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“What Are Their Wishes for 2012?”
A girl looks at the confetti on the New Year’s Eve Wishing Wall at Times Square Information Center in New York, the United States, Dec. 29, 2011. All the pieces of confetti, bearing the best wishes for the year 2012 from people around the world, will rain down to revelers…
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Turkey Army Mistaken Bombing, Killed 36 Civilians
A faint protester is carried out during a demonstration against an air raid happened on Dec. 28 across Turkish-Iraqi border which killed 36 people. Turkey’s General Staff said earlier on Thursday in a statement that Turkish jets bombed a group of people approaching its border in accordance with an intelligence…
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Turkey Army Mistaken Bombing···36 Killed
Demonstrators gesture and chant slogans during a demonstration in Istanbul, Turkey, on Dec. 29, 2011, against an air raid happened on Dec. 28 across Turkish-Iraqi border which killed 36 people. Turkey’s General Staff said earlier on Thursday in a statement that Turkish jets bombed a group of people approaching its…
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Pyramids and New Year
The light painting photo taken on Dec. 26, 2011 in front of the pyramids in Cairo, Egypt, shows the sign of “2012”, to greet the coming New Year. <Photo: Xinhua/Qin Haishi> news@theasian.asia
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“Happy New Year”
The light painting photo taken on Dec. 29, 2011 in front of the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium, shows the sign of “2012”, to greet the coming New Year. <Photo: Xinhua/Zhou Lei> news@theasian.asia
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Burma Warehouse Explosion, 10 People Dead
People gather around a warehouse where an explosion happened in Yangon environs Mingalartaungnyung township, Myanmar, on Dec. 29, 2011. The local firemen said at least 10 people died and 4 of them are women, 54 people injured in this explosion happened at around 2:00 a.m. local time. <Photo: Xinhua/Jin Fei> news@theasian.asia…
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“Get Refresh at Turkish Hamam”
A man receives a bubble massage in a Turkish hamam named “Cemberlitas” as he takes a Turkish bath in Istanbul, Turkey, on Dec. 28, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua/Ma Yan> news@theasian.asia
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Virginity Tests Ruled Illegal
Forced “virginity tests” on female detainees arrested in Tahrir Square during a protest on 9 March were ruled illegal in Egypt yesterday. Aly Fekry, head of the Cairo administrative court decreed that what happened to Samira Ibrahim and six other detainees was illegal and any similar occurrence in the future…
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“Stop Sexual Harassment!”
Egyptian protestors shout slogans during a protest against the military council violations and virginity tests on women, outside the State Council court in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 27, 2011. A Cairo court ordered the Egyptian army to stop forced virginity tests on female detainees, months after the practice sparked a…
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The Biggest Shopping Day ‘Boxing Day’
Shoppers buy goods at a shop during the Boxing Day in Toronto, Canada, on Dec. 26, 2011. Boxing Day is one of the biggest shopping days of the year in Canada. <Photo: Xinhua/Zou Zheng> news@theasian.asia
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