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East Asia
New Confucius Institute inaugurated in Istanbul, Turkey
Consul General of China in Istanbul Zhang Qingyang (2nd L), President of Okan University Sule Kut (3rd L), Chairman of Okan University board Okan Bekir (3rd R), President of Beijing Language and Culture University Cui Xiliang (2nd R), Cultural Counsellor of the Embassy of China Yu Jian (1st R) are…
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West Asia
In the animal kingdom, a sheep can’t be a king
In the animal kingdom, a sheep can’t be a king. The sentence written above was so simple, but the reactionary rage over reading it “from the Muslim Brotherhood” was so huge. It started when Mr. Ihab Al Salmawi prepared the English second term exam for the students of the secondary…
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East Asia
Taiwan’s ‘Farewell to Arms’ to end mandatory military service
A Taiwanese plan to end mandatory military service and shift to an all-volunteer force is running into a problem: not enough volunteers. Such forces are generally considered superior to conscripted ones, because those serving want to be there. Taiwan wants to field a leaner and meaner military of…
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South Asia
Pakistani opposition supporters protest against alleged vote rigging
Supporters of Pakistani politician Imran Khan shout slogans during a protest against alleged vote rigging in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on May 13, 2013. High turnout in Pakistan’s landmark election was a positive step for democracy even though the campaign was marred by violence and irregularities, a European Union observer mission…
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East Asia
A Chinese woman covers her face to protect from floating dust
A woman covers her face with a scarf to protect her from floating dust in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, May 13, 2013. Floating dust hit Yinchuan on Monday. The city landscape is seen enveloped in dust in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous…
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South East Asia
A Filipino soldier stands guard polling stations during midterm election
A soldier stands guard on the highway to polling stations during the midterm election in the southern Philippine town of Datu Unsay in Maguindanao, May 13, 2013. The Philippine midterm elections commenced across the country on Monday. More than 52,000 Filipinos trooped to their election precincts Monday to cast their…
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South Asia
Death toll reaches 1127 as search ends at collapsed Bangladeshi building
A man walks at the site where a Bangladesh garment-factory building collapsed on April 24 in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, May 13, 2013. Nearly three weeks after the building collapsed, the search for the dead ended Monday at the site of the worst disaster in the history of the…
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South Asia
Yunus appeals for action on Bangladesh’s garment industry
Editor’s note: The microfinance pioneer and Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus says action is urgently needed to improve the conditions of four million Bangladeshi workers. In his writing as the first involvement since the incident, he calls on foreign clothes companies to fix a minimum wage for workers to prevent…
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South East Asia
Filipinos fill out ballots at classroom during mid-term elections
Filipinos fill out ballots at a classroom used as a voting precinct during mid-term elections at a school in Manila, Philippines on Monday, May 13, 2013. The country is electing local officials from senators to congressmen and down to municipal mayors during Monday’s mid-term elections. A member of the Philippine…
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South Asia
Bangladesh’s bomb disposal crew defuse bomb during nationwide strike
Members of Bangladesh’s bomb disposal unit defuse a bomb during a nationwide strike called by Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The strike was called after a Bangladesh tribunal on Thursday convicted Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, a top Islamic party politician of atrocities stemming from the nation’s 1971…
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