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South East Asia
Opening ceremony for 69th session of UN ESCAP held in Bangkok
The opening ceremony of the Ministerial Segment of the 69th Commission Session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is held in Bangkok, Thailand, April 29, 2013. The 69th UN ESCAP Commission Session is held at the UN Conference Center in Bangkok from April 25…
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East Asia
Fully loaded South Korean vehicles evacuate from Gaesong
South Korean soldiers patrol on Grand Unification Bridge, leading to the Gaesong Industrial Complex inside the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, April 29, 2013. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday allowed all but seven South Koreans to return home…
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West Asia
Syrian Refugees wait for military bus to get home from Jordan camp
Syrian refugees carry their belongings as they wait their turn to get on a military bus, enroute to the border to cross into Syria again, at the Zaatari refugee camp, near the Syrian border, in Mafraq, Jordan, Monday, April 29, 2013. The United Nations says there roughly about 1,000 Syrian…
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South Asia
A Guinness record holder dead in stunt to cross river with zip wire
In this Sunday, April 28, 2013 photograph, people watch as Indian Sailendra Nath Roy attempts to cross Teesta river suspended from a zip wire attached to his ponytail moments before his death in Siliguri, West Bengal state, India. Roy who was named a Guinness World Record holder in 2011 for…
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South East Asia
Myanmarese activists protest against crackdown at copper mine project
Activists hold banners as they stage a rally against recent crackdown at Letpadaung copper mine project, outside the city hall in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, April 29, 2013. Police in northwestern Myanmar injured seven people and arrested three others last Thursday in a new crackdown on residents opposed to the controversial…
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North Korea is ruthless and desperate, but not crazy
Editor’s note: Following commentary is written by Denny Roy who is Senior Fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, specializing in Northeast Asia security issues. North Korea seems to be crazy, threatening to use recently acquired nuclear weapons against South Korea and the USA. But the Democratic People’s Republic…
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South East Asia
A suspension bridge crossing Pasak river in Thailand collapses
Thai villagers and rescuers sift through the wreckage of a suspension bridge crossing the Pasak river after it collapsed Sunday, April 28, 2013 in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand. Police say at least four people have been killed and a dozen have been injured when the small bridge collapsed in the…
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East Asia
Chinese Premier Li asks about bird flu virus while visiting health authorities
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shakes hands with staff members of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Beijing, capital of China, April 28, 2013. Li urged authorities to be vigilant against the H7N9 avian flu virus and prepare themselves for any new developments. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang…
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Society
Mexican Journalists call for end to attacks on press people
Journalists march together during a protest to demand justice in the Regina Martinez case, a journalist killed a year ago and to demand an end to more recent attacks on the press in Mexico City, Sunday April 28, 2013. Journalists in several states organized a demonstration on Sunday to mark…
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South Asia
Nepali women challenge traditional menstrual practice forced to them
Kathmandu – Women in Dailekh district, in western Nepal, are slowly giving up the Chhaupadi tradition, a system in which the women are forced to stay in the cow sheds or natural caves during their menstruation cycle. Sad yet true, many women in the remote parts of western Nepal are…
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