Chinese Premier Li asks about bird flu virus while visiting health authorities
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shakes hands with staff members of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Beijing, capital of China, April 28, 2013. Li urged authorities to be vigilant against the H7N9 avian flu virus and prepare themselves for any new developments. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (3rd L) inquires information about […]
Japanese PM Abe visits Russia as first step of “economic diplomacy”
Japan’s relations with Russia are taking a decidedly business-like turn, as the countries put economic imperatives ahead of a longstanding territorial dispute. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Moscow on the first leg of an “economic diplomacy” tour to Russia, Turkey and the Middle East aimed at building business ties and possibly reaching a breakthrough with […]
Mexican Journalists call for end to attacks on press people
Journalists march together during a protest to demand justice in the Regina Martinez case, a journalist killed a year ago and to demand an end to more recent attacks on the press in Mexico City, Sunday April 28, 2013. Journalists in several states organized a demonstration on Sunday to mark the first anniversary of the […]
Nepali women challenge traditional menstrual practice forced to them
Kathmandu – Women in Dailekh district, in western Nepal, are slowly giving up the Chhaupadi tradition, a system in which the women are forced to stay in the cow sheds or natural caves during their menstruation cycle. Sad yet true, many women in the remote parts of western Nepal are forced to follow the ill […]
Family members visit jailed Indian spy attacked by inmates
Dalbir Kaur(C), sister of jailed Indian spy Sarabjit Singh arrives with her family members at Wagah border in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on April 28, 2013. Singh, who is on death row, was attacked by inmates armed by bricks in Lahore’s jail on Friday. Singh was arrested in 1990 for his involvement in a series of […]
Syrian victims of alleged chemical attacks receive treatments
In this Tuesday March 19, 2013 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian victims who suffered an alleged chemical attack at Khan al-Assal village according to SANA, receive serum treatments, at a hospital in Aleppo, Syria. The purported instances in which chemical weapons have been used in Syria have been relatively […]
A survivor of Bangladeshi building collapse carried into ambulance
A survivor (center) is carried into an ambulance while surrounded by onlookers, after being rescued from the garment factory building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday April 28, 2013. A fire broke out late Sunday in the wreckage of the garment factory that collapsed last week in Bangladesh, with smoke pouring from […]
Chinese passengers line up for train tickets for 3-day May 1st holidays
Passengers line up to buy train tickets in Yinchuan Railway Station in Nanchang, capital of east China’s Jiangxi Province, April 28, 2013. China sees a travel rush around the country as the three-day May First national holiday comes around the corner. Passengers line up to board a train in Yinchuan Railway Station in Nanchang, capital […]
An Egyptian vendor feeds sheep for sale
In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013 photo, an Egyptian street vendor feeds his sheep that are offered for sale in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt has been increasingly knocking on doors around the world seeking billions to fill rapidly draining coffers. But not everyone is eager to give, and economists fear that quick injections of cash only […]
Indian people surrounding warrior god idol celebrate eunuch festival
In this Monday, April 22, 2013 photo, Indian eunuchs interact with each other after they dress to travel to Koovagam for the eunuch festival, in Vilupuram, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Eunuchs from all over India gather in this village to re-enact a story adopted from the Indian epic Mahabharata, in which […]
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