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South Asia
Ban To Sell Fertilizer Provokes Anger Of Pakistani Farmers
In this Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012 photo, Pakistani customers from the tribal area of Waziristan buy fertilizer at a shop in Bannu, Pakistan. Pakistan’s efforts to cut off the flow of fertilizer to militants using it to make bombs in a key tribal sanctuary along the Afghan border has outraged…
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Miserable Life Of South Sudanese In Refugee Camp
A young girl carries water back to her home as the sun sets over Yida refugee camp, Yida, South Sudan Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Yida refugee camp is home to thousands of people who have fled recent fighting in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan state and around the border of Sudan and…
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South Asia
People In Peshawar Protest Against Movie Defaming Islam
Supporters of the Pakistani Jamaat-e-Islami party shout slogans during a demonstration against the airing of a U.S.-made defamatory video clip to malign the personality of Muslim Prophet Mohammad in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on September 13, 2012. <Xinhua/Umar Qayyum> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Bahrainis Stage Anti-Government Protest
Bahraini anti-government protesters listen to speaker during a rally demanding freedom for child prisoners in Sitra, Bahrain, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Arabic writing on the wall reads: “Down Hamad,” referring to Bahrain’s king. <AP Photo/Hasan Jamali> news@theasian.asia
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Israeli Armed Forces Conduct Drill At Golan Heights
Israeli Army combat forces conduct a drill in the Golan Heights on September 13, 2012. <Xinhua/JINI> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Lebel Forces Confront Syrian Army In Street Fighting
FSA fighters fire their weapons towards Syrian Army positions from the top of a building in the Izaa district in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. The diplomat tasked with ending Syria’s civil war said that the conflict is worsening on Thursday, the same day he travelled to the country…
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Protests Near U.S. Embassy In Cairo Becoming Violent
A protestor sets a police vehicle on fire during clashes with riot police forces which fired tear gas and rubber bullets at them near the U.S. embassy near Cairo’s Tahrir square in Egypt, Sept. 13, 2012. At least 224 people were injured in clashes in front of the U.S. embassy…
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South Asia
Relatives Mourn Death Of Loved Ones In Garment Factory Fire
Relatives mourn the death of their loved ones outside a garment factory following a massive fire which resulted in the death of 289 people in Karachi, Pakistan, on September 13, 2012. Relatives light candles during a candlelight vigil for the death of their loved ones outside a garment factory following…
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Jolie Comforts Syrians Living At Turkish Refugee Camp
The photo released by UNHCR shows UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie meeting with Syrian refugee children in an undisclosed refugee camp close to the Syrian border in eastern Turkey Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Ant？io Guterres, and his Special Envoy, Angelina Jolie continued their…
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Bangladeshi Muslims Burn U.S. Flag In Protest Against Movie Mocking Islam
Bangladeshi Muslims burn a U.S. flag during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. The protest was held against an obscure movie made in the United States called “Innocence of Muslims” that mocked Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. <AP Photo/A.M.Ahad> news@theasian.asia
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