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Posted: 1/28/2013 12:58:17 AM EST
FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2012 file photo, Park Geun-hye, then-presidential candidate of the ruling Saenuri Party, burns incense in front of the tomb of her father and former authoritarian President Park Chung-hee at the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea. Park is scheduled to meet Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, during Suu Kyi's five-day visit to South Korea. The meeting between two of the most prominent woman figures in Asia spotlights a tragic coincidence in their family history: Suu Kyi's father, Gen. Aung San, was killed by a group of assassins in 1947 while Park's, President Park Chung-hee, was assassinated by his intelligence chief in 1979. (AP Photo/Newsis, File) KOREA OUT
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Posted: 1/28/2013 12:58:17 AM EST
FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2012 file photo, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to supporters during a ceremony to mark National Day in Natmauk township, the native land of her late father Gen. Aung San in Magwe division, Myanmar. Suu Kyi is scheduled to meet South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 during her five-day trip. The meeting between two of the most prominent woman figures in Asia spotlights a tragic coincidence in their family history: Suu Kyi's father, Gen. Aung San, was killed by a group of assassins in 1947 while Park's, President Park Chung-hee, was assassinated by his intelligence chief in 1979. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win, File)
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Posted: 1/28/2013 12:58:17 AM EST
In this photo taken on Oct. 23, 2011, Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi poses by a painting of her father, Gen. Aung San, left, during an art exhibition at her National League for Democracy party headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar. Suu Kyi is scheduled to meet South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 during her five-day trip. The meeting between two of the most prominent woman figures in Asia spotlights a tragic coincidence in their family history: Suu Kyi's father, Gen. Aung San, was killed by a group of assassins in 1947 while Park's, President Park Chung-hee, was assassinated by his intelligence chief in 1979. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
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Posted: 1/23/2013 7:58:22 PM EST
This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, left, travel agent, Gabriele Herlitschka leafing through an Asia and Australia travel catalogue in her travel agency office in 2002, in Duesseldorf, Germany, and right, Expedia worker Mike Brown in an alcove set up for employees in 2013, in Bellevue, Wash. The number travel agents fell 46 percent from 142,000 to 76,000 in ten years through 2010. (AP Photo)
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Posted: 1/19/2013 3:58:24 AM EST
FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during the last news conference of his first term in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Obama wants Asia to be a growing focus of his foreign policy, but as his second terms starts, success could hinge on his ability to manage hot spots elsewhere in the world and avert a fiscal crisis at home. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Posted: 1/17/2013 7:03:36 AM EST
FILE - In this Monday, July 2, 2012 file photo, The Queen Elizabeth 2 is seen at dock as Istithmar World, the Dubai state investment company that owns the ship, outlined plans Monday to turn the retired cruise liner into a 300-room hotel, ending years of speculation about its fate, in Port Rashid, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Dubai owners of the storied passenger liner Queen Elizabeth 2 say the ship will be moved to Asia as a floating luxury hotel. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
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Posted: 1/17/2013 7:03:36 AM EST
FILE - In this Monday, July 2, 2012 file photo, Chief steward, Ronald Gelmo, welcomes visitors to the Queen Elizabeth 2 as Istithmar World, the Dubai state investment company that owns the ship, outlined plans Monday to turn the retired cruise liner into a 300-room hotel, ending years of speculation about its fate, in Port Rashid, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Dubai owners of the storied passenger liner Queen Elizabeth 2 say the ship will be moved to Asia as a floating luxury hotel. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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Posted: 1/17/2013 7:03:36 AM EST
FILE - In this Monday, July 2, 2012 file photo, the Queen Elizabeth 2 is seen at dock as Istithmar World, the Dubai state investment company that owns the ship, outlined plans Monday to turn the retired cruise liner into a 300-room hotel, ending years of speculation about its fate, in Port Rashid, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Dubai owners of the storied passenger liner Queen Elizabeth 2 say the ship will be moved to Asia as a floating luxury hotel. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
