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East Asia
Buddha’s lamp carried to Korea to ease tensions
The ‘peace lamp’ kindled in the Buddha’s birthplace Lumbini has been travelling to the nuclear crisis-ridden Korean Peninsula. Nepali President Ram Baran Yadav and the Buddhist community of Lumbini presented a perennial holy peace lamp on April 19 to South Korean Buddhist monks to appease the winds of war between…
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Central Asia
Russian people mourn for victims of shooting in Belgorod
Local residents lay flowers at the the site of a shooting in southwestern Russian town of Belgorod, Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Authorities said a man opened fire while attempting to rob a gun store in Belgorod killing at least six people before fleeing. Officials said Monday that the man, Sergei…
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West Asia
An Egyptian woman enjoys plants during Spring Flowers Exhibition
An Egyptian woman watches ornamental plants during celebrations of the 80th annual Spring Festival, also known as “Spring Flowers Exhibition”, in the historical garden of Al-Orman, a famous botanical gardens in Giza, Egypt, on April 23, 2013. In the Spring Festival Egyptians buy flowers and ornamental plants in cheaper prices…
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East Asia
Chinese students set up tents for study in quake-hit Lushan County
Students of Tianquan Middle School put up tents for study, in Tianquan County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, April 22, 2013. Due to frequent escape drills, no injuries and deaths were reported in the school after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Lushan County of Ya’an in the morning on April 20. At…
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East Asia
Hong Kong port workers on strike at billionaire Li Ka-shing’s headquarters
A defaced portrait of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing is placed outside Li’s headquarters, Cheung Kong Center during a protest in Hong Kong Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Hundreds of striking port workers began camping outside the headquarters last Wednesday to force a concession over a pay dispute against Hong Kong…
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South Asia
Pakistanis gather at bomb blast site that killed 4 people
People gathered at a blast site in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta on April 23, 2013. At least four people were killed and 37 others injured on Tuesday night in a series of bomb blasts followed by a suicide attack in Pakistan’s southwestern provincial capital of Quetta, local media reported. <Xinhua/Mohammad>
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West Asia
Samaritans grill sheep for Passover sacrifice on Mount Gerizim
Samaritans, an ancient religious group, grill freshly slaughtered sheep during the traditional Passover sacrifice on the Mount Gerizim, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Samaritans are descendants from ancient Semitic inhabitants of the region. <AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh>
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South East Asia
Myanmarese President Thein Sein grants amnesty to 93 political prisoners
This Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011 photo from files shows Myanmar prisoners walking outside Insein Prison in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar State television said Tuesday April 23, 2013 that President Thein Sein has granted amnesty to 93 prisoners one day after the European Union lifted sanctions against the Southeast Asian nation. <AP…
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South East Asia
Myanmarese President holds talks with Indonesian President Yuhoyono
Myanmar President Thein Sein, right, holds talks with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yuhoyono, left, during their meeting at Presidential House Tuesday, April 23, 2013, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. <AP Photo>
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South East Asia
Sea disputes, N. Korea in spotlight at annual ASEAN summit
Worried that long-seething rifts could escalate over the South China Sea, Southeast Asian leaders are expected this week to press China to agree to start negotiations on a new pact aimed at thwarting a major clash in one of the world’s busiest waterways. Concern over North Korea’s latest threats is…
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