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South Asia
Police display weapons seized while being smuggled from Peshawar to Punjab
Policemen display seized weapons to media at a police station in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on March 19, 2013. Police arrested two suspects who tried to smuggle weapons and ammunitions from Peshawar to Punjab province, local media reported. <Xinhua/Ahmad Sidique>
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West Asia
People pray at a mosque once used as headquarters for bloody insurgency in Assiut, southern Egypt
In this Sunday, March 17, 2013 photo, an Egyptian man walks past banners hung up by members of Gamaa Islamiya in front of el-Gamaayah el-Sharaayah mosque also used as Gamaa’s headquarters, not pictured, in Assiut, southern Egypt. The Gamaa says its move is in response to a strike last week…
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Culture
Kali, a polar bear cub whose mother was shot to dead, being cared for at a zoo
This photo provided by the Alaska Zoo and taken March 13, 2013, in Anchorage, Alaska, shows Kali, an orphaned polar bear cub who is being cared for at the zoo. The cub’s mother was shot in Point Lay, Alaska, on March 12 and the cub is temporarily staying at the…
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West Asia
Palestinians protest against Obama’s planned visit to Ramallah in West Bank
Palestinians take part in a protest in Ramallah against U.S. President Barack Obama’s planned visit to the city on March 19, 2013. Obama is set to start a three-day visit to Israel, the Palestinian West Bank and Jordan on Tuesday night, which will be Obama’s first trip abroad after he…
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West Asia
A man sets off a fire cracker to celebrate Nowruz, Iranian New year, in Babol City
An Iranian man holds a fire cracker during the celebration of Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, in Babol City, northern Iran, on March 19, 2013. “Nowruz”, which usually occurs on March 20 or 21, marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the new year on the Iranian…
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South East Asia
“The Voice,” Myanmar’s weekly journal, cleared of defamation charge in a show of improved gov’t attitude toward the press
In this March 14, 2013 photo, journalists work in the newsroom of weekly journal “The Voice,” in Yangon, Myanmar. The Voice Weekly news journal was temporarily suspended for 6-times during the period of 2005-2012. After eight months and 26 hearings, Myanmar’s ministry of mining dropped its controversial defamation lawsuit against…
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South Asia
How India’s billionaires get rich
*Editor’s note: India has been infamous for its economic and social disparities. It is one of the world’s most unequal countries even though more people have been brought out of poverty than at any other time. This column from The Business Times explains how India’s billionaires get rich and compares their status…
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West Asia
Jordanian PM and his Hungarian counterpart agree to boost bilateral trade in Amman
Visiting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L) speaks during a press conference with his Jordanian counterpart Abdullah Ensour in Amman, Jordan, March, 18, 2013. Jordan and Hungary voiced keenness on Monday to boost bilateral trade and explore joint investments opportunities, the state-run Petra news agency reported. <Xinhua/Mohammad Abu Ghosh>
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West Asia
Netanyahu and Israeli new cabinet ministers get together for group photo
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seated, and President Shimon Peres, left, talk to the new cabinet ministers after posing for a group photo in Jerusalem Monday, March 18, 2013. <AP Photo/Ronen Zvulun, Pool>
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