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Posted: 1/16/2013 9:01:06 AM EST
Jason Dufner of the U.S. watches his shot on the first hole during the Malaysia's Asia Pacific Classic golf tournament in Kuala Lumpur October 25, 2012. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad
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Posted: 1/2/2013 10:55:39 PM EST
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak attends the 21st ASEAN and East Asia summits in Phnom Penh November 19, 2012. REUTERS/Samrang Pring
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Posted: 1/2/2013 10:54:23 PM EST
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak attends the 21st ASEAN and East Asia summits in Phnom Penh November 19, 2012. REUTERS/Samrang Pring
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Posted: 1/2/2013 10:53:26 PM EST
Filipino traders hear a mass before the start of the first day of trading at Philippine Stock Exchange at the financial district of Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday Jan. 2, 2013. Stock markets in Asia registered relief Wednesday over the U.S. congressional vote to stop hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic tax increases and spending cuts that risked plunging the world's biggest economy into recession. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Posted: 1/2/2013 1:33:18 AM EST
A Filipino trader blows a horn during the first day of trading at Philippine Stock Exchange at the financial district of Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday Jan. 2, 2013. Stock markets in Asia registered relief Wednesday over the U.S. congressional vote to stop hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic tax increases and spending cuts that risked plunging the world's biggest economy into recession. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Posted: 1/2/2013 1:33:18 AM EST
Philippine Stock Exchange President and CEO Hans Sicat, second from right, gestures as PSE treasurer Ma. Vivian Yuchengco rings the bell to signal the start of the first day of trading at Philippine Stock Exchange at the financial district of Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday Jan. 2, 2013. Stock markets in Asia registered relief Wednesday over the U.S. congressional vote to stop hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic tax increases and spending cuts that risked plunging the world's biggest economy into recession. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Posted: 12/30/2012 2:33:28 AM EST
In this Dec. 17, 2012, photo, construction company owner Timur Bulgakov poses for a photo near his car in Ivanteyevka, Russia, a Moscow suburb where he lives with his ethnic Russian wife and two children. The old Moscow is rapidly giving way to a multi-ethnic city where Muslims from Central Asia are the fastest growing sector of the population. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)
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Posted: 12/30/2012 2:33:28 AM EST
In this Dec. 17, 2012, photo, construction company owner Timur Bulgakov and his ethnically Russian wife Yevgeniya pose for a photo near their car in Ivanteyevka, Russia, a Moscow suburb. The old Moscow is rapidly giving way to a multi-ethnic city where Muslims from Central Asia are the fastest growing sector of the population. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)
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Posted: 12/30/2012 2:33:28 AM EST
In this Aug. 22, 2012, photo Tajikistan native Magomed, 18, poses for a photo at a market stand where he sells spices, fruit and ceramics in Moscow. The old Moscow is rapidly giving way to a multi-ethnic city where Muslims from Central Asia are the fastest growing sector of the population. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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Posted: 12/30/2012 2:33:28 AM EST
In this Aug. 22, 2012, photo, Uzbekistan native Anora, 27, poses for a photo at her market stand where she sells fruit in Moscow. The old Moscow is rapidly giving way to a multi-ethnic city where Muslims from Central Asia are the fastest growing sector of the population. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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Posted: 12/30/2012 2:33:28 AM EST
In this Aug. 27, 2012, photo, Uzbekistan natives and subway janitors Kushan, right, and Umid pose for a photo in Moscow. The old Moscow is rapidly giving way to a multi-ethnic city where Muslims from Central Asia are the fastest growing sector of the population. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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Posted: 12/30/2012 2:33:28 AM EST
FILE- In this May 18, 2008, file photo, Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov stands near pieces from the art collection of late cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and his wife Galina Vishnevskaya in the Konstantin Palace outside St. Petersburg, Russia. An ethnic Uzbek, Usmanov is perhaps the most successful native of ex-Soviet Central Asia to make a fortune in Russia. The old Moscow is rapidly giving way to a multi-ethnic city where Muslims from Central Asia are the fastest growing sector of the population. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)
