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Abdur Rahman Khan5 April , 2012

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Bangladesh: Where water and religion meet in harmony

DHAKA, Bangladesh –Water is not only a crisis for Bangladesh but also an integral part of religious rituals in a country imbued with communal harmony over the centuries. Bangladesh has been hosting a two-day annual “Astami Snan,” one of the religious festivals of the Hindu community, beginning from Friday in…

East Asia

Kris Min5 April , 2012

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Camera Catches Wild Leopards

CHANGCHUN, China — Photo taken with an infrared camera on March 31, 2012 shows an endangered wild amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) at the Hunchun state-level nature reserve in Hunchun, northeast China’s Jilin Province. Two Siberian tigers and two amur leopards were filmed here from March 26 to April 3, according…

East Asia

Kris Min5 April , 2012

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Endangered Tiger Caught in Camera

CHANGCHUN, China — Photo taken with an infrared camera on March 26, 2012 shows an endangered wild Siberian tiger (panthera tigris altaica) at the Hunchun state-level nature reserve in Hunchun, northeast China’s Jilin Province. Two Siberian tigers and two amur leopards were filmed here from March 26 to April 3, according to…

West Asia