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East Asia
People remember 46 sailors killed when South Korean naval ship “Cheonan” was sunken three years ago
A man looks at illustration board showing the portraits of the 46 sailors killed when their naval ship “Cheonan,” was sunken, in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 25, 2013. An explosion ripped apart the 1,200-ton warship, killing 46 sailors near the maritime border with North Korea in 2010. A photo…
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East Asia
Cambodian PM, Chinese ambassador attend a ceremony to build 7th bridge over a river between the two nations
Combodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R, front) shakes hands with Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Pan Guangxue during the ground-breaking ceremony of the Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge in Koh Thom district of Kandal province, Cambodia, March 25, 2013. Cambodia on Monday broke ground for the construction of the 7th Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge…
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South East Asia
Ban Ki-moon’s special adviser visits Yangon to look at clashes between Buddhists and Muslims
Vijay Nambiar, left, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s special adviser on Myanmar, and Myanmar Buddhist monks meet with Muslim refugees, during ethnic unrest between Buddhists and Muslims, as they visit a rescue camp in Meikhtila, Mandalay division, about 550 kilometers (340 miles) north of Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, March 24, 2013.…
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South East Asia
Myanmar Muslims take refuge at a stadium near Yangon after clashes with Buddhists
Muslims share relief food from private donors as they take refuge at a stadium in Meikhtila, Mandalay division, about 550 kilometers (340 miles) north of Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, March.24, 2013. Myanmar’s army took control of a ruined central city on Saturday, regaining control after several days of clashes between Buddhists…
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South Asia
Musharraf addresses his supporters upon his arrival in Karachi to run for coming parliamentary election
Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf (back-C) addresses supporters outside the airport his arrival from Dubai in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on March 24, 2013. Musharraf returned home on Sunday after a self-exile for over four years to take part in the May 11 parliamentary elections, his party said.…
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South Asia
The World Tuberculosis Day observed in Nepal where 45 percent of its total population are infected with the disease
Nepalese students participate in a program marking the World TB (tuberculosis) Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 24, 2013. According to the National Tuberculosis Center (NTC) Nepal, around 40,000 people catch TB and 5,000-7,000 people die of it each year. NTC estimates that about 45 percent of Nepal’s total population is…
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East Asia
Jackie Chan, Malaysian PM get together for fund-raising performance in Kuantan
Hong Kong action movie star Jackie Chan (1st R) attends a fund-raising performance with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib (2nd R) in Kuantan, Malaysia, March 23, 2013. The event was held here to raise money for the construction of a new Chinese school. <Xinhua/NEWSis>
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South East Asia
Myanmar police watch people of Thon Min Yar village, ground zero for drug trade
In this Feb 20, 2013 photo, an ethnic Lisu man looks out of his house as Myanmar police officers watch a gathering of villagers in Thon Min Yar village, central Shan state, Myanmar. Far from Myanmar’s postcard-perfect pagodas and colonial relics, the remote mountain villages of southern Shan State do…
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West Asia
UNESCO threatens Old City of Sanaa in Yemen to remove from the list of world heritage sites
Local residents were seen going in and out of the Old City of Sanaa in Yemen, on March 21, 2013. The Old City of Sanaa was declared a world heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1986. But UNESCO has recently threatened to remove…
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West Asia
Thousands of Kurds rally to support their jailed leader who called for immediate cease-fire with Turkey
Some thousands of supporters demonstrate waving various PKK flags and images of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013, as Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory, a major…
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