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South Asia
Pakistani Models Present Local Designer’s Creations In Fashion Show
Pakistani models present creations by local designer Amin Gulgee, during a fashion show in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. The two-day fashion event is organized by the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan. A model presents a creation by local designer Amin Gulgee, during a fashion show in Karachi,…
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East Asia
Psy Performs Thank-You Concert Before 80,000 Fans At Seoul Plaza
South Korean singer PSY performs “Gangnam Style” at the Seoul plaza in front of Seoul city hall in Seoul October 4, 2012. About 80,000 fans gathered to cheer Psy at a free concert staged to thank fans in Seoul. <Xinhua/Yao Qilin> South Korean singer PSY, who sings the popular “Gangnam…
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South East Asia
Philippine Court’s Decision To Arrest Former President Arroyo Brings Mixed Reactions From Filipinos
In this Feb. 23, 2012 file photo, former Philippine President and now Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal Arroyo arrives at a Pasay City Court for her arraignment on electoral fraud charges in Manila. The Philippine anti-graft court on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, ordered the arrest of Arroyo in the third corruption investigation…
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West Asia
Jewish Activists Push For New Settlement In Israel’s Mixed Arab-Jewish Cities
In this photo taken on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, Israeli Jewish activist Aharon Attias poses for a photograph in front of new housing project for religious Jews in Israel’s mixed Arab-Jewish town of Lod, central Israel. Religious Jews who are the bedrock of the settlement movement have marked Israel’s mixed…
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East Asia
Busan International Film Festival Opens In Busan, South Korea
Guests are silhouetted in the opening ceremony of the Busan International Film Festival in Busan, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Chinese actress Tang Wei and South Korean actor Ahn Sung-ki pose during the opening ceremony of the Busan International Film Festival in Busan, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012.…
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South Asia
Russia-Pakistani Foreign Ministers Hold Talks In Islamabad
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, left, holds talks with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. The foreign ministers of Russia and Pakistan insisted on Thursday that the ties between their countries are strengthening, despite grousing in the Pakistani media about Russian President…
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South Asia
Indian People Protest Against Rampant Corruption, Lawlessness In Bhopal
Indian policemen use a water cannon to disperse Congress party workers who marched to Madhya Pradesh state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s residence to protest against alleged corruption and the deteriorating law and lack of order in the state, in Bhopal, India, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Congress party workers gather…
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South East Asia
Thai Buddhist Monks Protest Against Muslim Attacks On Temples In Bangladesh
About 100 Buddhist monks stage a peaceful demonstration to call for an end to attacks against Buddhist communities in Bangladesh in front of the United Nations regional office in Bangkok on Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012. About 1,000 Buddhist families fled their villages in Bangladesh after rioters burned at least 10…
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West Asia
Triple Explosions In Syrian Gov’t-Controlled Region Leave Heavy Damages
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian men walk at a street between destroyed buildings where triple bombs rocked at the Saadallah al-Jabri square, in Aleppo city, Syria, Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012. Three powerful explosions rocked the main square in a government-controlled central district of…
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South Asia
Teachers In Indian-Controlled Kashmir Protest Demanding Pay Hike
Police use colored water from a water cannon to disperse Kashmiri teachers during a protest in Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday detained dozens of government teachers during a protest demanding a hike in salary and regularization of their jobs. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) Protesting…
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