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August 14 in pics
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President Pranab Mukherjee addressing the Nation on the eve of the 66th Independence Day, in New Delhi. PTI Photo
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Pakistani vendors arrange national flags as they wait for customers at a roadside stall ahead of the country's Independence Day in Karachi. Pakistan will be celebrating its 65th anniversary of the country's independence from British rule on August 14. AFP PHOTO / RIZWAN TABASSUM
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King of Swaiziland Mswati III (L) and wife Inkhosikati Make Mahlangu disembark at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake. The Swazi king is in Sri Lanka for a three-day visit and will meet Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa for talks on August 14. AFP PHOTO/Ishara S. KODIKARA
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Commuters ride in front of the illuminated building in Islamabad ahead of the country's Independence Day. Pakistan will be celebrating the 65th anniversary of the country's independence from British rule. AFP PHOTO/AAMIR QURESHI
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (C top) and his wife Yoo Soon-Taek (4th R) pose with a group of South Korean children as they visit the Korean Committee for Unicef in Seoul. Ban said he is seeking a way to ease tensions between North and South Korea, and promised more help to Pyongyang to recover from deadly floods, on August 13. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE
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This handout picture shows a signpost on the ground at Yuejin open-cast coal mine in Xilin Gol, in China's Inner Mongolia. China is the world's biggest consumer of coal, relying on the fossil fuel for 70 percent of its growing energy needs. AFP PHOTO / GREENPEACE CHINA
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A official from the Chulalongkorn University smiles at he looks at an exhibit at Museum of Human Body in Bangkok. The Museum of Human Body, at Chulalongkorn University, the first human museum in Southeast Asia which displayed more than 130 pieces of anatomy specimens from plastinated human bodies technique. The specimens worth over 100 million baht was donated from Japan Medical and Dental University. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
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Atris Hussein, a Lebanese man suspected of planning a possible bomb attack, sits in a prison cell at the criminal court in Bangkok. Hussein was arrested in Thailand's Suvarnabhumi airport earlier this year and led police to a house in a suburb of Bangkok, where 4,380 kg (9,656 lb) of urea and 37 litres (8.1 gallons) of liquid ammonium nitrate, a chemical compound, were stored. He has been charged with possession of explosive devices. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang
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A family check BMW cars on sale outside its showroom in central Beijing. Chinese demand for automobiles slowed further in July from the previous two months as an economic slowdown and weak consumer confidence weighed on sales. REUTERS/Jason Lee
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