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East Asia
Dozens of Chinese people fall into water from tilted suspension bridge
Photo taken on May 2, 2013 shows the tilted suspension bridge in Fenghuang County, central China’s Hunan Province. About 40 people, who returned from a bonfire party, were on the bridge when the bridge floor suddenly tilted in Fenghuang at around 9:10 p.m. on May 1, and more than 20,…
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Central Asia
Russian nationalists carry old Empire flag while marching for May Day
A group of Russian nationalists carry a banner that reads: “Blood. Fatherland. Faith” and old Russian Empire flags as they march to mark May Day in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 1, 2013. <AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko>
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West Asia
Egyptian workers chant anti-Gov’t slogans during Labour Day protest
Egyptian workers and activists chant anti-Government slogans during a protest in Tahrir square marking the world Labour day in Cairo, May 1, 2013. Dozens of national factories and companies were sold to the private sector during Hosni Mubarak’s regime causing unemployment of thousands of Egyptian workers whom still lacking proper…
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South Asia
NGOs hide identity for fear of militants in restive Balochistan Province
Quetta, Balochistan – A grave situation prevails in restive Balochistan province of Pakistan, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, where the civil society organizations have removed boards and name plates from their office buildings, their staff and officials do not carry identity cards or any other document while travelling, for the fear…
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South Asia
Indian patients evacuated from hospital after magnitude-5.4 earthquake
Patients are evacuated from a hospital after a magnitude-5.4 earthquake in Bhaderwah area, in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, India, May 1, 2013. Officials say a moderately strong earthquake has hit a mountainous region in Indian-controlled Kashmir, injuring at least nine people and damaging several buildings. <AP Photo>
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East Asia
Chinese communications satellite successfully launced in Xichang
A Long March-3B carrier rocket is launched in Xichang, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, May 2, 2013. China successfully sent a communications satellite, “Zhongxing-11”, into orbit with a Long March-3B carrier rocket launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Thursday. <Xinhua/Han Yuqing>
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South Asia
Indians carry dead body of infamous 5-year-old rape victim
In this Tuesday, April 30, 2013 photo, Indians carry the body of a 5-year-old girl who died at a hospital where she was being treated for injuries after being raped, in Ghansor, Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh state, India. The girl suffered cardiac arrest and died late Monday at a…
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West Asia
A huge environmental crime in Egypt committed by Qatari LNG carrier
On January 1st, 2009, one of the world’s largest Q-Max LNG carriers was delivered to Nakilat and Qatargas Operating Company Limited at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd., Okpo shipyard on Geoje Island, South Korea. The Nakilat, the Qatar gas transport companyr, owned 263,000 CBM LNG Carrier “Lijmiliya” that…
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Amnesty accuses Sri Lanka of intensifying repression of dissent
The international human rights group, Amnesty International, has accused the Sri Lankan government of intensifying repression of dissent in institutions such as the media and the judiciary. Amnesty says the sometimes violent crackdown is largely meant to tighten the government’s grip on power and silence criticism of rights violations during…
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West Asia
Israeli settlers protest against deadly attack in West Bank
Israeli security forces guard to prevent possible clashes between Israeli settlers and Palestinians at Tapuach, a major junction in the northern West Bank in the evening of April 30, 2013, after a Jewish settler was stabbed to death by a Palestinian man here in the morning. Hundreds of Jewish settlers…
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