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In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, damages are seen due to heavy fighting between government forces and Free Syrian Army fighters on a street in Aleppo, Syria.
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U.S., Russia see Syria arms deal aiding peace talks
Arab Spring Reuters September 13, 2013 - 12:44 By Stephanie Nebehay and Oliver Holmes GENEVA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia and the United States agreed on Friday to push again for an international... (photo: AP / Aleppo Media Center, AMC)
Lantern or Mooncake Festival
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 Houston Chronicle 
Beijing's next anti-graft target? Mooncakes
HONG KONG (AP) — Mooncakes — the hockey-puck-sized pastries Chinese give each other every year for the mid-autumn festival — were always more about tradition than delicacy: Some people don't even like... (photo: WN / Periasamy)
It's official: China is the world's bigger polluter  CNN 
China announces plan to curb pollution
By Sophia Yan @sophia_yan September 13, 2013: 5:37 AM ET Record levels of pollution in China have prompted the government to update its plans to combat smog. HONG KONG (CNNMoney) China's central... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
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Vela Luka ( About this sound standard Croatian pronunciation (help·info), About this sound Local Croatian pronunciation (help·info) ) is a small town and a municipality in Dubrovnik-Retainer County in southern Dalmatia, Croatia.  Swissinfo 
EU could punish Croatia over extradition row next week
Reuters September 12, 2013 - 20:55 By Justyna Pawlak BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is likely to punish Croatia next week in a row over extradition rules that has marred the... (photo: Creative Commons / Wojtkow)
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Czech businessman Radovan Krejcir outside the Magistrate's Court in Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, April 16, 2012, after charges he faced for medical fraud were dropped. The fraud charge against Krejcir relates to a 4.5 million Rand claim he is thought to have made to an insurance company, but the Magistrate Court case overlapped with another case which is scheduled to be heard at the High Court, so the Magistrates court withdrew the case. Independent online (SA)
Krejcir given partial reprieve for asylum
Johannesburg - Notorious Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir scored a partial victory against the National Prosecuting Authority on Thursday morning after buying three months... (photo: AP / AP Photo)
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Bollywood actor Amrita Rao displays creations by designer Manish Malhotra during the Kolkata Fashion Week in Calcutta, India, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009. Digital Spy
Amrita Rao: 'Satyagraha has opened doors for me'
Amrita Rao has said that being cast in Satyagraha has changed her acting career. The actor plays the role of the daughter-in-law of Amitabh Bachchan's idealistic retired... (photo: AP / Bikas Das)
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File - A poor man asks passersby for money on a snowy day in Afghanistan, 8 February, 2008. Poverty still drives people out of their homes, even on a snowy day, to earn a living. Asia Times
Afghans caught between terror and graft
By Giuliano Battiston HERAT, Afghanistan - The threat to the stability of the Hamid Karzai government in Afghanistan arises not so much from outside as from within. And... (photo: UN / Basir Seerat)
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Boxer Floyd Mayweather talks to a referee as he watches the Los Angeles Clippers' NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, in Los Angeles. The Bulls won 114-101. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) The Los Angeles Times
Floyd Mayweather Jr. counting on experience to beat 'Canelo' Alvarez
LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather Jr. revealed Wednesday more than he has about the thinking that drove him to accept Saul “Canelo” Alvarez as his Saturday... (photo: AP / Mark J. Terrill)
Boxing   Mayweather   Photos   Sports   Wikipedia: Canelo Álvarez
The river from the bridge in Gaston. Many watercourses have changed direction over the years for various reasons. The Kilmarnock Water used to run slightly to the west as it passes through the Howard Park in Kilmarnock, previously 'Barbados Green'; the old 'fossilized' river bank is still discernible. Sun Star
Gaston park -- P5 M construction before bidding?
THE Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) posted for Cagayan de Oro City the P5 million renovation of Gaston Park with Notices for Bidding which... (photo: Creative Commons)
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