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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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West Asia
Suspected al-Qaida members led away to detention center in an Iraqi army base
In this Friday, July 20, 2012 file photo, blindfolded and handcuffed suspected al-Qaida members are guarded by Iraqi army soldiers in an Iraqi army base in Hillah, Iraq. Al-Qaida’s branch in Iraq claimed responsibility on Monday for the killing last week of 48 Syrian soldiers and nine Iraqi guards in…
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South Asia
A series of blasts in Karachi, Pakistan, claim four lives, injuring 11 others
Police officials inspect the blast site in southern Pakistan’s Karachi on March 11, 2013. At least four people were killed and 11 others including four policemen were injured in three separate attacks in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Monday, local media and police said. <Xinhua/Masroor>
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East Asia
People protest against UN saction against NK and annual military drill at U.S. embassy in Seoul
South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally denouncing the UN’s new sanction against North Korea, and the annual joint military exercises, dubbed Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, between South Korea and the United States, near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. North Korea’s young…
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East Asia
Chinese leaders sing national anthem at closing session of annual CPPCC in Beijing
A delegate puts on her coat as she arrives for the closing session of the annual Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference held at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, in China, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. China’s top political advisors, who represent a broad spectrum of prominent people in business, academia,…
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