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Tahir-Ul-Qadri, Pakistani Fiery Cleric, Waves To His Supporters En-Route To Islamabad, In Gujrat

Tahir-Ul-Qadri, Pakistani Fiery Cleric, Waves To His Supporters En-Route To Islamabad, In Gujrat

Supporters of Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, wave their national flag and chant slogans, while waiting his arrival to Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. Thousands of supporters of the fiery cleric who has been calling for election reforms were descending Monday on the Pakistani capital, where authorities have put up barricades and sent riot […]

Pakistani Shiite Muslims Denounce Recent Bombing Attacks During A Rally In Lahore

Pakistani Shiite Muslims Denounce Recent Bombing Attacks During A Rally In Lahore

Pakistani Shiite Muslim women shout slogans in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on Jan. 12, 2013, during a demonstration against recent bombings in Quetta. Thursday marked a bloody day for Pakistan as four blasts rocked the country, leaving at least 116 people killed and 235 others injured. <Xinhua/Sajjad> Pakistani Shiite Muslims mourn the bomb blast victims in […]

People Pray At Ganges River In Varanasi On The Occasion Of Makar Sankranti, A Hindu Holy Day

People Pray At Ganges River In Varanasi On The Occasion Of Makar Sankranti, A Hindu Holy Day

People worship on the bank of the River Ganges on the eve of Makar Sankranti in the temple town of Varanasi, Jan. 13, 2013. A large number of Hindu pilgrims converged for the Gangasagar Fair on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar during which taking a dip in the […]

Indian Villagers Take Part In Community Fishing To Mark Winter Harvest Festival

Indian Villagers Take Part In Community Fishing To Mark Winter Harvest Festival

Indian villagers participate in the community fishing to mark the winter harvest festival at a lake in Guwahati of India’s northeastern state of Assam, Jan. 13, 2013. An Indian villager participates in the community fishing to mark the winter harvest festival at a lake in Guwahati of India’s northeastern state of Assam, Jan. 13, 2013. […]

An Indian Girl Dressed As Lady Justice Attends A Candlelight Vigil Amid Outbreak Of Another Gang Rape

An Indian Girl Dressed As Lady Justice Attends A Candlelight Vigil Amid Outbreak Of Another Gang Rape

An Indian girl, center, dressed as Lady Justice takes part in a candlelight vigil in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. Police said Sunday they have arrested six suspects in another gang rape of a bus passenger in India, four weeks after a brutal attack on a student on a moving bus in the […]

Muslim Devotees Pray During Islamic Congregation At Tongi Station In Outskirts Of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Muslim Devotees Pray During Islamic Congregation At Tongi Station In Outskirts Of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bangladeshi Muslim devotees pray during the last day of the three-day Islamic Congregation at Tongi station, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. The gathering, held each year since 1966, aims to revive the tenets of Islam and promote peace through prayer. A Bangladeshi man jumps from a train to an another overcrowded train […]

Naked Hindu Holy Men Talk Ahead Of Maha Kumbh Festival In Allahabad, India

Naked Hindu Holy Men Talk Ahead Of Maha Kumbh Festival In Allahabad, India

Naked Hindu holy men, or a Naga Sadhus, talk in their camp after arriving at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, ahead of the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Sunday Jan. 13, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the large religious congregation of a […]

Ashraf’s novels studied in way of fictional narration at University Of Calicut, India

Ashraf’s novels studied in way of fictional narration at University Of Calicut, India

“The Poetic Discourse of the fictional narration in Ashraf Aboul-Yazid’s Novels” is the title approved by University of Calicut for Mrs. Sabeena K. to study to works of the Egyptian poet and novelist Ashraf Aboul-Yazid. The topic was approved in April 26th. 2012, under the supervising of Dr. Moideenkutty A.B. associate professor in the department […]

Nepali journalists stand up against gov’t for not punishing Maoists who killed a journalist

Nepali journalists stand up against gov’t for not punishing Maoists who killed a journalist

KATHMANDU, Jan 13 – Journalists in Nepal have taken to street against Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai for his attempt to halt the investigation into an eight-year-old murder incident and dismiss the case. Led by the Federation of the Nepali Journalists (FNJ), the umbrella organization of the journalists, they have been demonstrating against the government in […]

Indian Soldiers Patrol Along The Fence Near India-Pakistan Border In Kashmir

Indian Soldiers Patrol Along The Fence Near India-Pakistan Border In Kashmir

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) troopers patrol along the border fence at an outpost along the India-Pakistan border in Suchit-Garh, some 36 kilometres southwest of Jammu, the winter capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Jan. 10, 2013. Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated following deadly skirmishes on line-of-control (LoC) in Kashmir. India on Tuesday accused Pakistan of […]

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