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West Asia
Yemenites Supporting Southern Separatist Movement Wave South Yemen Flags During Rally In Aden
Yemeni supporters of the Southern Separatist Movement hold former South Yemen flags during a rally in Aden, Yemen, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. The rally commemorates the anniversary of a civil war that broke out in 1986 in South Yemen with North Yemen. The poster of Ali Salem al-Beidh, former Yemeni…
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South Asia
Muslim Devotees Pray During Islamic Congregation At Tongi Station In Outskirts Of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bangladeshi Muslim devotees pray during the last day of the three-day Islamic Congregation at Tongi station, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. The gathering, held each year since 1966, aims to revive the tenets of Islam and promote peace through prayer. A Bangladeshi man jumps from a train…
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UAE under pressure to reform its policies for migrant workers
On Visit, Press for Migrant Worker Rights During Louvre Branch Construction PARIS – Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, UAE authorities have demonstrated their intent to silence critics and anyone pressing for political reforms, Human Rights Watch said. In addition, migrant workers constructing a high-profile project that will include…
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South Asia
Naked Hindu Holy Men Talk Ahead Of Maha Kumbh Festival In Allahabad, India
Naked Hindu holy men, or a Naga Sadhus, talk in their camp after arriving at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, ahead of the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Sunday Jan. 13, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the…
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West Asia
Some 4.2 Million Afghan Children Have No access To School Due To Poverty
Seven-year-old Sami Allah plays with his fridens near his home in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 13, 2013. More than 8.4 million Afghan children, of whom 39 percent are girls, presently attend school, while 4.2 million others have no access to school mainly due to security reasons and poverty. Sami Allah,…
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South Asia
Ashraf’s novels studied in way of fictional narration at University Of Calicut, India
“The Poetic Discourse of the fictional narration in Ashraf Aboul-Yazid’s Novels” is the title approved by University of Calicut for Mrs. Sabeena K. to study to works of the Egyptian poet and novelist Ashraf Aboul-Yazid. The topic was approved in April 26th. 2012, under the supervising of Dr. Moideenkutty A.B.…
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East Asia
Taiwanese Protest Against Policies Of China-Friendly President Ma In Taipei
Taiwanese women wear wedding dress and hold slogan reading “No money to marry. Super indignation!” in protest against the polices of Taiwan’s China-friendly President Ma Ying-jeou in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. Tens of thousands of opposition demonstrators took to the streets of Taipei in the largest anti-government action…
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South Asia
Nepali journalists stand up against gov’t for not punishing Maoists who killed a journalist
KATHMANDU, Jan 13 – Journalists in Nepal have taken to street against Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai for his attempt to halt the investigation into an eight-year-old murder incident and dismiss the case. Led by the Federation of the Nepali Journalists (FNJ), the umbrella organization of the journalists, they have been…
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West Asia
Zina, a young cartoonist, depicts her comics with a “revolutionary” sense
Born in Cairo of Greek-Lebanese parents, taught in Canada, and arrived back to Lebanon, the country of her parents, those aspects made the cosmopolitan profile of the young artist Ms. Pert Zina Mufarrij, the artist who makes Zina Comics, to express herself, and her love, which is not a blind…
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