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Central Asia
Kremlin Palace looks white as rare heavy snowfall hit Moscow
A guard stands outside the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, March 14, 2013. A rare heavy snowfall hit Moscow on Wednesday and Thursday, causing traffic jams and disturbing scheduled flights. People walk during a snowfall in Moscow, Russia, March 14, 2013. <Xinhua/Jiang Kehong>
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West Asia
Syrian children wait for arrival of helping hand on a tree at refugee camp in Lebanon
A Syrian refugee boy, sits outside his tent as his family are seen in the background, at a small refugee camp, in Ketermaya village southeast of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday March 14, 2013. The number of registered Syrian refugees jumped 10 percent in just one week to more than 1.1 million,…
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West Asia
Turkish President welcomes Romanian FM at his office in Ankara
Photo released by the Presidential Palace of Turkey shows Turkish President Abdullah Gul meeting with visiting Romanian Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean at the presidential Cankaya Palace in Ankara, Turkey, on March 14, 2013. <Xinhua>
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Central Asia
Presidents of Ukrain and Latvia meet in Kiev to strengthen bilateral relations
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (R) meets with his Latvian counterpart, Andris Berzins, in Kiev, March 14, 2013. Both sides pledged Thursday to strengthen bilateral relations and cooperate on Ukraine’s integration into the European Union (EU). <Xinhua/Press Office of President of Ukraine>
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East Asia
Fears and hopes loom surrounding ‘Abenomics’
Japan’s newly branded ‘Abenomics’ produces contradictory outlooks on its impact and the nation’s economic future. Abenomics, a buzzword Japan these days not only in Japan but also in global economic arena, refers to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s aggressive reflationary fiscal and monetary policies. The equity market has been boosted by…
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West Asia
Libyans attend a traing workshop for maintenance of Holy Koran in Tripoli
Libyans practise during the training workshop for maintenance of the Holy Koran on the first day of its launch in the Libyan capital Tripoli, March 13, 2013. <Xinhua/Hamza Turkia>
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South Asia
Leaders of Nepalese political parties agree to form a gov’t led by chief justice
Leaders of various political parties including Nepalese Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, center, raise hands after signing an agreement to form a government led by chief justice khilraj Regmi in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Nepal’s quiet, barely known chief justice is on the verge of taking almost total control…
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West Asia
UN Under-Secretary-General comforts Syrian children at a refuge camp in Turkey
Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, greets Syrian refugee children at a school during her visit to a Syrian refugee camp in Kilis, near the Turkish-Syrian border, Turkey, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General and Emergency…
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West Asia
Kurdish rebels free 8 Turkish soldiers under their detention as a goodwill gesture
Turkish prisoners, left, stand after their release in the northern Iraqi city of Dahuk, after being held for two years in northern Iraq by the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq freed eight captured Turkish soldiers and officials on Wednesday as part…
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South East Asia
Suu Kyi comforts people in a mine village who got angry with gov’t over violent handling of protesters
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, speaks during a meeting with villagers at a school during a visit to an area near the Letpadaung copper mine, in Monywa township, 760 kilometers (450 miles) north of Yangon, central Myanmar, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Opponents of the nearly $1 billion…
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