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South East Asia
Filipinos fill out ballots at classroom during mid-term elections
Filipinos fill out ballots at a classroom used as a voting precinct during mid-term elections at a school in Manila, Philippines on Monday, May 13, 2013. The country is electing local officials from senators to congressmen and down to municipal mayors during Monday’s mid-term elections. A member of the Philippine…
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South Asia
Bangladesh’s bomb disposal crew defuse bomb during nationwide strike
Members of Bangladesh’s bomb disposal unit defuse a bomb during a nationwide strike called by Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The strike was called after a Bangladesh tribunal on Thursday convicted Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, a top Islamic party politician of atrocities stemming from the nation’s 1971…
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West Asia
46 people dead from bombing near Turkey’s border with Syria
People view the scene at one of the Saturday explosion sites that killed 46 and injured about 50 others, in Reyhanli, near Turkey’s border with Syria, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The bombings on Saturday marked the biggest incident of cross-border violence since the start of Syria’s bloody civil war and…
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South East Asia
Myanmarese take HSK, Chinese language proficiency test
Candidates take an examination of HSK in Mandalay, Myanmar, on May 12, 2013. A Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, known as HSK or a proficiency test on Chinese language for non-native speakers, was held for the first half of 2013 in Northern Myanmar where 1281 candidates entered for the test. <Xinhua/Hou Baoqiang>
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East Asia
Chinese rescuers enter coal mine where explosions killed many miners
In this Saturday, May 11, 2013 photo, rescuers prepare to enter the Dashan Coal Mine for rescue operation in Pingba county in southwest China’s Guizhou province. Authorities say 40 miners have died in two separate coal mine explosions in southwestern China. <AP Photo>
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South Asia
Pakistan Muslim League-N party supporters celebrate election victory
A supporter of Pakistan Muslim League-N party sits on his motorcycle decorated with posters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as he and other his others celebrate their party’s victory in the parliamentary election outside the party’s headquarter in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Sharif looked set Sunday…
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West Asia
A Yemeni boy jumps into rain-water pond for fun
A boy jumps into the water as he and others, unseen, swim in a rain-water pond on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. A farmer and his donkey plow a field on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. <AP Photo/Hani Mohammed>
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West Asia
An Afghan man rides bike under rainbow hung in the sky
A rainbow is seen, as an afghan man rides his bike on a street in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 6, 2013. Temperatures increased to 22 degrees Celsius (72 degrees Fahrenheit). <AP Photo/Rahmat Gul>
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South East Asia
20th Vietnam Int’l Medi-Pharm Exhibition kicks off in capital Hanoi
Visitors listen to introductions at the 20th Vietnam International Exhibitions on Products, Equipment, Supplies for Pharmaceutical, Medical, Hospital and Rehabilitation (Vietnam Medi-Pharm 2013) in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, on May 8, 2013. An international exhibition on medicine and pharmacy, the Vietnam Medi-Pharm 2013, kicked off in capital Hanoi on Wednesday,…
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West Asia
Iraninans demand more homes to be built to improve their lives
In this picture taken on Sunday, May 4, 2013, an Iranian vendor waits for customers in the old bazaar of the eastern city of Birjand, Iran. When struggling families in the eastern Iranian city of Birjand take measure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presidency in its waning weeks, it’s not about his…
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