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A Russian aircraft carrying the second batch of aid arrived in Damascus International Airport on Friday with 38 tons of food supplies on board.
Yesterday , a Russian aircraft loaded with the same amount of food supplies arrived in Damascus International Airport. The cargo included sugar, meat, milk and canned fish for families affected due to the crisis in Syria.
The distribution of aid will be carried out in coordination and cooperation with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), in addition to the civil and non-government organizations
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An investigation conducted by the Swiss government confirmed that Swiss-made hand grenades which were found with armed terrorists groups in Syria had been exported years ago by Switzerland to the Untied Arabs Emirates which gave some of them to Jordan.
The Swiss government issued a statement that the investigating committee discovered that the UAE delivered some of the aforementioned grenades to Jordan in 2004 to help it "confront terrorism" as per their claims, and that the grenades probably found their way to Syria from Jordan.
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Lying hidden away in Dennis Hopper’s home until their discovery months after the artist’s death in 2010, this collection of photographs, exhibited in 1969-70 at the Fort Worth Art Center Museum, and now in Berlin, is a testament to Hopper’s prolific and enormous talent behind the camera. These photographs are spontaneous, intimate, poetic, observant, and decidedly political. While some are portraits of figures within Hopper’s circle of actor, artist, musician, and poet friends — including Jane Fonda, Paul Newman, and Robert Rauschenberg — they also include images from his extensive travels in Los Angeles, New York, London, Mexico, and Peru. Hopper’s abiding support of the civil rights movement and social justice is evident in his shots from the march on Selma and Harlem street scenes. Throughout this volume Hopper’s sensitive, keenly observant eye shines through, making it clear that he was a deeply committed chronicler of the events that were unfolding around him.
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Andy Warhol and members of The Factory, Gregory Markopoulos, Taylor Mead, Gerard Malanga, Jack Smith, in New York City, 1963.
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Youths stand in front of a graffiti with Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi face on a playing card along Mohamed Mahmoud street near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sept. 21. No sooner had Egyptian authorities painted over a wall of revolutionary graffiti near Tahrir Square this week than the street artists were back with spray cans and a new target President Mohamed Mursi.
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No sooner had Egyptian authorities painted over a wall of revolutionary graffiti near Tahrir Square this week than the street artists were back with spray cans and a new target: President Mohamed Mursi.
Seeking to restore a sense of normalcy to Tahrir, scene of the democratic uprising that swept Hosni Mubarak from power last year, the authorities have deployed police, evicted unlicensed vendors and planted palm trees, shrubs and flowers.
But the move to whitewash graffiti charting the course of the revolt and the turbulent 18 months that followed was a step too far for the artists. They congregated to spray murals expressing anger with the government.
"This work embodied many things: the martyrs, the military regime and a people looking for freedom and democracy," said Ahmed Nadi, a political cartoonist, as he spray-painted caricatures of the bearded, bespectacled president who was elected in June in Egypt's first free presidential vote
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Explore the All-New Volvo V40
The All-New Volvo V40 is designed around you. Whatever your lifestyle and whatever you're looking for, the Volvo V40 has it covered. Take a look around some of its innovative features
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Let there be light
The panoramic sunroof on the V40 floods the car’s interior with light, making it feel incredibly spacious inside. The all-round view it affords brings a new meaning to “taking the scenic route”.
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A classic, remastered
With lines inspired by the P1800 – Volvo’s 1960s sports car – the All-New V40 has a strong, athletic design with a playful, sporty character.
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Safety first
The V40 is the first car ever to feature a pedestrian airbag, which instantly deploys from the bonnet in the event of a collision with a pedestrian.
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Indian women detain a memebr of Kashmir's seperatist women's organisation during a protest over a US film
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Women's fashion week in Milan
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A bomb explodes in Pattani Province, Thailand
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An annual military parade in Tehran
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A commuter train in St Petersburg depicts Russian history
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Prison inmates participate in an annual beauty contest held during the week of festivities to celebrate La Virgen de las Mercedes (Our Lady of Mercy) at El Buen Pastor prison in Bogota on Friday, September 21, 2012.
