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South East Asia
Myanmar Monks Protest Muslim Attacks Against Buddhists In Bangladesh
Myanmar Buddhist monks hold banners as they stage a rally outside the U.S. Embassy Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. More than 100 monks protested recent attacks against Buddhists in Bangladesh. Thousands of Muslims there set fire to at least 10 temples and 40 homes due to anger over…
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East Asia
U.S. Destroyer Docked At Subic Freeport For Landing Exercise With Philippines
The U.S. destroyer USS Bonhomme Richard, right, is docked at Subic Freeport, a former US naval base, west of Manila, Philippines, where the opening ceremony for the Philippines-U.S. amphibious landing exercise, dubbed Phiblex 2013, was held Monday Oct. 8, 2012. More than 2,800 U.S. Marines and sailors from the 31st…
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World
Ban Ki-Moon Clasps Hands With 2011 Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize Winner At World Forum For Democracy
2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman, of Yemen, delivers her speech during the World Forum for Democracy, Monday, Oct 8, 2012 at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, eastern France. Yemeni activist and journalist Tawakkol Karman, who galvanized Yemeni support for the Arab Spring, is also a cofounder of the…
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South Asia
Protests By Indian People Delay Contruction Of Atomic Power Plant In Kudankulam
Indian coast guards ride on a boat near the Russian-built Kudankulam Atomic Power Project, background, during a protest at Kudankulam, about 700 kilometers (440 miles) south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. Construction of the plant has been delayed by protests in the past year by…
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Palestinian Woman Displays Traditional Dress In Nablus
A Palestinian woman displays traditional heritage dress in Nablus, Palestine, Oct. 8, 2012. <Xinhua/Ayman Nobani> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
NK Students Devote Themselves To Various Activities At School In Pyongyang
Students perform musical instruments at a school in Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(DPRK), Oct. 5, 2012. Students play football at a school in Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(DPRK), Oct. 5, 2012. Students study after class at a school in Pyongyang, capital of…
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Central Asia
A Rider Takes Part In Celebration Of Salburun, Hunting Festival, In Kyrgyzstan
In this Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 photo, a Kyrgyz rider carries a hare as dogs follow him during the hunting festival “Salburun” in the village of Bokonbayevo some 300 km outside Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek. <AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin> news@theasian.asia
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World
Meeting Of Organization Of Islamic Cooperation Opens In Istanbul, Turkey
Delegations from the relevant Ministries in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States attend the Senior Officials Meeting of the COMCEC in Istanbul of Turkey, on Oct. 8, 2012. The 28th Session of the OIC Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC), which is chaired by the President…
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East Asia
Japanese, British Reserchers Win Nobel Prize In Medicine, Physiology
In this April, 2008 photo, Kyoto University Professor Shinya Yamanaka, left, and British researcher John Gurdon exchange words as they attend a symposium on induced pluripotent stem cell in Tokyo. Gurdon and Yamanaka of Japan won this year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 for…
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