Iran confirms to be ready to respond to IAEA’s concerns
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast speaks during a press conference in Tehran, March 5, 2013. Mehmanparast said Tuesday that Iran is ready to respond to the concerns of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after an agreement is reached. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Ahmad Halabisaz>
A Pakistani boy sleeps in a brick factory paying him less than $3 cents a day
A Pakistani child sleeps on the ground between the bricks, while his mother, not pictured, works in a brick factory on the outskirts of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. According to workers at the factory, adults earn 350 Rupees ($3.57 cents), while children earn 250 Rupees ($2.55 cents), per day. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Muhammed Muheisen>
People cross flooded area on a boat in East Jakarta amid rising water level in the region
People use a boat to across the flooded area in Cawang, East Jakarta, Indonesia, March 5, 2013. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) on Tuesday warned that Jakarta could experience another big flood this week, as many areas in the city have already been swamped after the water level at Bogor’s Katulampa dam reached 250 […]
Policewomen counter a strike called over death penalty on Muslim leader in Dhaka
Bangladeshi women police officers stand guard in front of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) office during a nationwide strike called by BNP in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. In the past one week over 60 people died in Bangladesh in the mayhem over the death penalty given to Delwar Hossain Sayedee, a top leader […]
[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ⑥
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[9] Donia bought some pancakes from the cafeteria opposite the College of Fine Arts and ate them on her way to the art hall before going to the Hanager gallery in Gezeira, then goes back home for an early dinner or late lunch with her father. A slim girl, looking like a porcelain doll with […]
The Ottomans Return
“When General Bonaparte arrived in the Middle East in 1798 there were only two independent states in the region: Turkey and Iran, which are now striving to restore their inescapable role as the region’s two superpowers.” (Bernard Lewis) There is a great deal of talk today about the signs of a Turkish cultural invasion of […]
Xi Jinping, Hu Jintao stand side by side at the opening of NPC in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People
The first session of the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC) opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Li Gang> Communist Party chief Xi Jinping, right, Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrive for the opening session of the annual National People’s Congress […]
An Iranian woman looks at outfits on mannequins during Int’l Fashion, Clothing Festival
An Iranian woman dresses a mannequin with a head scarf, during the “Second Fadjr International Fashion and Clothing Festival,” at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 4, 2013. An Iranian woman looks at outfits on mannequins, during the “Second Fadjr International Fashion and Clothing Festival” at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque, […]
A Hindu holy man rests at a temple in Katmandu as its religious festival approaches
A Hindu Holy man rests at Pashupatinath Temple in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, March 4, 2013. Hindus across the world will be celebrating the Hindu religious festival of Mahashivratri, or night of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction on March 10. A Hindu holy man mixes vermillion powder at the Pashupatinath Temple in Katmandu, Nepal, […]
Indian Hindu devotees take holy dips in Ganges river during their religious festival
An Indian woman devotee prays as marigold flowers and oil lamps offered by devotees float at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during Maha Kumbh festival, in Allahabad, India, Monday, March 4, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims have been attending the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world’s […]
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