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A Pakistani riot police fire tear-gas shells during a protest against an anti-Islam film in Islamabad
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The repatriations of Private Thomas James Wroe of 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire. that Private Wroe along with Sergeant Gareth Thursby were killed in at Checkpoint Tora in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan
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Kachin children play inside the Hpun Lum Yang Internally Displaced People camp, Kachin State, Myanmar. The camp houses more than 1436 people
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Riot policewomen arrest a female anti-government protester during a demonstration in capital Manama, Bahrain
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A Pakistani Muslim demonstrator brandishes a stick near burning police vehicles during anti-US protests in Karachi
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GB gold: Lucy Garner of Great Britain celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the Junior Women's Road Race at the UCI Road World Championships in Valkenburg, Netherlands
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Members of Kashmiri women's separatist group Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of the Muslim Faith) are enveloped by teargas fired by police during protests over an anti-Islam film and prophet Muhammad cartoons
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Security guards block a woman from entering a prison courtyard during a protest rally in Tbilisi, Georgia. The interior minister, Bacho Akhalaia, has handed in his resignation as President Mikheil Saakashvili sought to calm protests over a prison abuse scandal that has erupted across the country ahead of October elections
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Pensioners chat on a bench in Del Socorro square in Ronda, near Málaga in Spain. The country is considering freezing pensions and speeding up a planned rise in the retirement age as it races to meet conditions of an expected international sovereign aid package. The measures would save at least €4bn a year
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Artist Daphne Guinness looks a little uncomfortable as she arrives for the 2012 New York City Ballet fall gala at the Lincoln Center in New York last night. This year's event celebrated fashion designer Valentino
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Thirteen years after his last show in London, Philip Treacy presents his spring/summer 2013 collection
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A Shia protester is detained by riot police during an anti-government demonstration in Bahrain’s capital Manama. 29 people were arrested as protesters marched in the city centre in defiance of a government ban
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The Occupy Wall Street movement commemorates the first anniversary of its protest in New York's financial district
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Demonstrators in central Rome, Italy, shout against the film ridiculing the prophet Muhammad
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Members of a Syrian family cry outside a hospital in Aleppo. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said this week that nearly 30,000 Syrians have been killed during the 18-month uprising against the Assad regime
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Luc Delahaye's photograph 132nd Ordinary Meeting of the Conference, Opec Headquarters, Vienna, 2004. The photographer has been shortlisted for the Prix Pictet award 2012
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Australian Roman Catholic Church admits child sex abuse
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The Roman Catholic Church in the Australian state of Victoria has confirmed that more than 600 children have been sexually abused by its priests since the 1930s.
The Archbishop of Melbourne, Denis Hart, described the figures as "horrific and shameful".
They were released in a submission to a state parliamentary inquiry into the handling of abuse cases.
Campaigners say the true number of abuse victims could be up to 10,000.
In its submission, the church said the 620 cases went back 80 years with the majority taking place between the 1960s and the 1980s.
It says it is still investigating a further 45 cases.
In a statement, Archbishop Hart said it was important to be open "about the horrific abuse that has occurred in Victoria and elsewhere".
"We look to this inquiry to assist the healing of those who have been abused, to examine the broad context of the church's response, especially over the last 16 years, and to make recommendations to enhance the care for victims and preventative measures that are now in place," the statement said.
Campaign groups say that many cases of abuse have gone unreported, and they believe the true number of victims is closer to 10,000 in Victoria alone.
Abuse of children by Roman Catholic priests has been a major issue in Australia recent years.
During a visit to Australia in July 2008, Pope Benedict XVI met some of the victims and made a public apology for the abuse.
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Geovany Gonzalez with cerebral palsy, interacts with Fiona, a therapeutically trained dog, as it tries to lick his face during a therapy session at the Colitas Foundation in Panama City September 22, 2012. The Colitas Foundation, run by Mario Chang, sponsors a programme using trained dogs for therapeutic practice and to help improve the quality of life of children and teenagers with mental and physical disabilities such as Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy and autism
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A truck hangs from the Chavantes bridge as a couple rides on a personal watercraft underneath it near Fartura, southern Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. The truck driver survived the accident uninjured.
