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South East Asia
Leaders of four Asian nations and ASEAN get together for summit in Vientiane
Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Vice President of Myanmar Mauk Kham, and Secretary-General of ASEAN Le Luong Minh (L to R) pose for photos during the 6th annual Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) Summit in Vientiane, Laos, March 12, 2013. Senior…
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South Asia
A Christian girl collect laundry amid report that Muslims attacked Christians in Lahor
A Pakistani Christian girl, collects her family’s laundry, in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. A mob of hundreds of people in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore attacked a Christian neighborhood Saturday and set fire to homes after hearing accusations that a Christian man had…
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East Asia
Kim Jong-un inspects a long-range artillery unit of NK army
Photo released by KCNA news agency on March 12, 2013 shows Kim Jong Un (L), top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), inspecting a long-range artillery sub-unit of Korean People’s Army Unit 641, March 11, 2013. <Xinhua/KCNA>
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West Asia
Clashes between Palestinian Muslim groups in Lebanon leaves 1 dead and property damage
A Palestinian woman, carries her daughter as she walks past damages after a clashes that was erupted between the Palestinian Fateh Movement and the 2Islamic group of Fateh al-Islam, in the Ein el-Hilweh camp near the southern city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday March 12, 2013. Lebanese security officials say clashes…
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West Asia
Bahraini anti-gov’t protesters hold noisy rally to drum up support for planned strike
Bahraini protesters bang on pans and use compressed air horns to sound out anti-government slogans in Sanabis, Bahrain, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Riot police stormed the protest, firing tear gas and making arrests. Protesters in opposition strongholds nationwide held similar noisy rallies Tuesday night, banging on drums, metal trays and…
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West Asia
Suspected al-Qaida members led away to detention center in an Iraqi army base
In this Friday, July 20, 2012 file photo, blindfolded and handcuffed suspected al-Qaida members are guarded by Iraqi army soldiers in an Iraqi army base in Hillah, Iraq. Al-Qaida’s branch in Iraq claimed responsibility on Monday for the killing last week of 48 Syrian soldiers and nine Iraqi guards in…
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South Asia
A series of blasts in Karachi, Pakistan, claim four lives, injuring 11 others
Police officials inspect the blast site in southern Pakistan’s Karachi on March 11, 2013. At least four people were killed and 11 others including four policemen were injured in three separate attacks in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Monday, local media and police said. <Xinhua/Masroor>
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East Asia
People protest against UN saction against NK and annual military drill at U.S. embassy in Seoul
South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally denouncing the UN’s new sanction against North Korea, and the annual joint military exercises, dubbed Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, between South Korea and the United States, near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. North Korea’s young…
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East Asia
Chinese leaders sing national anthem at closing session of annual CPPCC in Beijing
A delegate puts on her coat as she arrives for the closing session of the annual Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference held at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, in China, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. China’s top political advisors, who represent a broad spectrum of prominent people in business, academia,…
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