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South Asia
Armed militants attack security checkpoint in Pakistan, 6 soldiers dead
An injured policeman receives medical treatment at a hospital in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on July 3, 2013. At least six troops were killed, ten others injured and three went missing when a large group of militants stormed a checkpost in Pakistan’s northwest city of Peshawar early Wednesday morning, reported local…
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East Asia
Japan kicks off campaign for July 21 House of Councillors election
Japan on Thursday officially kicked off the election campaign for the House of Councillors, the upper house in the Diet, with ruling coalition’s vow to retake the chamber. Half of the 242 seats in the upper house are up for grabs every three year under the combination of constituencies and…
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West Asia
Palestinian President Abbas urges Israel to prove sincerity in peace
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a joint press conference with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, unseen, at the Presidential Palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Abbas said he has done everything possible to facilitate the mission of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry who has…
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East Asia
South China tiger cubs play at central China’s Wangcheng Park
Photo taken on April 23, 2013 shows south China tiger cubs playing at the Wangcheng Park in Luoyang, central China’s Henan Province. A female south China tiger in the park gave birth to three cubs on March 21, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Gao Shanyue> A south China tiger cub is seen at the…
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West Asia
Egyptian President Morsi ousted by military after barely a year in office
Egypt’s first democratically elected president was ousted Wednesday by the military after barely a year in office, felled by the same kind of popular revolt that first brought him to power in the Arab Spring. The armed forces announced it would install a temporary civilian government to replace Islamist President…
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West Asia
Turkish court rules cancellation of Gezi Park demolition plan in question
The controversial demolition plan of Gezi Park in Istanbul’s Taksim Square had been cancelled by a Turkish court on June 8, Turkish Today’s Zaman revealed Wednesday. According to the report, Istanbul First Regional Court ruled that the plan to redevelop the Taksim Square had violated preservation rules, the square’s identity…
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East Asia
How social exchanges can help solve North Korea problem
North Korea is not an ordinary country. It is a major problem for the international community that has been remarkably resistant to solutions over the last two decades. Since the early 1990s, when the North Korean nuclear problem first emerged, the US and, more broadly, the international community has oscillated…
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West Asia
Relatives of Palestinian youth killed by Israeli army jeep mourn during funeral
Palestinians carry the body of Mo’taz Sharawneh during his funeral in the West Bank city of Hebron on July 2, 2013. Sharawneh, 19, was killed on Tuesday morning after an Israeli army jeep ran over him in Hebron, medical sources and witnesses said. Witnesses said that the incident happened during…
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West Asia
Series of attacks in Iraq kills 56, raising concern over sectarian bloodshed
Insurgents unleashed a new wave of attacks on Tuesday in Iraq, killing at least 49 people, officials said, the latest in a surge in violence across the country that has raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed. Also, seven militants were killed. There was no claim of responsibility for…
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South East Asia
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake kills 22 people in northern Sumatra, Indonesia
Powerful and shallow quake in Aceh of Indonesia on Tuesday has killed 22 people, injured 218 others and damaged thousands of houses, official said here on Wednesday. Most of the casualty were found in Benermeriah district, about 1,500 houses, government office buildings and mosques were damaged by the quake measuring…
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