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A combination photo shows participants during the 2012 European Beard and Moustache Championships in Wittersdorf near Mulhouse, Eastern France, September 22, 2012. More than a hundred participants competed in the first European Beard and Moustache Championships organized in France.
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A French army convoy rides past locals on the road between Nejrab base and Warehouse base near Kabul on Sept. 21, as part of the French disengagement. France is the fifth largest contributor to NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), which is due to pull out the vast majority of its 130,000 troops by the end of 2014.
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Revellers reach out for the first beer in the traditional one-liner "Masskrug" beer mugs at the opening day of the Munich Oktoberfest at the Theresienwiese in Munich, Sept. 22. The world's biggest beer festival runs until October 7
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Motorcyclists demonstrate against the European Commission's proposal for annual vehicle inspections for motorcycles on European Protest Day in Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 22.
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Workmen put the finishing touches on a giant flower pot in Tiananmen Square as the city prepares for the upcoming 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, Sept. 22. Xi Jinping is widely expected to be named head of the ruling Communist Party and become president in the country's once-in-a-decade leadership transition.
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Benghazi, Libya: People climb up electricity towers to watch a march against the Ansar al-Sharia militia
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Manila, Philippines: Residents wade through a flooded street after a sudden heavy downpour as tropical storm Jelawat gains strength
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Kiev, Ukraine: Polish soldiers stand in front of a wall inscribed with the names of Polish victims of the Soviet-era Katyn massacre
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Barcelona, Spain: The Sagrada Família is illuminated during the Ode ŕ la Vie light show
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Moscow 'drunk driver' kills seven on Minsk Street
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A drunk driver killed seven people and injured three others by crashing his car into a bus stop in Moscow, Russian police say.
The 29-year-old driver, who was arrested at the scene, had his licence suspended in 2010 for drunk driving, officers said.
Interfax news agency quoted a police official as saying he was driving at about 200km/h (125mph).
If convicted, he could face up to nine years in jail.
"As a result of a test that was conducted, it was determined that at the time of the accident the driver was in a state of alcoholic intoxication," a statement on the Moscow police website said.
The crash occurred on Minsk Street in the west of the city.
Unconfirmed reports said some of the crash victims were children.
The Russian government has taken steps to curb alcoholism in recent months, raising taxes on beer, and passing a bill banning internet advertising of alcoholic drinks.
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Hindu devotees carry an idol of the elephant-headed god Ganesha into the water on the fifth day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, on Sept. 23, 2012. During the festival, millions of Hindus gather along the western city's coast to immerse the elephant-god idols in the Arabian sea.
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People in traditional Bavarian clothes take a break after the Oktoberfest parade in Munich on Sept. 23. Millions of beer drinkers from around the world will arrive in the Bavarian capital for the 179th Oktoberfest, which runs until Oct. 7.
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Bint Jbeil, Lebanon: A girl holds a copy of the Qur'an during a protest about a film attacking the Prophet Muhammad. Her headband reads 'at your service God's Prophet.'
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Cali, Colombia: A dancer prepares to participate in the 7th World Salsa Festival
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Guimaraes, Portugal: Dancers from Catalan dance troupe Fura Dels Baus, perform Time to be Reborn. Guimaraes is the 2012 European Culture Capital
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Kamrup district, India: A man closes the windows of his home, which is submerged by floodwaters, despite shifting his family to a safe place in the flood-hit Lasibishnupur village in Assam state.
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Sofia, Bulgaria: An artist takes part in the Luxlumina light performance at the festival of visual theatre
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Vilnius, Lithuania: Fireworks light up the sky over Vingio Park during the fourth international firework festival
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South Korean protesters struggle with police whilst demonstrating against Japan for using Korean women as sex slaves during WW11
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Residents in Manila throw stones at a demolition team in protest at a government project.
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2000 people have been evacuated from villages near Valencia during a forest fire
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Competitors run through a pit during the 2012 Tough Mudder in Sydney, Australia
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A fisherman raises a Taiwanese national flag as several dozen fishing boats set out from the Suao harbor, northeastern Taiwan, to the disputed islands in the East China Sea, Monday, Sept. 24. The islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, are controlled by Japan but also claimed by China and Taiwan, and have been a key part of simmering regional tensions over rival territorial claims.
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