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South Asia
Nationwide Strike Breaks Out In India With Limited Success
Indian policemen detain activists of left parties during a nationwide strike in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. Angry opposition supporters disrupted trains in India on Thursday but had only limited success in enforcing a national strike to protest a government decision to cut fuel subsidies and open the country’s…
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East Asia
Changing People’s Life Style In Pyongyang
North Koreans react while they play bowling at a bowling center in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. North Koreans are seen through a window of a bowling center in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. A North Korean woman reacts while her friend takes a picture in…
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South Asia
Fire Destroys Some 400 Shanties In Dhaka, Bangladesh
People gather around the fire accident site in slums at the Begunbari area in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, Sept. 20, 2012. About 400 shanties were destroyed and 15 people were injured in the accident, fire brigade said. Women cry over a fire accident in slums at the Begunbari area in…
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East Asia
Tibetans Rally Against China’s Repression On Tibet In Brussels
Member of the Tibetan Parliament in exile Thubten Wangchen, left, waves the Tibetan flag during the ‘Flame of Truth’ rally, near the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. The flame of the truth is a campaign launched by the Tibetan parliament in exile and a worldwide action…
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South East Asia
International Motor Show Opens In Jakarta
Visitors stroll around Indonesia International Motor Show in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 20, 2012. The ten-day Indonesia International Motor Show 2012 kicked off here on Thursday. <Xinhua=Veri Sanovri> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Chinese Students In Seoul, Beijing Hold Anti-Japan Protest Over Disputed Islands
Chinese students who study in South Korea, hold anti-Japan banner as they hold a press conference about the disputed islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. In this Tuesday Sept. 18, 2012 photo, anti-Japan protesters hold…
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South East Asia
Philippine Police Drive Out Settlers Of Shanty Region For Redevelopment
Philippine National Police officers and SWAT team members try to arrest resisting informal settlers during the demolition of their shanty in Taguig city Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, east of Manila, Philippines. The informal settlers’ community of mostly retired police and military personnel was demolished to pave the way for new…
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West Asia
Iranians Protest Against Publication of Anti-Islam Caliculture In French Weekly
Holding posters of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, demonstrators chant slogans in front of the French Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, during a protest the publication of caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad by a French satirical weekly. Dozens of Iranian students and clerics gathered outside the…
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East Asia
Wen Jiabao Attends EU-China Summit Meeting Held In Brussels
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, left, shakes hands with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, center, as European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, right, looks on during an EU-China summit in Brussels on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) shakes hands with Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di…
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West Asia
Syrian, Iranian Foreign Ministers Get Together In Damascus
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, left, meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad is seen top center. <AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman> news@theasian.asia
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