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Collapse Of Buildings Rampant In Cairo Lately
Egyptians stand in the rubble of a damaged building in Cairo Egypt, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. The head of Egypt’s rescues services says seven people have died when a building collapsed in Cairo. Buildings often collapses in Egypt due to poor construction and lack of government oversight. Illegal construction has…
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Qatari PM Meets With Algerian President In Algiers
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (R) meets with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani in Algiers, Algeria, on Sept. 11, 2012. The Qatari Prime Minister arrived in Algiers Tuesday for a one-day official visit. <Xinhua/Mohamed Kadri> news@theasian.asia
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Zuckerberg Replies In Interview With Michael Arrington
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, right, listens to a question from moderator Michael Arrington, left, during a “fireside chat” at a conference organized by technology blog TechCrunch in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. Zuckerberg gave his first interview since the company’s rocky initial public offering in May. <AP Photo/Eric Risberg>…
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Mexican Drug Traffickers Nabbed In Nicaragua
In this file photo taken Friday, Aug 24 2012, members of the Nicaragua National Police form a human chain around a fleet of vans bearing the logo of Mexican news channel Televisa, which were confiscated from a group of Mexican nationals posing as journalists, in Managua, Nicaragua. Nicaraguan police say…
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Yemeni Defense Minister Severely Injured In Car Bomb Attack
People gather at the attack scene in Sanaa, Yemen, Sept. 11, 2012. Yemen’s Defence Minister Mohammed Nasser Ahmed was severely injured in a car bomb attack earlier Tuesday targeting his motorcade, killing 12 people, seven of whom were bodyguards of the minister, said Yemen’s interior ministry. <Xinhua/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Looking Daily Livings Of Ordinary People In Myanmar
In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, people take trishaws on a road in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar. A Myanmar worker pulls a cart carried goods at main market in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar. Myanmar school children run on a road as they dismiss school in Sittwe,…
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“Museum Of Innocence,” Named After A Novel, Opens In Istanbul
Photo taken on Sept. 10, 2012 shows the exterior of the Museum of Innocence in Istanbul, Turkey. The museum, named after a novel written by Nobel-prize winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk, houses a collection of Istanbul’s past cultural and daily life artifacts from the time period the novel was set…
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A Kidnapped Turkish Businessman Released In Beirut
The Turkish businessman Aydin Tufan Tekin, 28, left, who was kidnapped by the Meqdad clan in the suburb of Beirut on Aug. 15, shakes hands with Lebanese Interior Minister Marwan Charbel, right, after he was released at the Lebanese General Security Forces headquarters, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.…
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Egyptian Paralympic Athletes Welcomed Home
Egyptian sitting volleyball player Tamer Morgan Khalil gestures to his fans after his return from London, in Cairo airport, Cairo, Sept. 10, 2012. Hundreds of fans came to Cairo international airport Monday to welcome the Egyptian paralympic athletes returned from London Paralympic Games. Egyptian powerlifting silver medalist Heba Ahmed speaks…
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Kenyan Women Make Bags From Recycled Plastic
Kenyan women make recycled plastic bags in Nairobi, Sept. 10, 2012. Over three hundred women in Kenya are working with a project named “Tosheka Textiles”. This project conducts a recycling programe to sell the handcrafted, durable, fashionable bags that Tosheka’s women producers make from the recycled plastic bags. This innovative…
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