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Central Asia
Russian freight train with 50 fuel tankers derailed and wrecked
In this image taken from Ministry for Emergency Situations, Rostov-on-Don region branch website, a wrecked freight train with 50 tankers carrying fuel is derailed at Balaya Kalitva railway station, Thursday, May 9, 2013, in southern Russia, setting off a huge fire that left one person missing and 27 injured. The…
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East Asia
Six Asian countries sign Declaration on drug control cooperation
Representatives sign the Nay Pyi Taw Declaration on drug control cooperation in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, May 9, 2013. The Nay Pyi Taw Declaration on drug control cooperation among Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam was issued at the one-day six-Nation Ministerial Meeting held here on Thursday. <Xinhua/U Aung>
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South Asia
A Pakistani man escapes from 13-storey government building on fire
A Pakistani man moments before jumping from the fifth floor of a building that caught on fire in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, May 9, 2013. The 13-storey government building caught fire and quickly intensified spreading to three floors of the tall building. <AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary>
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[Asia Round-up] What Malaysians’ votes represent
Editor’s note: Followings are summaries of editorials from major Asian media on current issues. What Malaysians’ votes represent [Singapore, The Strait Times 07-05-2013] The intense run-up to Malaysia’s general elections of the ruling party Barisan Nasional and opposition party Pakatan Rakyat and the results too close to call signify changes in…
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West Asia
[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ⑭
[21] For the first time Emad comes near Viola’s villa where she instructed the guards to let him into a room on the ground floor. A guard told her Emad was not alone, which she didn’t object to. Emad and his uncle entered a room which they felt looked like…
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South East Asia
Vietnamese farmers repair greenhouse destroyed by hailstorm
A local resident harvests vegetable destroyed by a hailstorm in Da Lat City, Lam Dong Province, central Vietnam, May 9, 2013. Hailstorm and whirlwinds hitting northern and central Vietnam in the last two days caused severe property damages. Local residents repair a greenhouse destroyed by a hailstorm in Da Lat…
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East Asia
S. Korean President Park addresses joint session of US Congress
South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. At rear are Vice President Joe Biden, left, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio. South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye finishes her address to a joint session of Congress on…
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South East Asia
Myanmar’s NLD party delegation goes for China study visit
Head of Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party delegation U Nyi Pu, who is a Central Executive Committee member of the NLD party, is interviewed at the Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, May 8, 2013. A 12-member senior-level delegation of Myanmar’s NLD party left here for Kunming, capital…
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South Asia
Over 30 people dead as overloaded Indian bus plunges into river
Rescuers look for survivors after a bus plunged into the Beas River near Kullu, India, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. More than 30 people were killed when an overloaded bus plunged into the river on the Kullu-Mandi national highway Wednesday, according to a news agency. It is feared that some bodies…
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South Asia
Afghan students protest on border dispute with Pakistan
Afghan students participate in a protest on the border dispute between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Nangarhar province in east Afghanistan on May 8, 2013. Hundreds of Afghan college students staged a peaceful protest against Pakistan in Nangarhar province on Wednesday. <Xinhua/Tahir Safi>
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