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Ban Speaks at Arab World Democratic Conference
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks at a conference on democratic transition in the Arab world in Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 15, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Lebanon News Agency> news@theasian.asia
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Wen Jia-bao Meets Nepali President
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (front, L) meets with Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav in Kathmandu, Nepal, Jan. 14, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Liu Weibing> news@theasian.asia
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Burma Grants Amnesty for Political Prisoners
A released prisoner walks out of the Insein jail in Yangon, Myanmar, on Jan. 13, 2012. Myanmar former Prime Minister U Khin Nyunt was among as many as over 600 prisoners being freed by the government Friday under Thursday’s amnesty order endorsed by President U Thein Sein, official sources confirmed. <Photo:…
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Haitians Mark 2nd Anniversary of Catastrophe
A woman prays at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, on Jan. 12, 2012. Haitians on Thursday marked the second anniversary of the catastrophic earthquake that killed more than 222,000 people and left 1.5 million people homeless on January 12, 2010. <Photo: Xinhua/Andres Martinez Casares> news@theasian.asia
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Brazil Landslide Casualties Funeral
Relatives of five victims of a landslide that occurred on Jan. 9, carry a coffin during a funeral in Sapucaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Jan. 12, 2012. The victims, a man, his wife, two daughters and his nephew died inside their vehicle buried by the landslide. The total victims’…
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France Starts ‘Winter Bargain Sale’
People walk past a huge poster about sales outside the store Le Printemps in Paris, France, Jan. 11, 2012. The 5-week-long winter sales began on Wednesday in France. <Photo: Xinhua/Gao Jing> news@theasian.asia
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Zuma Visits UN Headquarter
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (R) meets with South African President Jacob Zuma at the UN Headquarters in New York, the United States, Jan. 11, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Shen Hong> news@theasian.asia
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See Waterproof Mobile Phone at CES 2012
Fuji waterproof intelligent mobile phone are displayed during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the United States, on Jan. 10, 2012. The four-day event kicked off here on Tuesday. <Photo: Xinhua/Yang Lei> news@theasian.asia
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UN and Libya Sign an Agreement
Libyan Foreign Minister Ashur bin Khayyal (2nd R) and UN Secretary-general’s Special Representative Ian Martin (2nd L) sign an agreement on the UN Mission of Support in Libya in Tripoli on Jan. 10, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Hamza Turkia> news@theasian.asia
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Robber Killed Chinese Family in Rome
Members of the Chinese community take part in a demonstration to express their condolences to the victims and condemnation towards an armed robbery in Rome, Italy, Jan. 10, 2012. Zhou Zheng, a 31-year-old Chinese bar owner, and his baby daughter Joy were killed during the armed robbery in the Tor…
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