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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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Central Asia
A fire rages in an unoccupied high-rise building in Grozny, Russia
A fire rages in a high-rise apartment building in provincial capital Grozny, Russia, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. French actor Gerard Depardieu reportedly received an apartment in the complex of buildings as a gift from Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. People are not living in the building yet. <AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev>
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East Asia
A villager squats on dried-up field as severe drought ravages Sichuan Prov.
A villager squats on the dried-up field in the Hulu Village of Zizhong County in Neijiang City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, April 3, 2013. A severe drought has lingered over most areas of Sichuan since last winter, leaving more than 2.6 million people short of drinking water. Villagers carry water…
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East Asia
Folk artists perform traditional Chinese fire conferring ritual in Kaifeng
Folk artists take part in a performance of the traditional fire conferring ritual in Kaifeng City, central China’s Henan Province, April 3, 2013. It was an ancient local tradition to build new fire and confer the kindlings on the occasion of Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, which falls on April…
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East Asia
Can North Korea learn from Coca-Cola?
*Editor’s note: As North Korea’s ‘bellicose rhetoric’ against the U.S. and S. Korea became a daily ritual, a Beijing-based American columnist Evan Osnos pointed out that the discrepancy between North Korea’s threats and action has been caused by its failure in communication. For that reason, he argues, N. Korea is losing…
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East Asia
How to solve a problem like NK: Three viewpoints
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s brinkmanship is in full bloom. He’s ordered the missiles prepped, dismissed the armistice and announced plans to bring a nuclear reactor back on line. The U.S. response – a restrained show of force by fighter jets and warships, along with comments that simultaneously decry…
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West Asia
Syrian anti-government militants inspect weapons in al-Jazeera region
This undated image posted on a militant website purports to show militants in the al-Jazeera region on the Iraqi side of the Syria-Iraq border. Last month, militants inside Iraq killed 48 Syrian government troops who had sought refuge from the war in their country _ an ambush that regional officials…
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