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South Asia
Rickshaw Drivers In New Delhi Look Bright Despite Their Hard Lives
Rickshaw drivers have their breakfast in East Patel Nagar, northern New Delhi, India, on Nov. 5, 2012. Rickshaw drivers’ life is hard in the old city of New Delhi. A rickshaw driver rests in East Patel Nagar, northern New Delhi, India, on Nov. 5, 2012. <Xinhua/Li Yigang>
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South East Asia
Filipino Workers Take To Streets Demanding $3 Across-The-Board Salary Raise
Protesters display placards during a rally outside the Philippine Congress to seek 125-Peso ($3) across-the-board salary increase for workers at suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines, Monday Nov. 5, 2012. The rally coincided with the resumption of session of Philippine Congress following a long weekend. Protesters display placards after…
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West Asia
Tripartite Talks To Bring Peace In Syria Among Russia, UN, Arab League Ended In Disagreement
In this Sunday Nov. 4, 2012 photo, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, Arab League Secretary General Nabil Alaraby, center, and Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, right, hold a late-night joint press conference, but they differed in their assessments, after talks in Cairo, Egypt. Brahimi called the…
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West Asia
An Afghan Worker Puts Finishing Touch On Carpet Which Used To Be Column Of Its Economy
An Afghan worker cuts carpet at a carpet factory in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Nov. 3, 2012. Carpet production is the column of Afghan economy. However, the export of carpet has significantly declined over the past couple of year due to lack of machinery and raw materials, according to the officials.…
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South East Asia
Sri Lankan Government Under Blast For Planning To Impeach Chief Justice
Opposition lawmakers and rights activists participate in a protest against the government in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. Hundreds of Sri Lankans staged the protest march to demand that the government halt a plan to impeach the country’s chief justice and condemning what they say is intimidation of…
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East Asia
Dancers Perform “Tengchong Deam,” Featuring History, Customs Of Tengchong Region, China
Dancers perform during a tourism dance “Tengchong Dream” in Tengchong County of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Nov. 4, 2012. The large-scale tourism dance is a national-standard grand cultural banquet which takes Tengchong’s history and local customs as the main contents and can perfectly reflect the local features of Tengchong. A…
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South East Asia
Filipinos Including Those With Hearing Disability March Street Asking Congress To Declare Filipino Sign Language As National Sign Language
Protesters, some of whom are persons with hearing disability, march towards the Philippine Congress to call for the passage of a bill “Declaring Filipino Sign Language as the National Sign Language of the Filipino Deaf” and the official language of the Philippine Government in all transactions involving the deaf at…
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South East Asia
Ninth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit Opens In Vientiane, Laos, Amid Attendance Of Leaders From Asia, Europe
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C front) attends the opening ceremony of the 9th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in Lao capital of Vientiane on Nov. 5, 2012. The opening ceremony of the 9th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit is held in Lao capital of Vientiane on Nov. 5, 2012. Chinese Premier Wen…
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South East Asia
Fashion Creations By Indonesian Designer Introduced In Islamic Fashion Festival In Kuala Lumpur
Models present creations by designer Dian Pelangi from Indonesia during the Islamic Fashion Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. A model presents a creation by designer Paul Robb from Indonesia during the Islamic Fashion Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. <AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin>
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South Asia
Pakistani Students Attend Class Amid Gov’t Effort To Raise Literacy Rate To 60 Percent By 2015
Pakistani students attend a class at a public school in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta on Nov. 5, 2012. Pakistan ranks 113th among 120 countries regarding literacy rate, which is projected to reach 60 percent till 2015 from the existing 55 percent. <Xinhua/Iqbal Hussain>
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