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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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Funeral Held For Israeli Soldier Killed By Islamic Militant
Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of their comrade Cpl. Netanel Yahalomi, 20, during his funeral in the Israeli city of Modiin, early Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. Yahalomi was killed Friday in a shootout between Islamic militants and Israeli troops along Israel’s southern border with Egypt. The Israeli troops returned fire,…
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Yemen Starts Probe On Brutality During Anti-Gov’t Protest Last Year
A Yemeni walks past pictures of protesters allegedly killed during the 2011 uprising against former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, at the Change Square in Sanaa, Yemen, Sept. 23, 2012. Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Saturday issued a decree to investigate alleged human rights violations that occurred during protests last…
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Objects From Ruins Of Pompeii Set To Be Exhibited In British Museum
Undated handout photo issued by the British Musuem Thursday Sept. 20, 2012 of a wall painting of the baker Terentius Neo and his wife, from the House of Terentius Neo, Pompeii, AD 50-79. as dozens of objects recovered from the ruins of Roman cities Pompeii and Herculaneum will go on…
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Sri Lankan Muslims Protest Against Anti-Islam Film In Colombo
Sri Lankan Muslims hit with a broom and sandals on a banner carrying portraits of Pastor Terry Jones, left, U.S. President Barack Obama and Christian activist Steve Klein, right, during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Hundreds of Muslims in Sri Lanka’s capital protested Wednesday against…
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Renewed Fightings Drive More People To Refugee Camp In South Sudan
In this photo taken Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, refugees wait in line to receive packages of food that had been air-dropped by the World Food Programme (WFP) the previous day, in Yida camp, South Sudan. Newly arrived refugees at the camp along the volatile South Sudan-Sudan border say renewed fighting…
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Kurdish Forces Attack Turkish Military Convoy, Killing Seven
Picture taken on Sept. 18, 2012 shows an attacked military truck on the Bingol-Mus highway in Turkey. At least seven soldiers of the Turkish security forces were killed and more than 50 others wounded when suspected members of Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) attacked a military convoy in Bingol province in…
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