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South Asia
Egyptian President visits his Pakistani counterpart for talks on bilateral matters
Photo released by Pakistan’s Press Information Department (PID) on March 18, 2013, shows Egyptian President Dr. Mohamed Morsy (L) talking with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. Egyptian President Dr. Mohamed Morsy arrived in Islamabad on Monday on a day-long state visit for talks on bilateral…
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West Asia
Kurds rally to support their leader advancing peace talks with Turkey in prison
In this photo taken Sunday, March 17, 2013, Kurds wave banners depicting imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan in Istanbul, Turkey. Imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in a message relayed by Kurdish legislators who visited him on his prison island, said Monday, March 18 that peace talks with Turkey…
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South Asia
A bus engulfed in flame by opposition activists’ homemade bombs in Dhaka
Bangladeshi fire fighters try to douse the fire on a bus burned by activists of the Bangladesh National Party (BNP) during a general strike in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 18, 2013. Opposition activists in Bangladesh’s capital detonated several homemade bombs and torched at least one bus during a general strike…
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East Asia
People mourn death of former head of Huaxi Village, one of the richest provinces in China
The file photo taken on Oct. 30, 2008 shows Wu Renbao (2nd L), the retired Communist Party of China (CPC) chief of Huaxi Village, talking with local villagers about rice output in Huaxi Village, east China’s Jiangsu Province. Wu, 85, deceased on Monday at his home in the village, which…
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South Asia
Sri Lanka’s new int’l airport named after the President opens to business in Mattala
Sri Lankan traditional dancers stand next to the inaugural flight that arrived carrying Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa to the Mattala Rajapaksa International Air Port in Mattala, Sri Lanka, Monday, March 18, 2013. Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport, named after Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was officially opened Monday in his…
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East Asia
Xi Jinping unfolds vision for ‘China dream’
China’s new leader President Xi Jinping outlined on Mar. 17 his vision for the ‘China Dream’ by saying renaissance is within the nation’s reach. President Xi, in his first address as head of state, said China had to follow its own path while putting its faith in the Communist Party’s…
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East Asia
Abe vows to win in the coming election during the ruling LDP’s annual meeting
Japan’s Prime Minister and leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shinzo Abe addresses LDP’s annual meeting in Tokyo, Japan, March 17, 2013. Shinzo Abe vowed Sunday that his party would strive to win election of the Diet’s upper house in summer so as to put an end to…
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South East Asia
President of Myanmar talks with Australian PM in Canberra
President of Myanmar Thein Sein, left, meets with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, March 18, 2013. Thein is on a three day visit to Australia. <AP Photo/Alan Porritt, Pool>
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West Asia
A Palestinian prisoner in hunger strike for 260 days carried to a hospital in Gaza City
Palestinian prisoner Ayman Sharawneh is carried by people upon his arrival to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, March 17, 2013. Sharawneh arrived in the Gaza Strip Sunday for his temporary exile, ending his 260 days of hunger strike in protest of his detention. <Xinhua/Wissam Nassar>
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East Asia
Liu Yandong congratulates 110th founding anniversary of Beijing Normal University
In this file photo taken in January, 2006, Wang Yang (C) talks with locals during a research in Pengshui County of southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. <Xinhua> In this file photo taken on July 21, 2011, Li Jianguo (R, Front) meets with locals during a visit to Nagqu, southwest China’s Tibet…
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