• South Asia

    Bus Accident At Purna River In India Claims 18 Lives

    People pull the damaged bus out of the Purna river in Maharashtra, India, Sept. 26, 2012. At least 18 people, including some school children, were killed in a major road accident in the western Indian state of Maharashtra Wednesday, a senior police official said. People gather around the accident site…

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  • West Asia

    Iranian President Ahmadinejad Addresses At UN General Assembly

    Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the General Debate of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Sept. 26, 2012. Ahmadinejad on Wednesday accused some “hegemonic powers” of intimidating his country, citing military threats from Israel. <Xinhua/Shen Hong> news@theasian.asia

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  • South East Asia

    Philippine Official Checks Elephant Tusks Confiscated

    A staffer of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (DENR-PAWB) displays elephant tusks which were seized by Philippine customs authorities over a two-year period following failed smuggling attempts in the country, Wednesday Sept. 26, 2012, in Quezon city northeast of Manila. The tusks are to…

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  • South East Asia

    World School Milk Day Celebrated In Jakarta, Indonesia

    Indonesian elementary students hold bottles of milk to celebrate World School Milk Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 26, 2012. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations launched the World School Milk Day as a support and awareness of children nutrition by drinking milk in 2000. <Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.> news@theasian.asia

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  • South Asia

    Scene Of People’s Lives At Poor Region In New Delhi

    Indian laborers wait in the street before starting in New Delhi, India, early Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. <AP Photo/Kevin Frayer> An Indian rickshaw driver waits for customers as a ragpicker walks by on a street in New Delhi, India, early Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. An Indian vendor balances as he…

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  • South Asia

    Some 2,000 Afghans Become Disabled Due To Mine Blasts Each Year

    Afghan disabled men exercise with their prosthetic legs at the Orthopedic Center of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Nangarhar Province of eastern Afghanistan on Sept. 26, 2012. The war-torn Afghanistan is one of the most mine-contaminated country in the world. As a result, around 2,000 Afghans become…

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  • South Asia

    Pakistani Students Rally Against Anti-Islam U.S. Film

    Pakistani students hang an effigy of U.S. pastor Terry Jones at a rally to protest against the making of a film insulting the Prophet Muhammad at Karachi University on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012 in Pakistan. A Pakistani Taliban spokesman says the militant group has announced an amnesty for a minister…

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  • East Asia

    [The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Seoul Harus Mendorong Zona Damai di Laut China Timur

    Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai Laut Cina Timur. Korea dapat menggunakan isu Ieodo untuk membangun kepercayaan diantara negara-negara yang memiliki perbatasan di Laut China Timur dan mengubahnya menjadi area “Zona Damai.” Untuk melakukan hal tersebut, Ko Choong-suk, Direktur Society of Ioedo Research, mengatakan bahwa Seoul…

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  • East Asia

    North Korea Adopts 12-Year Compulsory Education

    Children play at a kindergarten in Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Sept. 19, 2012. The parliament of DPRK on Sept. 25, 2012 approved 12-year compulsory education, the official KCNA news agency reported. Students have vocality class at a school in Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic…

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  • South East Asia

    A Campaign, Titled “Clean Up The World 2012,” Conducted In Manila

    Filipino workers gather garbage as they participate in the “Clean Up The World 2012” in suburban Pasig, east of Manila, Philippines, Tuesday Sept. 25, 2012. The Australian Embassy together with the Metro Manila Development Authority and the city conducted cleanup activities in a flood prone area to encourage community members…

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