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West Asia
Afghan children enjoy at a makeshift merry-go-round next to a cemetery in Kabul
Afghan children enjoy a ride on a makeshift merry-go-around next to a cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 31, 2013. An Afghan girl rests after fetching water for her home on a tombstone at a cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 31, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Ahmad Jamshid>
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West Asia
Moroccan unionists march through capital Rabat chanting fall of the gov’t
Moroccan union members chant for the fall of the government as thousands of labor union activists marched through Morocco’s capital Rabat Sunday March 31, 2013. The banner in Arabic reads “Benkirane you take us to the precipice” in reference of the Moroccan Prime Minister. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Abdeljalil Bounhar>
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South Asia
Indians attend World Hindu Council’s meeting for building a Ram Temple in Ayodhya
Indian Hindus raise their hands as they attend Vishwa Hindu Parishad(VHP) or World Hindu Council’s meeting in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, March 31, 2013. The VHP organized the meeting Sunday as part of restarting it’s campaign for the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Placard reads, “Hindu Ahead.” <AP Photo/NEWSis/Ajit…
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West Asia
Egyptian activists denounce the gov’t for having escalated intimidation of critics
Egyptian activists shout anti-Muslim brotherhood slogans in front of Egypt’s state prosecutors office in support of popular Egyptian television satirist Bassem Youssef, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Government opponents said the warrant against such a high profile figure, as Youssef, known for lampooning President Mohammed Morsi and the…
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South East Asia
Journalists in Myanmar have become freer than before under the gov’t reform process
Journalists work in the newsroom of The Voice daily newspaper in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, March 31, 2013. The reform process under President Thein Sein, who took office two years ago this month, has included the abolition of direct censorship of local media. On Monday, independent daily newspapers will be able…
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South East Asia
Muslim people protest against Mass Organizations Bill in Jakarta
People of muslim organizations protest against Mass Organizations bill in front of the Indonesian parliament building in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 28, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Veri Sanovri>
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West Asia
Women hold pictures of those killed in a botched raid by Turkish military jet in 2011
A woman throws her ID card as family members of 34 Turkish Kurdish civilians who were killed in Dec. 2011 in a botched raid in Uludere at Turkey-Iraq border by Turkish military jets that mistook the group for Kurdish rebels based in Iraq, hold their pictures as they stage a…
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South East Asia
People visit war museum in Hanoi on 40th anniversary of American troop withdrawal from Vietnam
Visitors to the Vietnam Military History Museum walk around the remains of an American fighter jet that was shot down or crashed close to Hanoi during the Vietnam War on Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Hanoi, Vietnam. Friday, March 29, is the 40th anniversary of the withdrawal of American combat…
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East Asia
Chinese vice president receives delegation of Int’l Women’s Forum in Beijing
Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao (5th L, front) meets with a delegation of the International Women’s Forum headed by its president Deedee Corradini, in Beijing, capital of China, March 28, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Pang Xinglei>
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East Asia
NK’s effort to block defectors pays off
Where have all the NK refugees gone? In late February, I was travelling in an area which should be frequently visited by any serious North Korean watcher – the parts of China in the vicinity of the North Korean border, the Yanbian autonomous region in particular. In the past many…
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