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South Asia
Kashmiri People Wait For Arrival Of Cyclists Competing In Tour de India
Kashmiri schoolgirls sit by the banks of the Dal Lake as they wait for the start of the second leg of the Tour de India cycle race in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. According to local media some 80 participants of 54 nationalities participated in the race. Cyclists pedal…
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South Asia
A Mock Disaster Management Drill Held In New Delhi, India
An Indian volunteer, acting as bomb blast victim, sits on the stairs of a metro station as he waits for the start of a mock disaster management drill in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. The drill was held to check the alertness and preparedness of various agencies in…
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South East Asia
Japanese Trick Art Exhibition Enchants People In Jakarta, Indonesia
A visitor poses with a 3D art work during a Japanese Trick Art exhibition at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. <AP/NEWSis/Dita Alangkara> Visitors pose for a photo with a 3D artwork at Trick Art Museum in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Dec. 4,…
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East Asia
Japanese Major Political Parties Have Gone Into Election Footing
An elderly woman walks by candidates’ poster boards for parliamentary elections, left, and Tokyo Gubernatorial election in Tokyo Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Leaders for Japan’s biggest political parties kicked off Tuesday the campaign for parliamentary elections to be held in less than two weeks with visits to nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima…
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South East Asia
[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Wael Ghonim: Saya Menentang Deklarasi Konstitusi dan Berdiri Menentang Presiden Morsi
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai demonstrasi anti-presiden Mesir, Mohammed Morsi. Aktivis politik Mesir, Wael Ghonim, menuliskan dalam akun Facebooknya, menjelaskan mengapa dirinya menentang deklarasi konstitusi yang disampaikan oleh Presiden Mesir, Mohammed Morsi yang mengundang perpecahan dalam masyarakat dan mengakibatkan demostrasi di Tahrir Square. Ghoneim mengatakan dalam…
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West Asia
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West Asia
11 Fatah Members Who Fled To Egypt In 2007 Return To Gaza Strip After Amnasty
Members of Fatah movement arrive at the Rafah crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip, on Dec. 3, 2012. A total of 11 members of Palestinian Fatah movement, who fled Gaza into Egypt in 2007 during internal fighting between the two political rivals, returned home on Monday following an…
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West Asia
Iranian Parliament Speaker Urges NATO Not To Deploy Missile In Turkey-Syria Border
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani speaks at a news conference in Tehran, capital of Iran, on Dec. 3, 2012. Iranian Majlis (parliament) speaker on Monday urged NATO not to be engaged in regional conflicts by deploying air defense missiles in Turkey-Syria border. <Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz>
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South Asia
Garbage Dump Site Poses Serious Health Problem For People In Karachi, Pakistan
Fishermen boats are seen in a garbage dump site near the Arabian Sea, in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, on Dec. 3, 2012. Environmental issues in Pakistan threaten the population’s health and have been disturbing the balance between economic development and environmental protection. Children search for usable items in…
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South East Asia
Activists Hold Rally In Manila Denouncing Illegal Arrest Of Political Prisoners
A woman holds a picture of her jailed daughter during a rally near the home of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines as they commemorate what they call “International Day of solidarity with Political Prisoners” Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. The group denounced the…
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