Members Of Ethnic Newar Community Celebrate Their New Year’s Day In Katmandu, Nepal
Nepalâs ethnic Newar community members participate in a parade to celebrate their New Year in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday. Nov 14, 2012. Members of the Newar community celebrated their New Year’s Day by praying for longevity and performing rituals to purify and empower the soul for the coming year. Member of Nepalâs ethnic Newar community, in […]
Inidan Woman Sprinter Who Won Women’s Relay In 2006 Asiad Found To Be Man, Charged With Raping
In this July 11, 2012 photograph, Indian sprinter Pinki Pramanik smiles in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal state, India. Indian authorities investigating a rape case say Pramanik who won a women’s relay gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games is actually a man. Police charged the Indian sprinter on Monday with raping and assaulting […]
Pakistani Hindu Devotees Celebrate Diwali Festival By Decorating Their Homes With Lights, Blasting Firecrackers
A Pakistani Hindu girl holds an earthen lamp while decorating an area of her house to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 in Karachi, Pakistan. Hindus across the country are celebrating Diwali, where people decorate their homes with light and set off firecrackers. A Pakistani Hindu girl adjusts earthen lamps […]
Pakistani Paramilitary Vehicle Destroyed By Bomb Planted Roadside In Quetta, Pakistan
A Pakistani soldier stands guard near a damaged paramilitary force’s vehicle at the blast site in Pakistan’s southwest city of Quetta, Nov. 13, 2012. At least two people were killed and about ten others injured when a roadside planted bomb hit a paramilitary force’s vehicle in Quetta on Tuesday afternoon, reported local media Dunya. People […]
Karzai Visits New Delhi To Woo Investment From India To His War-Torn Country
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (C) shake hands with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee (R) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as they pose for photos at Presidential Palace in New Delhi, capital of India, on Nov. 12, 2012. <Xinhua/Partha Sarkar> Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai, left, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh shake hands as they pose […]
People Prepare In Various Forms For Diwali, Hindu Festival Of Lights, In Major Cities Of India
Candles and lamps are lit across a field ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Allahabad, India, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. An Indian man dressed as a monkey god Hanuman participates in a religious procession ahead of Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, in Allahabad, India, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. <AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar […]
Supporters Of Tibet Detained While Shouting Anti-Chinese Slogans Outside Chinese Embassy In New Delhi
Indian policemen detain a Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) supporter as he protests outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, India, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. TYC supporters shouted anti-Chinese government slogans outside the embassy to show support to Tibetans inside China who have set themselves on fire and protested against the Chinese government. <AP Photo/Saurabh Das>
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People participate in a funeral ceremony of violence victim in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, on Nov. 11, 2012. At least 30 people were killed and several others including a local journalist were injured in separate incidents of firing in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi over the last two days, bringing the death […]
Nepal looking for Korean hydropower developers
The Nepalese Embassy last week invited a group of hydropower experts to Seoul, in an effort to find developers in Korea to meet power shortages in the country. “Our focus is hydropower,” said Kul Man Ghising, managing director of the Chilime Hydropower Company, during a conference on Nov. 5. “During the dry season, which is […]
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