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South East Asia
Thai people celebrate arrival of three-month retreat ‘Vassa’ with candles
Boats decorated with flowers sail on a canal in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, July 22, 2013. People celebrated the arrival of Vassa with candles and flowers on Monday in Thailand. This day is also called “Candle Festival” in English by foreigners. Vassa is the three-month annual retreat observed by monks and…
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South East Asia
Myanmarese devotees pour water on Buddha statue to celebrate Full Moon day
Buddhist devotees pour water on a Buddha statue at Shwedagon Pagoda during celebrations of the Full Moon day of Warso, the fourth month of Myanmar calendar, Monday, July 22, 2013, in Yangon, Myanmar. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Khin Maung Win> Buddhist devotees visit Shwedagon Pagoda during celebrations of the Full Moon day of…
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East Asia
N. Korea unveils new rendition of ‘Arirang’ mass games for July 27 National Day
In this July 22, 2013 photo, North Koreans perform during the Arirang mass games at the May Day stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea on Monday unveiled a new rendition of the “Arirang” mass games, the song-and-dance ensemble that has become its most famous tourist draw. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Kyodo News>…
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East Asia
Participants wrestle in mud pool during Boryeong Mud Festival held in S. Korea
Participants wrestle in a mud pool during the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach in Boryeong , South Korea, Saturday, July 20, 2013. The 16th annual mud festival features mud wrestling and mud sliding. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Ahn Young-joon> Foreign tourists make up with color mud during the Boryeong Mud Festival at…
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South Asia
Pre-Ashokan Buddhist monuments discovered In Lumbini
Unearthed Pre-Ashokan Buddhist Structures Pushed The History Lumbini By 1000 Years Kathmandu: New excavations in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, have unearthed ruins of a pre-Ashokan Buddhist temple of brick and a village suggesting that Buddhist activities in the area were in full swing 1,000 years before Emperor Ashoka…
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Society
South Africans celebrate Mandela’s 95th birthday outside hospital
People celebrate Mandela’s 95th birthday outside the hospital where he is treated in Pretoria, South Africa, on July 18, 2013. South African former president Mandela is steadily improving, according to the Presidency website update released on Thursday. “Madiba remains in hospital in Pretoria but his doctors have confirmed that his…
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East Asia
24th Hong Kong Book Fair attracts 560 exhibitors from 30 countries
Tsang Tak-sing (L), secretary for Home Affairs in south China’s Hong Kong, presents a souvenir to Chan Koonchung, the Author of the Year for the 24th Hong Kong Book Fair in Hong Kong, July 17, 2013. The seven-day book fair, which kicked off Wednesday at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition…
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South Asia
Visitors look at jade artworks of China at renowned Mumbai musuem(CSMVS)
A visitor looks at the jade artworks of China at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) in Mumbai, India, July 17, 2013. The CSMVS, formerly Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, is the largest and most well known museum in Mumbai. Its collection comprises not only various forms…
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Central Asia
“See you again in Kwangju, Korea!” Kazan Summer Universiade closes
The World University Games came to a successful close on Wednesday after 12 days of fierce competition as host Russia finished atop the medal table with a record-breaking amount of 155 gold medals. China is Russia’s closest rival, winning 26 gold medals and Japan is on the third place with…
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South Asia
Malala Yousafzai in an Arab American documentary film
“Let us pick up our books and our pens. They are our most powerful weapons… one child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. Education is the only solution. Education first.” These were the words of Malala Yousafzai, who celebrated her 16th birthday on the world…
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