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South East Asia
Firefighters extinguish fire in west Jakarta that affected 2,284 residents
Firefighters try to extinguish the fire at Duri Selatan, Tambora, west Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 7, 2013. About 70 tenements were burnt in the fire, affecting 2,284 residents, according to Isnawa Adji, Head of the Subdistrict of Tambora. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Veri Sanovri>
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East Asia
Chinese New Year celebrated across Asia
Red lanturns, dragon dance decorate streets Billions of Asians throughout the world are setting off home for the start of the 2013 Chinese New Year in celebration of the year of the snake. Folk artists prepare to perform a traditional fire dragon dance along the major Chinatown streets as part of the…
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East Asia
Chinese Art performers prepare gala show to celebrate lunar New Year in Stockholm
Performers from China’s Jiangsu Overseas Chinese Art Group prepare before a gala to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in Stockholm, Sweden, Feb. 6, 2013. <Xinhua/Liu Yinan>
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West Asia
Israel deploys Iron Dome anti-rocket defense system along its border with Syria
A third battery of Iron Dome anti-rocket defense system is seen near Tiberias, north Israel, on Feb. 6, 2013. The Israeli Air Force deployed a third battery of the Iron Dome anti-rocket defense system in northern Israel on Tuesday amid heightened tensions along the country’s border with Syria, local media…
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West Asia
Egyptian President Morsi greets his Iranian counterpart Ahmadinejad in Cairo
A handout picture released by the Egyptian presidency shows Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (R) greets Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani in Cairo, capital of Egypt, on Feb. 6, 2013. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi urged Wednesday all Syrian opposition factions to unite to solve the Syrian crisis. A handout…
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South Asia
Afghan refugee girls play cheerfully in a field on outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan
Afghan refugee girls play next to a puddle of rain in a field on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. <AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen>
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Central Asia
Putin inspects Rosa Khutor Alpine Center in Sochi, part of 2014 Winter Olympic venues
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, listen to Interros Investment Company President Vladimir Potanin, as he visits the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center in Rosa Khutor outside the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. Putin on Wednesday toured parts of the Olympic mountain cluster, which will host…
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South East Asia
Indonesian gov’t to focus efforts for developing chemical and steel products
A worker walks between rolls of steel at PT. Krakatau Steel, Banten Province, Indonesia, Feb. 6, 2013. A senior official at Indonesian Industry ministry said on Jan. 31 that the government would focus efforts in developing upstream industry for basic chemicals and steel products following significant contribution of the two…
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South East Asia
A man pays respect to journalists who died while covering 1970-1975 Cambodian war
A journalist lays flowers in front of a memorial to 37 foreign and Cambodian correspondents and journalists who died or were missing while covering a five-year war from 1970 to 1975, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Feb. 6, 2013. <Xinhua/Phearum>
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South Asia
Students clash with police during a rally to prevent Gujarat chief minister from addressing in their college in New Delhi
Activists of left leaning student organizations gesture towards police during a protest against Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi outside the Shri Ram College of Commerce in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. Modi was at the college to address students. A protester, center, reacts as police use a water…
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