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West Asia
Egyptian FM, OIC secretary general speak in press conference after the OIC summit in Cairo
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr (L) and Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu attend a press conference after the closing of the 12th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Cairo, capital of Egypt, on Feb. 7, 2013. The two-day meeting closed…
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Central Asia
Sochi Olympics countdown clock installed outside Kremlin in Moscow
A countdown clock for the 2014 Sochi Olympics is installed outside the Kremlin in Manezh Square, with Kremlin’s Spassky Tower at right in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Mikhail Metzel>
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South Asia
Exile Tibetan monks attend a candlelit vigil to enhance solidarity with those in home country
Exile Tibetan Buddhist monks walk past a banner of photos of Tibetan protesters as they participate in a candlelit vigil organized by the Tibetan parliament-in-exile in Dharmsala, India, to show solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Ashwini Bhatia>
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Millions of Hindu pilgrims attend Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India
A young Naga sadhu or naked Hindu holy man sits with others during an evening prayer at their camp at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati , for Maha Kumbh, festival, in Allahabad, India , Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are attending…
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West Asia
Ahmadinejad visits Egypt amid warming relationship between the two nations
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to the media as he arrives at a press conference at the end of a two-day summit, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. The summit witnessed the first visit of an Iranian president to Egypt in more than three years, as Egypt’s Islamist government…
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Central Asia
Putin speaks with British head of World Curling Federation in Sochi
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks to World Curling Federation President Kate Caithness from Scotland, while visiting a curling center in a coastal cluster in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service>
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West Asia
Egyptian PM put under criticism over his remarks about women in poor villages
In this Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012 file photo, Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Kandil talks during a press conference at his office in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt’s prime minister caused an uproar after blaming health problems for babies in poor villages on women who nurse them without cleaning their breasts. Critics say…
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South Asia
Pakistani people protest against recent U.S. drone attack that killed five people
Pakistani people from tribal areas shout slogans as they march during a rally in Peshawar to protest U.S. drone attack, on Feb. 7, 2013. At least five people were killed and many others injured on Wednesday afternoon as U.S. drone attacked in Pakistan’s north-western tribal region of North Waziristan. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Ahmad…
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West Asia
Bahraini anti-gov’t protesters take to a street waving images of those jailed or dead
A Bahraini anti-government protester carries a sign that reads: ‘we come out for the country,” as she walks to join a march in Manama, Bahrain, Thursday Feb. 7, 2013. Images of people who are jailed or have died in the past two years of a pro-democracy uprising seen on the…
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