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South Asia
Pakistani protesters condemn killing of senior opposition member
Pakistanis hold banners and chant slogans during a protest to condemn the killing of Zohra Shahid, a senior member of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her…
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West Asia
Egypt-Gaza Strip border closed after 7 Egyptian policemen kidnapped
The mother of Egyptian border policeman Ahmed Abd el-Fadia, who was kidnapped last Thursday in northern Sinai, protests at the Rafah, Sinai, border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza strip, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Rafah, the main crossing point into the Gaza Strip, was closed by policemen Friday, barring people…
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South Asia
Bangladeshi government bans political rallies for one month
Bangladeshi government Sunday banned political rallies for one month, a step that opposition describe as an attempt to mute dissenting voices over poll-time government. Home Minister MK Alamgir on Sunday said, “We’ll not allow political meetings and rallies for next one month across the country.” In the seaport city Chittagong,…
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East Asia
Japanese children stand next to portable shrine during Sanja Festival
Children stand at the sides of a portable shrine during the annual Sanja Festival at Tokyo’s Asakusa district in Tokyo, Sunday, May 19, 2013. <AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi>
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East Asia
Chinese couple rebuild house destroyed by earthquake in Sichuan
48-year-old Cheng Guowu (L) and his wife try to build a house on ruins in Gucheng Village in Longmen Town, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, May 17, 2013. Villagers who were affected by the earthquake that jolted the region on April 20 are rebuilding their houses with building materials recovered from…
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South East Asia
Vietnam rises as top smartphone producer
Vietnam is becoming a leading smartphone producer in the world as world electronics giants increase investments in Vietnam, Japan’s economic daily Nihon Keizai reports. According to its recent article, with the Samsung Electronics Vietnam (SEV)’s plan to produce 240 million smartphones in 2013, accounting for 20 per cent of the…
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East Asia
Taiwanese protesters demand gov’t to scrap plan to build nuclear plant
A Taiwanese protester shouts and holds a slogan reading “Break birdcage referendum” during a protest to demand that the government scrap a US$10 billion nuclear power plant that is nearly complete and slated to begin operation in two years in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, May 19, 2013. The government said halting…
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East Asia
A mock Scud-B missile displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum
North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. North Korea routinely test-launches short-range missiles. But the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing recent tension, including near-daily threats…
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South Asia
Eight injured when plane flies down to river in west Nepal
Kathmandu – Ten passengers including three crew members were injured when a twin otter aircraft belonging to Nepal Airlines Corportaion crashed into Kaligandaki riverbanks after skidding off from a runway in western Nepal on Thursday morning. The chartered flight plane was carrying 22 passengers including eight Japanese and an infant…
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