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Daily Life of Dahab Women
Women carries pots home on the Island of Dahab in Giza, Egypt, Jan. 21, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Ahmad Radi> news@theasian.asia
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Eastman Kodak Filed for Bankruptcy
File photo dated Sept. 26, 2006 shows the booth of Kodak on the Photokina 2006 in Cologne, Germany. U.S. camera pioneer Eastman Kodak filed for bankruptcy early Thursday, according to a statement of the company’s chief executive officer. <Photo: Xinhua/Liu Yu> news@theasian.asia
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Paraguay River Reach the Lowest Level
A fisherman casts a net at the Paraguay River near to Villeta, Paraguay, on Jan, 18, 2012. The paraguay River this month reached the lowest water level in the past 20 years. <Photo: Xinhua/Ubaldo Gonzalez> news@theasian.asia
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Criticism of the government’s policies allowed
NEC permits criticism during election campaigns Four Major Rivers Restoration Project was at the centre of controversy in 2010 and the National Election Commission banned all kinds of public referring to it during election campaigns and even 180 days before the launch of campaigns. The Commission believed that just a…
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Liberian President Starts Her 2nd Term
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf makes an inaugural speech in Monrovia, capital of Liberia, Jan. 16, 2012. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was sworn in her second six-year term as president of Liberia in front of the Capitol Hill in Monrovia on Monday. <Photo: Xinhua/Bai Jingshan> news@theasian.asia
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Egyptians Concern Gas Shortage
Egyptians queue to refill domestic gas cylinders in Cairo on Jan. 16, 2012. Egyptian drivers who believed their country was undergoing a petrol shortage flocked to gas stations in several cities such as Cairo, Alexandria and Arish on Monday, regardless of the government’s pledge of not raising the price. <Photo:…
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Italy Fears Oil Spill from Stranded Cruise
This handout photo released by Italian Guardia di Finanza shows the partially submerged Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia off the coast of the Giglio Island on Jan. 14, 2012. The death toll from the Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia sinking has increased to six after the rescuers found a body…
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Ban Meets Wen Jiabao at 5th WFES
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) meets with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (R) in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, Jan. 16, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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Shortlist Announced for IPAF 2012
Six shortlisted authors for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) 2012 were announced on 11 January at a press conference in Cairo, Egypt and they are Jabbour Douaihy, Ezzedine Choukri Fishere, Rabee Jaber, Nasser Iraq, Bashir Mufri and Habib Selmi. This year’s shortlist includes a number of different themes,…
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“Let’s Go Home”
The overcrowded train leaves for the city after the final prayer ceremony of “Biswa Ijtema”, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Haj, at Tongi, on the outskirts of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, Jan. 15, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Shariful Islam> news@theasian.asia
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