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South Asia
Malala Shot By Taliban For Promoting Women’s Education Thanks People Who Supported Her Through Video
In this Jan. 22 2013 photo released by Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham England Monday Feb. 4 2013, fifteen-year-old Malala Yousefzai reads get well cards. The Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban on Oct. 9 2012 has made her first video statement since she was nearly killed, released Monday, saying she…
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South Asia
Students Hold A Fashion Show To Mark World Cancer Day In Hyderabad, India
Students from various fashion institutes display Cancer prevention themes during a fashion show on the occasion of World Cancer Day at the Apollo Cancer Hospital in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. The show was organized to send a strong message to the youths on lifestyle modifications necessary to prevent…
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West Asia
Palestinian And Israeli Schools Teach One-Sidedly About Their Conflict
In this Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013 photograph, Palestinian students attend a class in a school in the West Bank city of Ramallah. A U.S.-funded study released Monday said both Israeli and Palestinian school books largely present one-sided narratives of the conflict between the two peoples and tend to ignore the…
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South East Asia
Filipinos Stage Protest Against Gov’t Reckless Mining, Logging In Mindanao
Police arrest protesters as they attempt to stage a rally at the gates of the Presidential Palace Monday Feb. 4, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. The protesters alleged that large scale mining and logging in Mindanao in southern Philippines under the present government, has contributed to more than 2,000 deaths and…
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West Asia
Security Checks Get Tough In Tripoli After Call For Demonstration In All Cities Of Libya
A member of Libyan security forces checks a vehicle at a street intersection in Tripoli, Libya, on Feb. 3, 2013 as part of a joint security launched by the Defence and Interior ministries, after the call for a demonstration on February 15 in all the cities of Libya. <Xinhua/Hamza Turkia>
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South Asia
Security Heightened In Peshawar After An Attack On Military Camp In The Region
Pakistani policemen stand guard on road due to security high alert in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar, on Feb. 3, 2013. At least 22 people were killed and a dozen others injured when a security camp was attacked in Pakistan’s northwest district of Lakki Marwat area on Saturday morning, local media reported.…
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West Asia
Turkish Policemen Patrol U.S. Embassy In Ankara Closed After Suicide Bombing Attack
Turkish police officers patrol near the side entrance of the U. S. embassy, closed with a metal gate, two days after a suicide bomber attack, in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. The suicide bomber who struck the U.S. Embassy in Ankara spent five years in prison on terrorism charges…
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East Asia
Cambodian PM Meets With Ha Kum-loul, South Korean Presidential Chief Of Staff
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) meets with South Korea’s Presidential Chief of Staff Ha Kum-Loul at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, Feb. 3, 2013. Ha visited Cambodia to attend the royal cremation ceremony of the late Cambodian former King Norodom Sihanouk, which will be…
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West Asia
Syrian President Talks With Iran’s Chief Nuclear Negotiator In Damascus
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency, SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with Iran’s Chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. <AP Photo/SANA>
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