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Picture of the day
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Friday, 22 April, 2011
Rescue workers and civilians gather at the site of a transport accident after a bus hit two trucks and plunged into a valley between Damascus and the central city of Homs. Twenty-five Iraqis died and 20 were injured in the accident. — AFP
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Thursday, 21 April, 2011
A CAMEL race was held yesterday at Al Abiadh track in the Wilayat of Al Mudhaibi. Over 330 participants took part in 11 rounds for 1500 meters, including five rounds for ‘Abkar,’ and four rounds for ‘Ja’adan’. — ONA
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Wednesday, 20 April, 2011
AN HONOUR: Majid al Rawahi won the FIAB honorarium Award in international competition of nature photography in Slovakia. He won the award for his photo “Take Me There,” captured in Ras Madraka coasts.
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Tuesday, 19 April, 2011
An all-terrain, search-and-rescue humanoid robot simulates how a soldier or object of up to 500 pounds can be lifted and carried, and how it can grasp fragile objects without damaging them.
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Monday, 18 April, 2011
A woman prays during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh, outside Sanaa University yesterday. Yemeni forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh fired at a protest march in Sanaa on Sunday, wounding at least 10 people, doctors said, heightening tension as opposition
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Sunday, 17 April, 2011
People look at catamaran sightseeing boat that was thrown by the tsunami onto a two story building, at Otsuchi town, Iwate prefecture yesterday. Japan is considering issuing special bonds to fund reconstruction following last month's massive earthquake and tsunami, and imposing a new tax to repay th
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Saturday, 16 April, 2011
One thousand folded paper cranes hang on a wall at a volunteers centre in Kesennuma city, Miyagi prefecture yesterday. Japan’s seismologists were so entrenched in outdated beliefs about seismic hazard that they became blinkered to the risk of the March 11 mega-quake, a commentary in a top science jo
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Friday, 15 April, 2011
landing obstacles destroyed by navy engineers during the Han Kuang military exercise in Pingtung, southern Taiwan, yesterday. — Reuters
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Thursday, 14 April, 2011
THE Oman Sail teams compete in the Extreme Sailing Series round two in Qingdao, yesterday. Recently, The Wave, Muscat successfully played host to the opening round of the Series, welcoming 11 international teams to the Oman Sail team’s home waters.
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Wednesday, 13 April, 2011
People look for their personal belongings at collection centres for items found in the rubble of an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in Natori, northern Japan, yesterday. — Reuters
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