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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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West Asia
Palestinians work on Qatar-funded road in Gaza City
In this Monday, April 8, 2013 photo, Palestinians work on a Qatar-funded road in Gaza City. The newly re-elected leader of Hamas, Khaled Mashaal, is expected to strengthen ties with Qatar, Egypt and Turkey in his next four-year term. <AP Photo/Hatem Moussa>
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South Asia
Nepalese people drag killed leopard that injured 15 locals
Nepalese people drag a dead leopard that attacked locals at Gothatar, Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. According to reports, the leopard injured 15 people, including three policemen and two officials from the Department of Forest. The leopard was later killed with the help of Nepalese policemen and local media…
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East Asia
A S. Korean soldier patrols barricaded border village of Panmunjom
A South Korean army soldier walks at barricaded Unification Bridge near the border village of Panmunjom, that has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 11, 2013. As the world braced for a provocative missile launch by North Korea, with…
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South Asia
An Indian sand sculpture mourns for “Iron lady” Thatcher
Indians look at the sand sculpture of former Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher made by Sudarshan Pattnaik, as a mark of homage, at the golden beach of Puri, about 67 kilometers (42 miles) away from the southeastern Indian temple city Bhubaneswar, India, India, Tuesday, 09 April 2013. <AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout>
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