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“We’ll Never Leave Our Homes Again”

Palestinians hold candles during a rally marking the al-Nakba Day in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 14, 2012. Palestinians will mark the al-Nakba Day on May 15 when thousands of Palestinians were forced to leave their homes during the Arab-Israeli war in 1948. <Xinhua/Chen Xu> news@theasian.asia

East Asia

Kim Yong-nam’s Visit To Indonesia

Kim Yong-nam, president of the Presidium of North Korea’s parliament, is currently on his first reported trip overseas since late leader Kim Jong Il’s death. The weeklong journey comes on the heels of new U.N. sanctions imposed on North Korea for launching a long-range rocket in April in defiance of…

South Asia

Anti-Israel Rally Going Violent

A Pakistani Shiite Muslim protestor falls over a fire, while pouring gasoline on representations of US and Israeli flags, during an anti-Israel rally and in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, May 13, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia

West Asia