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South Asia
Unknown Gunmen Open Fire On A Car Killing Three Shiite Muslims In Quetta, Pakistan
Bullet holes are seen on the window of a damaged vehicle at the shootout site in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta, Nov. 6, 2012. At least three Shiite Muslims were killed and two others injured when unknown gunmen opened fire on a car here on Tuesday, local media reported. Security officers inspect…
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West Asia
Radical Muslims Stage Rally In Tunis To Protest Imprisonment Of Fellow Salafist Militants
A demonstrator holding a banner reading: No to Racism, stands in front of the Justice Ministry in Tunis, Tuesday Nov. 6, 2012, as part of a demonstration by radical Salafi Muslims protesting against the imprisonment of hundreds of Salafist militants. Riot policemen protect the justice ministry building, as Tunisian Muslims…
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South East Asia
Asian, European Leaders Hold Press Conference During ASEM In Vientiane, Laos
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (L), Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong (C) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso attend a press conference of the Ninth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in Vientiane, Laos, Nov. 6, 2012. Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) leaders pledged on Tuesday to foster closer relations between Asia…
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West Asia
Turkey Starts Trial Against Israeli Military Officers Who Killed Eight Turks In 2010 Raid
People wave Turkish and Palestinian flags as a Turkish court opened a trial in absentia for four former Israeli military commanders in the killing of nine people aboard a Turkish aid ship that tried to break a Gaza blockade, in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Prosecutors have demanded life…
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West Asia
Iranian Lawmakers Consider Summoning President To Question Over Plummeting Currency
A group of Iranian lawmakers sit on the floor during an open session of parliament in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Iran’s parliament is planning to summon President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to be questioned over the country’s plummeting currency. It will be the second grilling of the increasingly embattled leader…
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East Asia
In the land of legends, South Korea
South Korea is a lot different from its southern neighbor also from the rest of the Asian countries. I’ve finally managed to experience such difference. Visiting South Korea has always been one of my dreams. In Incheon airport I saw where many of my favorite dramas were shot, in Seoul…
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West Asia
Islam’s view on Obama’s reelection
Back to the school of Sultan Obama! In the summer of 2009, many Egyptians admired the US president Barrack Obama’s visit to the Sultan Hassan Mosque in his way to Cairo University for delivering his important speech to Islamic World. For many, Obama was considered – at the very beginning…
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East Asia
Children In Quake-Hit Yiliang County, China, Resume Class In Makeshift Classroom
Students attend class on the makeshift campus of the Guoquanyan Elementary School in the earthquake-affected Yiliang County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Nov. 5, 2012. Classes have resumed at Yiliang’s Guoquanyan Elementary School after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake damaged the school campus in September. Students will study in six makeshift classrooms…
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