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East Asia
Vietnamese President welcomes former head of JVFPA in Hanoi
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (R) shakes hands with Takebe Tsutomu, former president of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance (JVFPA), in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, March 12, 2013. <Xinhua/VNA>
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West Asia
A street vendor in Tunis sits on ground after setting himself ablaze
An unidentified Tunisian street vendor is sitting on the ground after he doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire in Tunis, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. The street vendor set himself on fire in Tunisia’s capital, reviving memories of the self-immolation that helped spark the Arab Spring uprisings. Burns…
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South East Asia
Leaders of four Asian nations and ASEAN get together for summit in Vientiane
Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Vice President of Myanmar Mauk Kham, and Secretary-General of ASEAN Le Luong Minh (L to R) pose for photos during the 6th annual Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) Summit in Vientiane, Laos, March 12, 2013. Senior…
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South Asia
A Christian girl collect laundry amid report that Muslims attacked Christians in Lahor
A Pakistani Christian girl, collects her family’s laundry, in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. A mob of hundreds of people in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore attacked a Christian neighborhood Saturday and set fire to homes after hearing accusations that a Christian man had…
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East Asia
Kim Jong-un inspects a long-range artillery unit of NK army
Photo released by KCNA news agency on March 12, 2013 shows Kim Jong Un (L), top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), inspecting a long-range artillery sub-unit of Korean People’s Army Unit 641, March 11, 2013. <Xinhua/KCNA>
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West Asia
Clashes between Palestinian Muslim groups in Lebanon leaves 1 dead and property damage
A Palestinian woman, carries her daughter as she walks past damages after a clashes that was erupted between the Palestinian Fateh Movement and the 2Islamic group of Fateh al-Islam, in the Ein el-Hilweh camp near the southern city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday March 12, 2013. Lebanese security officials say clashes…
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West Asia
Bahraini anti-gov’t protesters hold noisy rally to drum up support for planned strike
Bahraini protesters bang on pans and use compressed air horns to sound out anti-government slogans in Sanabis, Bahrain, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Riot police stormed the protest, firing tear gas and making arrests. Protesters in opposition strongholds nationwide held similar noisy rallies Tuesday night, banging on drums, metal trays and…
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West Asia
[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ⑦
[11] On the way back home Khodeir drives slowly along Cairo’s busy streets with elevated bumps, repeating his familiar sentence: “Cairo his become just a big bump with a million children who play with our cars. As he drives fast along the Nile, Donia asks herself: “What attracts me to…
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South Asia
Pashupatinath saw largest crowd at Shivaratri festival
Kathmandu – “Jaya Shambho! Jaya Shambo!!” Some 1.2 million Hindu devotees thronged into the Pashupatinath temple area chanting these words on the day of Shivaratri festival on Sunday. Famous Pashupatinath Temple located in the heart of Kathamndu is one of the famous pilgrimage sites for Hindus. Every Hindu has a…
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East Asia
Israeli ambassador tells of the creative economy’s driving force
As Korea sets its sails to make a “creative economy,” which will create new jobs through the development of science, technology and IT, it looks to the start-up nation of Israel as a model. Israel has a population of 7.8 million and an area of approximately 20,700 square kilometers, about…
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