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West Asia
Turkish riot police fires water cannon at anti-gov’t protesters again
Protesters run to escape a water cannon on Istiklal avenue, the main shopping street of Istanbul, during clashes between riot police and anti-government demonstrators in Istanbul, Turkey Saturday night, July 13, 2013. Riot police charged protesters who were trying to enter Taksim square, downtown Istanbul. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Vadim Ghirda> A photographer…
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East Asia
Hundreds dead, towns flooded as typoon ‘Soulik’ hits southern China
Typhoon Soulik moved further inland to east China’s Jiangxi Province on Sunday after lashing southeast China’s Fujian Province on Saturday, bringing downpours and strong gales to the region. The seventh typhoon to hit Chinese mainland this year, Soulik entered Jiangxi around 4 a.m., bringing precipitation as high as 200 mm within five hours and winds…
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South Asia
Bangladeshi garment workers demand payment of unpaied wages
Bangladeshi garment workers participate in a protest outside the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Export Association (BGMEA) office building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, July 14, 2013. Hundreds of garment workers protested Sunday demanding payment of their unpaid wages and festival bonus. <AP Photo/NEWSis/A.M. Ahad.>
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South Asia
Malala addresses at UN’s first Youth Assembly on her 16th birthday
Malala Yousafzai celebrated her 16th birthday on the world stage at the United Nations, defiantly telling Taliban extremists who tried to end her campaign for girls’ education in Pakistan with a bullet that the attack gave her new courage and demanding that world leaders provide free education to all children.…
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South East Asia
Cambodian workers attend election campaign for upcoming July 28 election
Garment and footwear workers attend a rally in Phnom Penh July 14, 2013. Around 10,000 garment and footwear workers took part in the rally on Sunday to round up votes for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party ahead of the fifth National Assembly elections on July 28. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Phearum>
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East Asia
Buddhist devotees perform ceremony at birthplace of Tibetan Buddhism founder
A buddhist wearing a mask attends a ceremony expressing stories of Gods and ghosts in Tibetan Buddhism at the Taer (Gumbum) Monastery in Huangzhong County of Xining, capital of northwest China’s Qinghai Province, July 14, 2013. The ceremony, which is called “Tiao Qian” in Chinese, was held on Sunday here…
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South East Asia
About 200 Indonesian prisoners set fires and escape from prison
Authorities were searching for scores of inmates, including terrorists, who escaped a crowded Indonesian prison that was still burning Friday after prisoners set fires and started a deadly riot at the facility in the nation’s third-largest city. Thousands of policemen and soldiers are deployed around Tanjung Gusta prison to blockade…
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West Asia
Turkish protesters announce end of protests in Kugulu Park as swans return
Protesters react as they announce the end of their protests in Kugulu Park, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, July 11, 2013. Kugulu Park, or Swan Park, was for weeks a main gathering point for thousands of Turkish anti-government protesters before the return of the swans that were transferred to another place…
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East Asia
National pride raised at Indonesian students conference held in Daejeon
The 6th Conference of the Indonesian Students Association in Korea: ‘Empowering National Pride with Knowledge Collaboration’ On July 7th, 2013, with the support of our partners and the enthusiasm of Indonesian scholars, the Indonesian Students Association in Korea (PERPIKA) successfully held CISAK 2013 at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and…
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East Asia
New Zealand signs Free Trade Agreement with Taiwan in low-key ceremony
New Zealand on Wednesday signed a free trade agreement with Taiwan in a deliberately low-key ceremony designed to demonstrate the South Pacific nation’s fealty to its formal relations with mainland China. The location of the signing ceremony at a university and the absence of senior officials from either side underscored…
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