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Hillary Holds Press Conference In East Timor
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, speaks as East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao looks on during a joint press conference at the Government Palace in Dili, East Timor, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. Clinton is in East Timor to offer the small half-island nation support as it ends…
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