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West Asia
Egyptian President Morsi meets with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir
This image released by the Egyptian Presidency shows Mohammed Morsi greeting a girl after Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, right, received him at the airport in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, April 4, 2013. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi arrived in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Thursday to meet the country’s President Omar al-Bashir.…
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South Asia
Pakistani President prays over the late Bhutto’s grave on his death anniversary
Photo released by Pakistan’s Press Information Department (PID) on April 4, 2013, shows Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari prays over the grave of former Premier Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, father of Pakistan’s slain former Premier Benazir Bhutto, at the family mausoleum in southern Pakistan’s Garhi Khuda Bukash, on his death anniversary.…
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East Asia
N. Korea bars S. Korean workers from entering Kaesong industrial complex
South Korean trucks turn back their way as they were refused to enter North Korea’s city of Kaesong, at the customs, immigration and quarantine office in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom, Thursday, April 4, 2013. North Korean border authorities refused to allow entry to South Koreans…
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South East Asia
Malaysia PM dissolves parliament to hold national elections
A customer watches a live broadcast of an announcement by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak at an electrical shop in Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Najib has dissolved Parliament to call for national elections expected later this month. <AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin>
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East Asia
Qatari PM receives China’s special envoy to the Middle East
Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim al-Thani (R) meets with Wu Sike, China’s special envoy to the Middle East, in Doha, Qatar, April 3, 2013. <Xinhua>
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South Asia
Protesters demand Sri Lankan cricketers not to participate in IPL
Members of a pro-government civic group Ravana Balaya, or Ravan Force, shout slogans outside the Sri Lanka Cricket office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Protesters demanded Sri Lankan cricketers not to participate in the Indian Premier League (IPL) after the Indian state of Tamil Nadu banned Sri…
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South East Asia
Filipino inmates perform YouTube hit “Thriller” dance inside the jail
In this photo taken March, 2010 and released by Portfolio Films Wednesday, April 3, 2013, inmates of Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center perform during the taping of the movie “Dance of the Steel Bars” inside the jail compound in Cebu province, central Philippines. The Filipino inmates whose choreographed “Thriller”…
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Central Asia
A fire rages in an unoccupied high-rise building in Grozny, Russia
A fire rages in a high-rise apartment building in provincial capital Grozny, Russia, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. French actor Gerard Depardieu reportedly received an apartment in the complex of buildings as a gift from Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. People are not living in the building yet. <AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev>
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East Asia
A villager squats on dried-up field as severe drought ravages Sichuan Prov.
A villager squats on the dried-up field in the Hulu Village of Zizhong County in Neijiang City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, April 3, 2013. A severe drought has lingered over most areas of Sichuan since last winter, leaving more than 2.6 million people short of drinking water. Villagers carry water…
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East Asia
Folk artists perform traditional Chinese fire conferring ritual in Kaifeng
Folk artists take part in a performance of the traditional fire conferring ritual in Kaifeng City, central China’s Henan Province, April 3, 2013. It was an ancient local tradition to build new fire and confer the kindlings on the occasion of Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, which falls on April…
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