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East Asia
A villager squats on dried-up field as severe drought ravages Sichuan Prov.
A villager squats on the dried-up field in the Hulu Village of Zizhong County in Neijiang City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, April 3, 2013. A severe drought has lingered over most areas of Sichuan since last winter, leaving more than 2.6 million people short of drinking water. Villagers carry water…
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West Asia
Syrian anti-government militants inspect weapons in al-Jazeera region
This undated image posted on a militant website purports to show militants in the al-Jazeera region on the Iraqi side of the Syria-Iraq border. Last month, militants inside Iraq killed 48 Syrian government troops who had sought refuge from the war in their country _ an ambush that regional officials…
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West Asia
Israeli Border Police arrest an Palestinian protester as tensions hightened
Israeli Border Police arrest a First Aid Arab Union Society member during clashes in Jerusalem’s Old City, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Clashes erupted during a protest in support of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh, 64, who was serving a life sentence for his role in a foiled attempt to bomb a busy…
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East Asia
A Chinese Navy squad arrives at Algeria as part of escort missions
Li Xiaoyan (L), commander of the 13th Escort Taskforce of the Chinese Navy, shakes hands with Liu Yuhe, Chinese Ambassador to Algeria, at the habour of Algiers, Algeria, on April 2, 2013. The 13th naval escort squad, sent by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, arrived at Algiers of…
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West Asia
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi visits students who suffered food poisoning
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (front R) visits al-Azhar University students who suffered food poisoning at a hospital in Cairo, Egypt, Apr. 2, 2013. As many as 561 Egyptian students of al-Azhar University have been infected with food poisoning on Apr, 1, with no deaths reported, spokesman for the Ministry of…
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South Asia
Indian Tamil movie stars demand a probe into alleged wartime abuses
Indian Tamil movie stars sit during a day-long fast demanding probe into alleged wartime abuses by Sri Lanka in Chennai, India, April 2, 2013. The Indian movie stars fasted for a day in a protest demanding a UN probe into alleged wartime abuses on ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka. <Xinhua/Stringer>
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South Asia
Sri Lankan port workers protest against tougher action on Tamils
Sri Lankan port workers demonstrate outside the Colombo harbor, calling for a boycott of cargo from south Indian ports in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 2, 2013. The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu called for tougher action against Sri Lanka over the island’s human rights record with minority Tamils…
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West Asia
Bassem Youssef: Egypt’s iconic satirist
All around the world, there are many satirical programs, whether it’s political or not, with real or made-up events. But in the Arab world, it differs. Political satirical programs are rare. They almost don’t exist. In Tunisia, for example, there was a short program where they show puppets which look…
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South East Asia
A fire kills 13 children at a mosque in Yangon, Myanmar
Muslim religious leaders gather at a mosque following a fire that killed 13 children at a mosque in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Police in Myanmar said 13 children died when an electrical fire broke out at the mosque in the country’s largest city. <AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe> Members of…
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West Asia
Iranian boycott of pistachio praised as a way to leave more nuts for exporting
In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 photo, an Iranian shopkeeper sells pistachios, at his shop in western Tehran, Iran. Pistachios are Iran’s top non-oil export and provide work for hundreds of thousands of people. Still, Iranian authorities are backing the boycott. They laud it as a way to decrease domestic…
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