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Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting Opens In Vientiane, Laos
Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong speaks at the opening ceremony of the Seventh Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting (ASEP-7) in Vientiane, Laos, Oct. 3, 2012. The two-day Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting, themed “Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership for Sustainable Development”, opened in Lao capital Vientiane on Wednesday morning. (Xinhua/Liu Ailun) Representatives attend the…
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Jewish Holiday Of Sukkoth Celebrated At Western Wall In Jerusalem
Covered in prayer shawl, an ultra-orthodox Jewish man of the Cohanim Priestly caste prays during the Jewish holiday of Sukkoth in front of the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. The Cohanim, believed to be descendants of priests who…
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South East Asia
Indonesian Workers Go On Nationwide One-day Strike Seeking Pay Hike
Factory workers shout slogans during a protest in medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Indonesian unions say more than 2 million factory workers have gone on a one-day strike across the country to call for higher wages and protest the hiring of contract workers. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara) news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Pakistani Female Activists Stand Up To Denounce Anti-Islam Film
Pakistani female activists of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) shout slogans during in a protest against an anti-Islam film in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Oct. 3, 2012. (Xinhua/Arshad) Pakistani female activists of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) shout slogans during in a protest against an anti-Islam film in southern Pakistani port city of…
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South East Asia
Lives Of Low-Income People In Myanmar Look Gruelling
Myanmar daily waged labors unload sands from a ship at a construction site in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct.2, 2012. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win) A woman walks on a bridge as she sells bananas in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct.2, 2012. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win) Daily waged workers get rid of debris…
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Filipino Journalists Opposed To Cybercrime Prevention Act For Fear Of Suppressing Online Freedom
Filipino journalists and some media group leaders hold their petitions against the Cybercrime Prevention Act as they submitted them to the Supreme Court in Manila, Philippines, Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012. Media groups and Filipinos stepped up calls Wednesday for repealing a tough new law that targets cybercrime but activists fear…
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Four UN Peacekeepers Killed By Ambush In El Geneina, Sudan
In this photo released by the United Nations African Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), UNAMID Force Commander, Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba from Rwanda inspects one of the UNAMID vehicles that suffered an ambush Tuesday night that killed four peacekeepers, in El Geneina, Sudan, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. United Nations spokesman…
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South East Asia
Streets In Ho Chi Minh City Flooded By Heavy Rain
Students wade through a flooded street in Binh Tan District in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, Oct. 3, 2012. (Xinhua/VNA)(dzl) Local residents ride motorcycles on a flooded street in Binh Tan District in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, Oct. 3, 2012. (Xinhua/VNA) news@theasian.asia
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NK media normally say nothing about economic reforms soon to be implemented
The biggest news from North Korea on 25th September was the lack of any important news. When few weeks ago the North Korean government suddenly announced another session of the Supreme People’s Assembly would be convening on that day, North Korean watchers were expecting something significant to take place. Indeed,…
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28th International Book Fair Opens In Sanaa, Capital Of Yemen
Yemenis read books at the 28th Sanaa International Book Fair in Sanaa, capital of Yemen, Oct. 2, 2012. The 11-day Sanaa Internaitonal Book Fair started on Sept. 25 and has attracted more than 400 publishers, exhibiting 160,000 newly published books among a total of more than 300,000 books.(Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed) A…
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