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South Asia
India celebrates 100 years of filmmaking
New Delhi – Four top Indian filmmakers have come together to make “Bombay Talkies,” a film that celebrates 100 years of Indian cinema. The film hits theaters Friday. India’s first full-length feature film, “Raja Harishchandra” or “King Harishchandra,” was released in 1913. That film was produced and directed…
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South East Asia
Visitors pose for photo during Trick Art Exhibition in Jakarta
A visitor poses for a photo in front of a three-dimensional painting during the Trick Art Exhibition held at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 29, 2013. A total of 72 creative works from South Korea and Indonesia were displayed at the exhibition. Two visitors pose for a photo…
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South Asia
Elderly Indian widows pray on bank of Ganga river
An elderly Indian widow cleans rice sitting in the front of her small living quarters in an Ashram, on the bank of Holy river Ganges in Varanasi, India , Sunday, April 28, 2013. In India, being a widow remains one of the worst stigmas. When her husband dies, the widow…
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South East Asia
Cambodian people visit Thai trade fair 2013 at Diamond Island Exhibition
Mao Thora (3rd L), secretary of state at Cambodian Ministry of Commerce, and other guests attend the opening ceremony of Thai trade fair 2013 at the Diamond Island Exhibition Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 2, 2013. Thousands of Cambodian people visited and bought Thai products on Thursday during Thai…
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Central Asia
Russian President Putin talks with ballerina at new Mariinsky Theatre
In this photo taken on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 actors perform scene of the coronation from Boris Godunov opera during a “pre-premiere” performance, put on for veterans and senior employees of the theatre in the new Mariinsky Theatre on the eve of the it’s official opening. <AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky> Russian…
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West Asia
[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ⑬
[19] They walked silently, Emad’s heavy, angry steps, his uncle Nabil’s light, but quick steps to catch up with his nephew. Nabil felt he let down Emad and his sister. He wondered what mad Nargis did out of home. She does her prayers regularly. She’s modest and brilliant, though her…
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West Asia
Iranian President Ahmadinejad speaks at Islamic Awakening Conference
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during the closing ceremony of the World Conference of Ulama and Islamic Awakening in Tehran, Iran on April 30, 2013. About 700 clerics and scholars from Muslim and non-Muslim countries attended the two-day conference. <Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz>
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East Asia
Villagers of Zhuang ethnic group perform for tourists in Yunnan
Villagers of Zhuang ethnic group stage a dance during a performance held for tourists in Bamei Village, Guangnan County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, April 30, 2013. The county arranged the performance in the hope of displaying local cultural and landscape, and drawing tourists during the three-day May Day holidays. Villagers…
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South East Asia
World Heritage ‘My Son Sanctuary’ wrecked during Vietnam War
Relics of My Son Sanctuary is seen in central Vietnam, on April 29, 2013. Between the 4th and 13th centuries, a unique culture which owed its spiritual origins to Indian Hinduism developed on the coast of contemporary Vietnam. It was graphically illustrated by the remains of a series of impressive…
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South Asia
Indian people surrounding warrior god idol celebrate eunuch festival
In this Monday, April 22, 2013 photo, Indian eunuchs interact with each other after they dress to travel to Koovagam for the eunuch festival, in Vilupuram, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Eunuchs from all over India gather in this village to re-enact a story adopted from the…
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