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South East Asia
Singapore’s Population Is Forecast To Grow To Around 6.9 Million By 2030 From Current 5.3 Million
Passengers exit one of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stations in Singapore, Jan. 29, 2013. The Singapore government is looking to grow its population to between 6.5 million and 6.9 million by 2030, from the current 5.31 million, it said in a white paper on Tuesday. <Xinhua/Then Chih Wey>
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West Asia
An Iranian Zoroastrian Woman Stands By A Large Bonfire In Celebration Of Sadeh, Mid-Winter Festival
An Iranian Zoroastrian woman stands by a large bonfire during a celebration for the festival of Sadeh outside Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 29, 2013. Sadeh, a mid-winter festival observed by Iranians from the ancient time, is 50 days before Iranian New Year. People usually celebrate the festival by preparing a…
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South Asia
Sri Lankan Journalists, Activists Stage Demonstration To Condemn Gov’t Suppression Of Media In Colombo
Journalists, rights activists and opposition lawmakers shout slogans and display placards during a demonstration alleging the government of suppression of media in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013. Sri Lankan journalists staged a “Black January” protest Tuesday, remembering a series of attacks against journalists and media workers in this…
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South East Asia
People Buy Fish At Kyimyindine Central Sanpya Fish Market In Yangon, Myanmar
Fishmongers work at the Kyimyindine Central Sanpya Fish Market in Yangon, Myanmar, Jan. 29, 2013. Customers buy fish at the Kyimyindine Central Sanpya Fish Market in Yangon, Myanmar, Jan. 29, 2013. Fishmongers sell fish at the Kyimyindine Central Sanpya Fish Market in Yangon, Myanmar, Jan. 29, 2013. <Xinhua/U Aung>
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South East Asia
Red Shirt Protesters Call For Release Of Political Prisoners In Jail Since 2010 Anti-Gov’t Rally In Bangkok
A Red Shirt protester holds a poster while gathered with others in front of the Government House to call for the release of political prisoners who have been jailed since the 2010 anti-government demonstrations in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Red Shirt protesters gather in front of the…
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East Asia
2013 Special Olympic World Winter Games Open In PyeongChang, South Korea
The Special Olympics flag is raised during the Opening Ceremony of the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Pyeongchang, east of Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 29, 2013. The Special Olympics World Winter Games for athletes with intellectual disabilities is held in Pyeongchang and Gangneung from Jan. 29 to Feb.…
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South Asia
Six Men Enact A Mock Hanging In A Protest Asking Death Penalty For Six Men Accused Of Fatal Gang Rape Of A Woman In New Delhi
An elderly protester, wearing an outfit with the colors of the Indian national flag, shouts slogans during a protest demanding the death penalty for six men accused of a fatal gang rape of a young woman in New Delhi last month in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Scores…
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South Asia
Rescuers Excavate Bodies Of Those Killed By Landslide Which Claimed More Than 20 Lives In West Sumatra, Indonesia
Rescuers use excavator to find the bodies of landslide victims at Agam district of West Sumatra, Indonesia, Jan. 28, 2013. The death toll in Sunday’s landslides in two places in the Sumatra island of Indonesia has risen to 19 with six persons still missing, an official said on Monday. Rescuers…
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East Asia
O-hyun, a great Korean monk, depicts his enlightment through his poems
We were eager to meet the great Korean monk in his reception room, when he entered with a bald head, and a bold smile. Shaking hand with him gave me a touch of the human aspect in Mr. Cho O-hyun, but listening to him added the divine side of that…
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West Asia
[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ②
[1] The air streams through the car window. I sat in the back seat. I was confused, not knowing where to look. The Nile is on the right with a long corniche as old as time; Cairo’s buildings on the left, with varying spaces in between as well as heights.…
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