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Peninsula Fish Festival Held In Istanbul, Turkey
Fishermen compete during the 10th Historical Peninsula Fish Festival in Istanbul of Turkey, on Sept. 16, 2012. Citizens and visitors queue for free grilled fishes during the 10th Historical Peninsula Fish Festival in Istanbul of Turkey, on Sept. 16, 2012. <Xinhua/Ma Yan> news@theasian.asia
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Lybian President Speaks Of Killing Of Four Americans
Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif , speaks during his interview with the Associated Press at his resident, regarding the attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on Tuesday night, in Benghazi, Libya, Friday, Sept. 16, 2012. “At least some of them, not necessarily the Militia as a whole, there…
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Pope Benedict Ends His Three-Day Visit To Lebanon
Pope Benedict XVI waves as he boards the plane back to Rome, at Rafik Hariri International airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday Sept. 16, 2012. Pope Benedict XVI end his three days visit to Lebanon after he celebrated an open-air mass for tens of thousands of pilgrims from across the Middle…
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Miserable Life Of South Sudanese In Refugee Camp
A young girl carries water back to her home as the sun sets over Yida refugee camp, Yida, South Sudan Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Yida refugee camp is home to thousands of people who have fled recent fighting in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan state and around the border of Sudan and…
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Protests Near U.S. Embassy In Cairo Becoming Violent
A protestor sets a police vehicle on fire during clashes with riot police forces which fired tear gas and rubber bullets at them near the U.S. embassy near Cairo’s Tahrir square in Egypt, Sept. 13, 2012. At least 224 people were injured in clashes in front of the U.S. embassy…
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Jolie Comforts Syrians Living At Turkish Refugee Camp
The photo released by UNHCR shows UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie meeting with Syrian refugee children in an undisclosed refugee camp close to the Syrian border in eastern Turkey Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Ant？io Guterres, and his Special Envoy, Angelina Jolie continued their…
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Bangladeshi Muslims Burn U.S. Flag In Protest Against Movie Mocking Islam
Bangladeshi Muslims burn a U.S. flag during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. The protest was held against an obscure movie made in the United States called “Innocence of Muslims” that mocked Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. <AP Photo/A.M.Ahad> news@theasian.asia
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Pashkov House, Known As Lenin Library, Opens After Restoration
Visitors walk in a ballroom at the Pashkov House, a famous neoclassical mansion and home to the Russian State Library, known during the Soviet era as the Lenin Library, after it reopened following restoration works in central Moscow, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Visitors consult books in a reading room at…
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Eunuchs Dance While Passengers Watch Boat Race In Dhakar
Two eunuchs dance on a boat as they watch a traditional boat race on the Kaliganga River on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. <AP Photo/A.M. Ahad> news@theasian.asia
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Libyans Protest Against Killing Of U.S. Ambassador
Libyans take part in a protest against the killing of U.S. Ambassador to Libya and others in Benghazi at Martyrs’ Square in Tripoli, Libya, Sept. 13, 2012. <Xinhua/Hamza Turkia> news@theasian.asia
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