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East Asia
Well-Preserved Old Chinese Village Attracts Tourists
An old villager picks vegetable in a courtyard built in Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in Yangxi Village, Xiling Town of Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County, southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 16, 2012. Yangxi is a small village, 2.5 kilometers north of the town hall of Xiling, featuring nearly 30 architectures…
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South Asia
Pakistani Muslims Protest Against Anti-Islam Movie In Lahore
Supporters of Jamaat ud Dawa (JD) shout anti-US slogans during a rally against an anti-Islam movie in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on Sept. 16, 2012. <Xinhua Photo/Sajjad> news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Monsoon Rains Inundate Indian City Of Allahabad
An Indian policeman shaves while sitting on his bed after flood waters entered the George town police station following heavy monsoon rains in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. An Indian policeman leaves for work from the George town police station which was flooded following heavy monsoon rains in Allahabad,…
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East Asia
Anti-Japan Protests Continue In Major Chinese Cities
A Chinese demonstrator throws a teargas canister back to riot policemen during a protest against Japan in Shenzhen, China Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. Protesters in China have begun another day of demonstrations against Japan, after protests over disputed islands spread across numerous cities and at times turned violent. <AP Photo/Apple…
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East Asia
Chinese Quake Victims Get Food In Relocation Area
People get food at a relocation area in Luozehe Township in Yiliang, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Sept. 16, 2012. A dining center was set up at a relocation area in Luozehe Township after multiple earthquakes struck Yiliang county and neighboring areas in Yunnan on Sept. 7, killing at least 81…
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East Asia
Senior Member Of Chinese Congress Visit Container Wharf In Colombo
Wu Bangguo (L front), chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), visits the south container wharf at the Port of Colombo in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept. 16, 2012. <Xinhua/Li Tao> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
A Syrian Family Takes Shelter At School Classroom
A Syrian man and his children who fled their home in Aleppo due to government shelling, sleep in a classroom of a school where they take refuge, in Suran, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. A book is left on the ground at the yard of…
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East Asia
U.S. Defense Chief In Tokyo To Talk With Japanese FM
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, left, meets with Japan’s Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, right, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. <AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool> news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Seoul Menunjukkan Fleksibilitas Dalam Bantuan Untuk Korea Utara
Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai Korea Selatan yang akan memberikan bantuan kepada Korea Utara setelah negara tersebut dilanda Topan Bolaven akhir bulan lalu. Seoul tidak mengeluarkan beras dan barang-barang sensitive lainnya dari daftar bantuan untuk Korea Utara saat mgnkonsultasikan bantuan untuk banjir di Korea Utara,…
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South Asia
Ban To Sell Fertilizer Provokes Anger Of Pakistani Farmers
In this Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012 photo, Pakistani customers from the tribal area of Waziristan buy fertilizer at a shop in Bannu, Pakistan. Pakistan’s efforts to cut off the flow of fertilizer to militants using it to make bombs in a key tribal sanctuary along the Afghan border has outraged…
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