Pakistani President Meets With Malala Undergoing Treatment In Birmingham Hospital
In this Dec. 8, 2012 file photo provided by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari, left, and his daughter Asifa Bhutto, center back, meet with Malala Yousufzai, where she is undergoing treatment for injuries sustained when a Taliban gunman opened fire on her and her friends outside the Khushal School for […]
13 wishful actions Asian leaders hoped to take this year
1. Could I have a dream that Mr. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China; President-elect of the People’s Republic of China, will play a greater role in the global peace of the yellow continent and the world? Shops and houses are filled with Chinese goods, but China’s interest in […]
A Bomb Goes Off In Karachi, Killing Two People And Injuring 35 Others
People wheel an injured man at hospital in Pakistan’s Karachi on Jan. 1, 2013. At least two people were killed and 35 others injured on Tuesday evening as a bomb went off in a busy area in Karachi. Cameramen film a vehicle damaged by a motorcycle bomb in Pakistan’s Karachi on Jan. 1, 2013. At […]
Pakistanis Mourn Death Of Seven NGO Members By Attack At Swabi
People gather at the attack site in northwest Pakistan’s Swabi on Jan. 1, 2013. At least seven people including six females of a non-government organization were killed as their team came under attack in Swabi, local media reported on Tuesday. Pakistanis mourn over the death of NGO workers in northwest Pakistan’s Swabi on Jan. 1, […]
India Remains In Mourning For 23-Year Old Student Gang-Raped, Killed On A Bus
An Indian man shouts slogans during a protest to mourn the death of a gang rape victim in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. The gang-rape and killing of a New Delhi student has set off an impassioned debate about what India needs to do to prevent such a tragedy from happening again. The […]
Poor People Stand In Line For Free Food In Front Of A Temple In New Delhi
FILE – In this March 20, 2012 file photo, a tribal woman shows her ration card to receive coupons to purchase subsidized rice from a fair price shop under the Public Distribution System in Rayagada, in Indian eastern state of Orissa. India will send billions of dollars in social welfare money directly to its poor […]
Indigenous Gurung Men In Traditional Custumes Attend New Year Parade In Kathmandu
Nepalese Gurung men wearing traditional costumes take part in the New Year parade of Tamu Losar in Kathmandu, Nepal, Dec. 30, 2012. The indigenous Gurung community celebrates the year of the Snake during Tamu Losar (New Year) parade Sunday. Nepalese Gurung girls wearing traditional costumes dance during the New Year parade of Tamu Losar in […]
More Than 100 Exotic Birds Gathered For A Bird Show In Calcutta, India
An Indian bird lover feeds his blue Parrot during a bird show in Calcutta, India, Dec. 30, 2012. More than a hundred exotic birds of 30 species from different countries are gathered together by the All Bengal Bird Lover’s Organization for two days. An Indian bird lover shows his Macaw during a bird show in […]
Protesters Clash With Police During Rally Against Gov’t Plan To Raise Power Price In Dhaka, Bangladesh
Protesters clash with police during a rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 30, 2012. At least six protesters were injured in a clash between police and protesters during a rally protesting government’s initiative to increase power prices. An activist of an alliance of some left-leaning parties throws stones to police during a rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, […]
Three Kathmandu youths successfully trek gruelling Himalayan trails
Dipesh Joshi, Surose Maharjan and Raju Maharjan, the three boys in Kathmandu were the first persons to trek along the high Himalayan trails of Nepal twice in four years in 2007 and 2010. However, their adventurous trekking remained almost unknown for years until when Appa Sherpa and a western lady who crossed the trail months after the […]
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