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South East Asia
Indonesian children collect waste goods as an aid program announced
Children collect waste goods of Eva Sindoro which burned out a few weeks ago at Sunda Kelapa Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 4, 2013. Australia will give Indonesia an additional 99 million Australian dollar over the next two years to help boost the its flagship poverty reduction program, Australian Foreign…
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West Asia
Bahraini women gesture toward anti-government protesters below
Bahraini women gesture toward anti-government protesters below, unseen, from a window while watching clashes with riot police in Diraz, Bahrain, on Thursday, April 4, 2013. Clashes erupted after a politically charged mourning procession for a man who died earlier in the week. <AP Photo/Hasan Jamali>
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West Asia
Egyptian President Morsi meets with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir
This image released by the Egyptian Presidency shows Mohammed Morsi greeting a girl after Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, right, received him at the airport in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, April 4, 2013. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi arrived in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Thursday to meet the country’s President Omar al-Bashir.…
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South Asia
Pakistani President prays over the late Bhutto’s grave on his death anniversary
Photo released by Pakistan’s Press Information Department (PID) on April 4, 2013, shows Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari prays over the grave of former Premier Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, father of Pakistan’s slain former Premier Benazir Bhutto, at the family mausoleum in southern Pakistan’s Garhi Khuda Bukash, on his death anniversary.…
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East Asia
N. Korea bars S. Korean workers from entering Kaesong industrial complex
South Korean trucks turn back their way as they were refused to enter North Korea’s city of Kaesong, at the customs, immigration and quarantine office in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom, Thursday, April 4, 2013. North Korean border authorities refused to allow entry to South Koreans…
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South East Asia
Malaysia PM dissolves parliament to hold national elections
A customer watches a live broadcast of an announcement by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak at an electrical shop in Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Najib has dissolved Parliament to call for national elections expected later this month. <AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin>
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East Asia
Qatari PM receives China’s special envoy to the Middle East
Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim al-Thani (R) meets with Wu Sike, China’s special envoy to the Middle East, in Doha, Qatar, April 3, 2013. <Xinhua>
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South Asia
Protesters demand Sri Lankan cricketers not to participate in IPL
Members of a pro-government civic group Ravana Balaya, or Ravan Force, shout slogans outside the Sri Lanka Cricket office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Protesters demanded Sri Lankan cricketers not to participate in the Indian Premier League (IPL) after the Indian state of Tamil Nadu banned Sri…
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South East Asia
Filipino inmates perform YouTube hit “Thriller” dance inside the jail
In this photo taken March, 2010 and released by Portfolio Films Wednesday, April 3, 2013, inmates of Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center perform during the taping of the movie “Dance of the Steel Bars” inside the jail compound in Cebu province, central Philippines. The Filipino inmates whose choreographed “Thriller”…
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