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South Asia
Hindu school children play in Pashupatinath Temple in Katmandu
Students from Bhagwat Sanyas Ashram School for Hindu religion practice play during their break in the premises Pashupatinath Temple in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The temple located on the banks of the Bagmati River is one of the most revered temples of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of…
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East Asia
Chinese college graduates crowd a job fair in Tianjian
Job hunters take part in a job fair at the Tianjin University of Finance and Economics in Tianjin, north China, April 10, 2013. The job fair attracted 225 enterprises and institutions, providing 4,700 job vacancies for college graduates. <Xinhua/Liu Dongyue>
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East Asia
A N. Korean soldier patrols Chinese border amid threat on missile launch
In this Wednesday, April 10, 2013 photo, a North Korean soldier holds his rifle patroling on the river bank of the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite to the Chinese border city of Dandong. North Korea delivered a fresh round of rhetoric Thursday with claims it had “powerful striking means”…
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West Asia
Lamborghini Aventador joins Dubai Police fleet in UAE
This image released by the Dubai Police, shows a Lamborghini Aventador, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, April 11, 2013. In a city of boundless bling, Dubai police also are in hot pursuit after adding a nearly $550,000 Lamborghini to its fleet. Local media reports Thursday say the Italian-made Lamborghini…
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South Asia
Sri Lankan artists protest against movie arists in Tamil Nadu
Sri Lankan artists participate in a peaceful seated protest outside the Independence Square in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April 11, 2013. Artists protested against movie artists in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu who alleged their fellow Tamils in neighboring Sri Lanka were subjected to human rights violations during…
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West Asia
Civilians continue to be killed by Syrian regime’s airstrikes
In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 file photo, a Syrian woman stands amid the ruins of her house which was destroyed in an airstrike by government warplanes a few days earlier, killing 11 members of her family, in the neighborhood of Ansari, Aleppo, Syria. President Bashar Assad has exploited his…
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West Asia
Yemeni people hail President’s decision to make military shakeup
An elderly Yemeni man shouts slogans during a demonstration to hail the decisions by Yemen’s President Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi to make a military shakeup, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, April 11, 2013. Yemen’s president removed his predecessor’s son and nephews from powerful security posts on Wednesday in the most dramatic…
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East Asia
North Koreans visit Pyongyang Folk Park
North Koreans visit the Pyongyang Folk Park on the outskirts of Pyongyang Thursday, April 11, 2013. The park, which spans Korean history from prehistoric to modern times, opened in September 2012 after three years of construction by North Korean soldiers. <AP Photo/David Guttenfelder>
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West Asia
Syrian children play with toys at new refugee camp in Jordan
Syrian refugee children play toys given by members of the UAE Red Crescent after their arrival at the new Mrajeeb Al Fhood refugee camp, 20 km east of the city of Zarqa, Jordan, on April 10, 2013. <Xinhua/Mohammad Abu Ghosh>
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South Asia
Pakistani intermediate range ballistic missile launched
This handout photo released by the Pakistan’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) office on April 10, 2013, shows a Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile Hatf IV Shaheen-1 Weapon System launched from an undisclosed location in Pakistan. Pakistan on Wednesday successfully launched the Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile, which can carry nuclear warheads,…
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