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East Asia
Kim Jong-un speaks at the meeting of light industrial workers in Pyongyang
Photo provided by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 19, 2013 shows Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), attending a national meeting of light industrial workers in Pyongyang, DPRK, on March 18, 2013. Photo provided by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on…
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South Asia
Direct flight and new airport to boost Sri Lanka-Korea relations
Interview with Sri Lankan Ambassador Tissa Wijeratne With the launching of Korean Air’s direct flight between Seoul and Colombo on March 9th and the opening of Sri Lankan’s 2nd international airport on March 18th and an enthusiastic, hardworking ambassador, bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and Korea are embarking on a new…
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Central Asia
Uzbek women in colorful costumes dance to celebrate Navruz, New Year holiday
Uzbek dancers in embroidered silk costumes perform during the festivities marking the Navruz holiday in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Navruz (“New Year”) dates back to ancient Iranian and Central Asian fire-worshippers who celebrated the spring equinox with dances and ritual food. <AP Photo/Anvar Ilyasov>
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West Asia
Egyptian journalists call for an end to harassment, attacks during their news coverage
Egyptian photojournalists hold signs calling for press freedom during a protest demanding an end to harassment and attacks during their coverage of news, outside the Shura Council in Cairo, Egypt, March 19, 2013. Egyptian photojournalists place their cameras on top of a banner reading in Arabic “Nobody fears a photojournalist…
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South Asia
Police display weapons seized while being smuggled from Peshawar to Punjab
Policemen display seized weapons to media at a police station in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on March 19, 2013. Police arrested two suspects who tried to smuggle weapons and ammunitions from Peshawar to Punjab province, local media reported. <Xinhua/Ahmad Sidique>
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West Asia
People pray at a mosque once used as headquarters for bloody insurgency in Assiut, southern Egypt
In this Sunday, March 17, 2013 photo, an Egyptian man walks past banners hung up by members of Gamaa Islamiya in front of el-Gamaayah el-Sharaayah mosque also used as Gamaa’s headquarters, not pictured, in Assiut, southern Egypt. The Gamaa says its move is in response to a strike last week…
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Culture
Kali, a polar bear cub whose mother was shot to dead, being cared for at a zoo
This photo provided by the Alaska Zoo and taken March 13, 2013, in Anchorage, Alaska, shows Kali, an orphaned polar bear cub who is being cared for at the zoo. The cub’s mother was shot in Point Lay, Alaska, on March 12 and the cub is temporarily staying at the…
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West Asia
Palestinians protest against Obama’s planned visit to Ramallah in West Bank
Palestinians take part in a protest in Ramallah against U.S. President Barack Obama’s planned visit to the city on March 19, 2013. Obama is set to start a three-day visit to Israel, the Palestinian West Bank and Jordan on Tuesday night, which will be Obama’s first trip abroad after he…
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West Asia
A man sets off a fire cracker to celebrate Nowruz, Iranian New year, in Babol City
An Iranian man holds a fire cracker during the celebration of Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, in Babol City, northern Iran, on March 19, 2013. “Nowruz”, which usually occurs on March 20 or 21, marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the new year on the Iranian…
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South East Asia
“The Voice,” Myanmar’s weekly journal, cleared of defamation charge in a show of improved gov’t attitude toward the press
In this March 14, 2013 photo, journalists work in the newsroom of weekly journal “The Voice,” in Yangon, Myanmar. The Voice Weekly news journal was temporarily suspended for 6-times during the period of 2005-2012. After eight months and 26 hearings, Myanmar’s ministry of mining dropped its controversial defamation lawsuit against…
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