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East Asia
Aftershocks pose threat of secondary disasters in quake-hit Sichuan
Secondary disasters such as mudslides and dam-related crises may occur in the days or even months after earthquake of April 20, threatening the safety of residents and rescuers, geologists warn. China’s authorities issued warnings amid potential for mudslides, damage to dams and nuclear plants in earthquake-hit areas, according to the…
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East Asia
A Chinese mother holds her kid at shelter in earthquake-ravaged Sichuan
Ling Guifang (L), a vender selling cooked meat, runs her business next to a public shelter in Lushan County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, April 21, 2013. Military and civilian rescue teams are struggling to reach every household in Lushan and neighboring counties of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, badly hit by…
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East Asia
Chinese rescuers carry injured villager in quake-hit Sichuan
People carry an injured villager while walking down a hill in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, April 21, 2013. After two days of work, traffic was preliminarily restored on Sunday on a quake-damaged section of the S210 highway that connects the isolated Baoxing County with neighboring Lushan County, the epicenter of…
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South Asia
Indian youths shout slogans during protest against rape of 5-year-old girl
Indian policemen stand behind barricades to block protesters against the rape of a 5-year-old girl near the India Gate monument in New Delhi, India, Sunday, April 21, 2013. The girl was raped and tortured by a man who held her in a locked room in India’s capital for more than…
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West Asia
A Bahraini riot policeman chases protersters throwing petrol bombs
Black smoke leaps the air after Bahraini anti-government protesters, not pictured, set ablaze a row of burning tires set on a street in Jidhafs, Bahrain, Sunday, April 21, 2013. A riot policeman chases protesters, not pictured, throwing petrol bombs, on a street in Jidhafs, Bahrain, Sunday, April 21, 2013. <AP…
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East Asia
International community expresses condolences over China earthquake
Some countries Saturday conveyed condolences to China over a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, which has killed at least 124 people. In a message sent to Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered condolences on Saturday over the devastating earthquake and said that Russia is willing…
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East Asia
Strong quake jolts China’s Sichuan, killing 160
A powerful earthquake struck the steep hills of China’s southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday, leaving at least 160 people dead and more than 5,500 injured, nearly five years after a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region. Saturday’s quake, while not as destructive as the one in 2008, toppled…
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West Asia
A visually-impaired Palestinian teacher makes bamboo chairs
Mahmoud Taha, a 61-year-old visually-impaired Palestinian teacher, works on chairs made of bamboo at a workshop in Al-Ala’iya school for visually-impaired children in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, April 15, 2013. Taha, who was injured in an Israeli bomb explosion when he was nine years old, teaches and trains…
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South Asia
Pakistan’s carpet exports dwindle to half during last five years
Pakistanis craft hand-made carpets at a local factory in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta, April 14, 2013. According to reports, Pakistan’s carpet exports have witnessed a huge decline of more than 50 percent during the last five years. <Xinhua/Mohammad>
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East Asia
A Chinese sanitation worker sprays disinfectant to bird flu confirmed house
A staff member wearing a protection suit spray disinfectant to the hen house whose the proprietor surnamed Chen in Chajian Town of Tianchang City, east China’s Anhui Province, April 16, 2013. Chen was tested positive for H7N9 virus on April 15, according to the provincial health department in Anhui. Chen’s…
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