People in New Delhi ask Italian gov’t to send back two marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen
Indian people take part in a protest near Italian embassy to India in New Delhi, India, on March 14, 2013. India’s Supreme Court on Thursday asked Italian Ambassador Daniele Mancini not to leave this country without its orders, a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned of “consequences on bilateral ties” if Rome did not […]
Leaders of Nepalese political parties agree to form a gov’t led by chief justice
Leaders of various political parties including Nepalese Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, center, raise hands after signing an agreement to form a government led by chief justice khilraj Regmi in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Nepal’s quiet, barely known chief justice is on the verge of taking almost total control of the Himalayan nation, becoming […]
Kashmiris express anger at funeral of a man shot to death by soldiers for throwing stones in Srinagar
Kashmiris shout freedom slogans during the funeral procession of civilian Altaf Ahmed Wani, 35, in Srinagar, India, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Paramilitary soldiers shot and killed Wani who they said was part of a group of protesters throwing stones at vehicles taking those injured in a militant attack to a hospital. Local residents, however, said […]
Ousted Pakistani premier submits appeal to annul his five-year ban for running election
Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani talks to reporters after appearing in the Supreme Court in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Gilani appeared in the court to submit appeal to quash his five-year disqualification, for the upcoming parliamentary elections. The Pakistani government has suggested that election may be held in May 2013. […]
A Christian girl collect laundry amid report that Muslims attacked Christians in Lahor
A Pakistani Christian girl, collects her family’s laundry, in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. A mob of hundreds of people in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore attacked a Christian neighborhood Saturday and set fire to homes after hearing accusations that a Christian man had committed blasphemy against Islam’s prophet, […]
Pashupatinath saw largest crowd at Shivaratri festival
Kathmandu – “Jaya Shambho! Jaya Shambo!!” Some 1.2 million Hindu devotees thronged into the Pashupatinath temple area chanting these words on the day of Shivaratri festival on Sunday. Famous Pashupatinath Temple located in the heart of Kathamndu is one of the famous pilgrimage sites for Hindus. Every Hindu has a desire to visit this Shiva […]
A series of blasts in Karachi, Pakistan, claim four lives, injuring 11 others
Police officials inspect the blast site in southern Pakistan’s Karachi on March 11, 2013. At least four people were killed and 11 others including four policemen were injured in three separate attacks in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Monday, local media and police said. <Xinhua/Masroor>
Mishing tribal people share Apong, traditional rice beer, at their hut in Jajimukh, India
A Mishing tribal woman distributes Apong, traditional rice beer to her other family members inside their hut on the banks of the river Brahmaputra in Jajimukh in north eastern Assam state, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. A Mishing tribal woman drinks traditional rice beer outside a hut on the banks of the river Brahmaputra in […]
Oppostion activists burn street vendor’s cart in clash with police in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bangladeshi opposition activists shout slogans after they burn a street vendor’s cart as they clash with police during their protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 11, 2013. The protest was called by an alliance of 18 parties to denounce trials of several opposition politicians accused of mass killings and atrocities during Bangladesh’s 1971 independence war […]
Pakistani Christian women cry visiting their homes torched by Muslim mob in Lahore
A Pakistani Christian family search in their home that was torched by an angry Muslim mob in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 10, 2013. Hundreds of Christians clashed with police in eastern and southern Pakistan on Sunday, a day after a Muslim mob burned dozens of homes owned by members of the minority religious group in […]
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