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67th UNGA Session Comes To Close In New York
President of 67th session of the UN General Assembly Vuk Jeremic announces the closing of the General Assembly 67th session at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, on Oct. 1, 2012. Photo taken on Oct. 1, 2012 shows the general view of the the closing session of…
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Libyans Call For Creation Of National Army, Police
Libyans hold placards during a protest against the presence of militias and in support of the formation of a national army and police in Tripoli, Libya, Sept. 28, 2012. <Xinhua/Hamza Turkia> news@theasian.asia
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Floating School Planned On Floating Slum In Lagos, Nigeria
A lady prepares food for sale at the floating slum of Makoko in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. A group is planning to build a floating school in the slum, which state authorities have targeted for demolition in the past. People paddle canoes on the floating slum of Makoko…
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An Israeli Woman Remembers Her Son Killed In Yom Kippur War
The mother of an Israeli soldier killed in the Yom Kippur War in 1973 visits his tomb at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Sept. 27, 2012. The war broke out when Egypt and Syria attacked Israel on Oct. 6, 1973, the day of Yom Kippur, the holiest day…
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Anti-Islamic Caricatures Countered By Pro-Islamic Ones
Egyptian cartoonist Khalid Abdul-Ati from the Egyptian Al Watan daily newspaper works on a cartoon depicting an Islamic figure inside his office at the newspaper’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. Amid outrage sparked by perceived insults to Islam, one Egyptian newspaper has decided to fight cartoons with…
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Funeral Held For Person Who Helped Capture Gaddafi
People carry the coffin of Omran Ben Shabaan during his funeral in Misrata, Libya, Sept. 26, 2012. Shabaan, who was credited with capturing former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was later kidnapped by armed men in Bani Walid and tortured. People pray in front of the coffin of Omran Ben Shabaan…
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Yemenis Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Revolution
Yemenis in traditional clothes march during a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1962 revolution in Sanaa, Yemen, Sept. 25, 2012. The ceremony marked the 50th anniversary of the revolution that toppled the regime of the Hameed al-Deen family in northern Yemen on Sept. 26, 1962. Yemeni officials light…
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Chavez Narrowly Chased By Opposition Candidate In Presidential Election
A boy walks beside a a wall covered with campaign posters of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Chavez held a 10-point lead over rival Henrique Capriles in a polling company’s final survey ahead of the Oct. 7 election, but the report released Tuesday showed…
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Mud Bathing Spot In Dalyan, Turkey, Attracts Tourists From Around World
Visitors enjoy mud bath in a bathing spot in Dalyan of Turkey, on Sept. 24, 2012. Mud bath in Dalyan is famous in Turkey and all around the world, attracting thousands of visitors every year during the tourist season. A visitor enjoys mud bath in a bathing spot in Dalyan…
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Flood In Assam Region Forces About 1 Million To Leave Homes
A man rows a country boat past partially submerged houses in Burhabrhi village about 65 kilometers (41 miles) east of Gauhati, Assam state, India, Monday, Sept. 24, 2012.The Assam state government said flood waters there have killed at least seven people and forced nearly a million to leave their homes.…
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