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Tunisian Journalists Stage One-Day Strike Calling For More Press Freedom
Tunisian journalists demonstrate outside the national journalists union to demand more freedom in the press, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 in Tunis. Journalists are on a one-day strike. A gagged Tunisian journalist demonstrates with gag reading “censorship” and banner reading “Press freedom is the basis of democracy”, outside the national journalists…
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Laotian Deputy PM Opens 9th Asia-Europe People’s Forum In Vientiane
Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith speaks at the opening ceremony of the 9th Asia-Europe People’s Forum (AEPF-9) in Vientiane, Laos, Oct. 16, 2012. The 9th Asia-Europe People’s Forum (AEPF-9) kicked off in Lao capital Vientiane Tuesday afternoon. Representatives attend the 9th Asia-Europe People’s Forum (AEPF-9) in…
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Young Orphaned Elephant Calf Adopted By Jumbo Foundation In Malawi
In this photo taken Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012 seven-and-a-half month old orphaned elephant calf named Moses reacts with one of his carers, at his home in Lilongwe, Malawi. Moses was found alone and close to death in the Vwaza Wildlife Reserve. He has been adopted by the Jumbo Foundation where…
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Turkey Forces Armenian Plane Bound For Syria To Land To Search Its Carge For Any Military Equipment
The Armenian plane that was forced to land, at Erzurum Airport, eastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Turkey’s foreign ministry spokesman says Turkish authorities are searching the cargo of an Armenian plane bound for Syria. Selcuk Unal says Turkey granted the plane carrying aid for the Syrian city of Aleppo…
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Palestinians React Indignantly At Funeral For Two Killed By Israeli Airstrike
Palestinian mourners carry the body of Salafi militant Hisham Saidani during his funeral in Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. Saidani, a member of a faction of the ultraconservative Salafi trend believed to have ties to al-Qaida, was one of two people killed in an Israeli…
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Police Check The Site Where Yemeni Terror Investigator Was Killed In Sanaa
Police and local people gather at the site where Qasim Aklan was killed in Sanaa, Oct. 11, 2012. “Qasim Aklan, the Yemeni security coordinator between the Yemeni government and the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, who also works as director of terror-related investigations in the U.S. embassy, was assassinated earlier Thursday…
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New Lineup Of Jordanian Cabinet Sworn In At Royal Palace In Amman
Jordan’s new Prime Minister Abduallah Nsour attends the swearing-in ceremony for the new cabinet at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, on Oct. 11, 2012. Jordan’s King Abdullah II (C, front) poses with the new cabinet at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, on Oct. 11, 2012. Jordan’s King Abdullah…
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Egypt To Reopen Khafre Pyramid, Six Other Tombs
Photo taken on Oct. 11, 2012 shows the Khafre Pyramid, in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt antiquities authorities announced Thursday the re-opening of the Khafre pyramid and six other tombs. A tourist visits inside the Khafre Pyramid, in Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 11, 2012. <Xinhua/Li Muzi> news@theasian.asia
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Uganda’s 50th Independence Anniversary Celebrated In Kampala
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends celebrations for Uganda’s 50th independence anniversary in Kampala, Uganda, Oct. 9, 2012. Thousands of Ugandans on Tuesday thronged Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in the capital Kampala to mark the country’s Golden Jubilee independence anniversary from British colonial rule. Members of the Ugandan military band march during…
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Turkish Top Military Leader Inspects Area Bordering With Syria Amid Mounting Tension
Chief of General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces Necdet Ozel(Front) inspects troops along the border with neighboring Syria on Oct. 9, 2012 amid the escalating tensions between the two countries, local newspaper Today’s Zaman reported. Chief of General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces Necdet Ozel(L) inspects troops along…
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