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South Asia
India-Pakistan border people celebrate 300-year old annual Chamliyal fair
Indian Border Security Force officials, left, offer a holy cloth handed by Pakistani rangers at the shrine of a Sufi saint Baba Dalip Singh Manhas during the annual Chamliyal fair near the India-Pakistan international border at Chamliyal post, about 47 kilometers (29 miles) south of Jammu, India, Thursday, June 27,…
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East Asia
Kaesong with other 19 historic sites inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage
The 37th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee came to an end successfully on Thursday after 11 days in action. Addressing the closing ceremony held in the tourism city of Siem Reap province on Thursday night, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, chairman of the session, expressed the country’s…
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West Asia
Palestinians take part in traditional wedding at Rozana Cultural Festival
Palestinian women take a part in a traditional wedding in the West Bank Town of Birzeit, near Ramallah during the Rozana Cultural Festival, June 26, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Fadi Arouri> People take part in a traditional wedding in the West Bank Town of Birzeit, near Ramallah during the Rozana Cultural Festival, June…
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Culture
A seven-week-old Snow Leopard cub plays at Tulsa Zoo, USA
Nico, the seven week old Snow Leopard cub, plays in a room at the Tulsa Zoo on Wednesday, June 26, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Tulsa World, John Clanton> Nico, the seven week old Snow Leopard cub, looks up at news photographers in a room at the Tulsa Zoo on Wednesday, June 26,…
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South Asia
Indian devotees wait to register for annual pilgrimage to Amarnath shrine
A Hindu holy man waits to register for the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu, India, Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims flock each year to the Amarnath shrine which contains a large icicle revered by Hindus as an incarnation of Lord Shiva, the…
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South Asia
Iranian police burn seized narcotics on International Day against Drug Abuse
A worker spills fuel on drugs during a drug destruction ceremony in Vientiane, Laos, June 26, 2013. More than 2,500 kilograms of drugs were burnt during a drug destruction ceremony held in Vientiane on Wednesday. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Liu Ailun> Two Iranian policemen stand in front of a pile of seized narcotics set…
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East Asia
Samsung chosen as most popular company to work for in Asia
Survey commemorating the launching of ‘Magazine N’ “I want to work at Samsung, and visit Tokyo,” Asian university students say. They have also chosen Xi Jinping as the most influential individual in Asia. The students were asked three questions and Korea, China, and Japan each ranked first in one category.…
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West Asia
Iraqis worship at Shabaniyah festival marking birth of Hidden Imam
Shiite Muslim worshippers gather at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the annual festival of Shabaniyah, which marks the anniversary of the birth of the ninth-century Shiite leader known as the Hidden Imam, in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 24, 2013. <AP Photo/…
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South East Asia
Filipino children dance in celebration of St. John the Baptist water festival
Schoolchildren dance as they are sprayed with water by a fireman during celebration of the Feast of St. John The Baptist at suburban San Juan, east of Manila, Philippines Monday June 24, 2013. The water festival is celebrated in almost all of the townships in the country whose patron saint…
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Central Asia
A liger licks her one-month-old liliger cub at Novosibirsk Zoo, Russia
In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo Zita, a liger, half-lioness, half-tiger, licks her one month old liliger cub in the Novosibirsk Zoo. The cub’s father is a lion, Sam. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Ilnar Salakhiev> In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo, a month-old liliger cub walks in Novosibirsk Zoo. The cub’s…
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