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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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West Asia
Bahraini anti-gov’t protesters clash with police after funeral of a man who died under arrest
Bahraini anti-government protesters throw petrol bombs toward riot police during clashes in Diraz, Bahrain, Monday, April 1, 2013. Clashes erupted between police and anti-government protesters after the funeral for Abdul Ghani al-Rayes, who relatives and activists say collapsed and died outside of a police station where his son had been…
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Female tourists down 35% following sex assaults in India
Tourism in India dropped significantly in the first three months of this year as a result of the heinous rapes and attacks on foreign female travelers that received widespread international attention, a new industry survey has found. In the months from January through March 2013, the number of foreigners traveling…
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South East Asia
Filipino Sultan of Sulu and Archbishop Palma discuss ongoing clashes in Sabah state
In this photo made available by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-News (CBCP-News), Filipino Sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram III, left, talks with CBCP President Archbishop Jose Palma during their meeting in Manila, Philippines on Monday April 1, 2013. Kiram and Palma discussed the on and off clashes in…
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South Asia
A Pakistani housewife runs for parliament for the first time from tribal area of Bajur
Badam Zari, second from right, leaves the election office after filing her candidacy for Parliament in Khar, capital of the Pakistani tribal area of Bajur, Monday, April 1, 2013. A 40-year-old Pakistani housewife has made history by becoming the first woman to run for parliament from the country’s northwest tribal…
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