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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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Daily Lives Of People In Vladivostok, Eastern Russia
A couple poses foe a picture at a waterfront in the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. <AP Photo/Vincent Yu> A woman sits at a restaurant in the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. A waitress cleans a table against sunset at a restaurant…
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Palestinians On Protest Against High Cost Of Living
Palestinian protesters throw stones at riot policemen during clashes erupted during a demonstration against the high cost of living in the West Bank City of Nablus, on Sept. 10, 2012. <Xinhua/Ayman Nobani> news@theasian.asia
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Palestinian PM Talks With German FM
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (R) meets with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sept. 9, 2012. <Xinhua/Fadi Arouri> news@theasian.asia
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Vote To Elect Hong Kong’s Legislative Members Held
Electoral officers count ballots at the central ballot counting station after legislative elections in Hong Kong, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Hong Kong voters cast ballots in legislative elections Sunday that will help determine the eventual shape of full democracy that Beijing has promised the former British colony. <AP Photo/Kin Cheung>…
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World Chess Olympiad Ends In Instanbul
Men’s teams of Russia (L), Armenia (C) and Ukraine pose during the awarding ceremony of the World Chess Olympiad held in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sept. 9, 2012. <Xinhua/Ma Yan> news@theasian.asia
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