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Egyptian President In Saudi To Emphasize Close Ties
In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi, center, prays close to tomb of Prophet Mohammed at the Prophet Mohammed Mosque, the second holiest site in Islam, in the Saudi holy city of Medina, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, July 12, 2012. Egypt’s Islamist president flew to Saudi…
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Turkish PM: Syria downed Turkish jet in int’l air space
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that a Turkish military jet downed by Syria on June 22 was hit in international air space, 13 miles off the coast of Syria. Speaking at a meeting of provincial leaders of his Justice and Development (AK) Party, Erdogan stated that…
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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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