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Ultra Marathon In Cappadocia
Two runners compete during the ultra marathon of Runfire in Cappadocia, Turkey, July 8, 2012. Competitors will finish more than 200km running within 6 days in this event. <Xinhua/Ma Yan> news@theasian.asia
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Traditional Egyptian Art Faces Extinction
A traditional artist makes a Kheyameya artwork in a workshop in Al-Kheyameya street in old Cairo, July 3, 2012. The art of weaving Alkhyamih integrates and attaches various pieces of colored cloth together to form in Islamic ornaments, floral or traditional forms. Egyptians started practising this art during the Mamluk’s…
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Egyptian President Meets Turkish FM
Turkish Ambassador to Egypt, Hussein Awny, left, and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, center, meet with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, right, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 2, 2012. Morsi, whose appointment is the fruit of Egypt’s own uprising, said in a statement that he welcomes the…
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Egypt’s President Morsi Meets Head of Supreme Military Council
This handout photo from the Egyptian Presidency shows Egypt’s new President Mohamed Morsi (R) meets with head of the supreme military council Hussein Tantawi in Cairo, July 1, 2012. <Xinhua> In this photo released by Middle East News Agency, the Egyptian official news agency, new Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, left,…
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“We No Longer Overlook Hostile Acts”: Turkish PM
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, sits in the cockpit of a Hurkus (Freebird), Turkey’s first locally produced military training plane, a two-seat turboprop plane, unveiled during a ceremony outside Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Erdogan kept up his pressure on Syria on Wednesday, saying “we would never…
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Morsi Meets Rep of Coptic Community
In this photo released by Middle East News Agency, the Egyptian official news agency, President-elect Mohammed Morsi, left, meets with a representative from the Coptic community, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. The military has pledged to turn power over to a civilian government once a new president is…
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Myanmar asks its people to build healthy community
YANGON, June 26 (Xinhua) — A Myanmar anti-drug official Tuesday called on the country’s people to make continuous efforts to build up a healthy community free of drug abuse. Lieutenant-General Ko Ko, chairman of Myanmar’s Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control and Home Minister, made the call in his message…
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Mohammed Morsi Elected As New Egyptian President
In this image taken from Egypt State TV, newly-elect President Mohammed Morsi delivers a speech in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, June 24, 2012. Morsi has called for unity and said he carries “a message of peace” to the world. In his first televised speech on state TV, Morsi pledged Sunday to…
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Tension Hikes In Egypt With Failure To Announce Election Result
An Egyptian street vendor carries a poster with a picture depicting presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq with Arabic that reads “Ahmed Shafiq says: I will remove the verses of Quran from the curriculum” during a Muslim Brotherhood’s anti-ruling military council demonstration in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Authorities…
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Egypt Thrown Into Chaos After Presidential Election
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood supporters attend prayers during an anti ruling military council demonstration in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, June 19, 2012. A campaign spokesman for Hosni Mubarak’s ex-prime minister said Tuesday that Ahmed Shafiq has won Egypt’s presidential election, countering the Muslim Brotherhood’s claims that its candidate was the…
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