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West Asia
Afghan Taliban militants lay down arms to join peace process
Taliban fighters attend a surrender ceremony in Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan on April 15, 2013. A total of eight armed Taliban militants laid down their arms and joined the government-backed peace process in Kunar province on Monday. <Xinhua/Amran>
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South Asia
Hindu devotees throw vermilion powder to celebrate Nepali New Year
Nepalese devotees throw vermilion powder on each other during the Sindur Jatra festival in Thimi, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, April 15, 2013. Sindur Jatra, or Vermilion Powder Festival, was held in Thimi, rural area of capital Kathmandu to celebrate the Nepali New Year on Monday. Nepalese devotees carry…
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South East Asia
Activists dressed as injured orangutans demand action to save animals
Activists dressed as injured orangutans take part in a protest demanding that Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to take immediate action to save the animal outside the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, April 15, 2013. Orangutan populations in Indonesia’s Borneo and Sumatera island are facing severe threats from habitat…
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East Asia
Pyongyang residents celebrate birthday of late Kim Il Sung
A man, center, supervises a dancing group during a mass folk dance in front of the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, April 15, 2013. Oblivious to international tensions over a possible North Korean missile launch, Pyongyang residents spilled into the streets Monday to celebrate a major national…
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East Asia
Japanese PM Abe shakes hands with NATO Secretary-General Rasmussen
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, left, shakes hands with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after they exchanged documents of joint political declaration between Japan and the NATO during a signing ceremony at Abe’s official residence in Tokyo Monday, April 15, 2013. <AP Photo/Toru Hanai, Pool>
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East Asia
Suu Kyi visits Japan for the first time in 27 years
Nobel laureate and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was greeted by dozens of flag-waving well-wishers, including people from her home country, as she arrived in Japan on Saturday for a weeklong visit. She later met with other people from Myanmar, packing a Tokyo hall, and answered their questions…
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West Asia
Lebanese pro-Syrian fighters patrol at Lebanon-Syria border
In this Friday, April 12, 2013 photo, members of the Lebanese pro-Syrian Popular Committees pose for a photograph at the Lebanon-Syria border, near the northeastern Lebanese town of al-Qasr, Lebanon. Masked men in camouflage toting Kalashnikov rifles fan out through a dusty olive orchard, part of a group of Hezbollah-backed…
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South East Asia
New Year in Myanmar: people celebrate water festival
Vehicles carrying revelers line up towards a pavilion from where another group of revelers spray water during the traditional Thingyan celebrations in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, April 14, 2013. Myanmar celebrated its annual water festival, known as Thingyan, from Saturday, marking the start of the New Year according to the traditional…
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South Asia
Indian children lie on the ground as a ritual for Hindu festival
Children are laid on a road as Hindu devotees step over them as part of a ritual during celebration of Shiva Gajan, a Hindu festival in Kolkata, India, Sunday, April 14, 2013. Devotees of Hindu god Shiva believe performing this ritual will ensure fulfillment of their wishes. Children are laid…
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