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East Asia
NK leader Kim Jong-un watch firing drill conducted by detachment in Jangjae Islet
The undated photo provided by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 14, 2013 shows Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), watching a live shell firing drill at the southwest sector of the front line. Kim Jong Un watched and guided the drill…
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South Asia
People in New Delhi ask Italian gov’t to send back two marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen
Indian people take part in a protest near Italian embassy to India in New Delhi, India, on March 14, 2013. India’s Supreme Court on Thursday asked Italian Ambassador Daniele Mancini not to leave this country without its orders, a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned of “consequences on bilateral…
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West Asia
An Iraqi girl who lost her eyes by a bomb, gets a kiss from her cousins in Baghdad
In this Saturday, March 9, 2013 photo, Shams Karim gets a kiss from her cousins in Baghdad, Iraq. It’s been more than six years since a bomb ripped away the eyes from Shams Karim, killed her mother and left the little girl, now 7, blind for life. Throughout Iraq there…
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Central Asia
Kremlin Palace looks white as rare heavy snowfall hit Moscow
A guard stands outside the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, March 14, 2013. A rare heavy snowfall hit Moscow on Wednesday and Thursday, causing traffic jams and disturbing scheduled flights. People walk during a snowfall in Moscow, Russia, March 14, 2013. <Xinhua/Jiang Kehong>
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West Asia
Syrian children wait for arrival of helping hand on a tree at refugee camp in Lebanon
A Syrian refugee boy, sits outside his tent as his family are seen in the background, at a small refugee camp, in Ketermaya village southeast of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday March 14, 2013. The number of registered Syrian refugees jumped 10 percent in just one week to more than 1.1 million,…
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West Asia
Libyans attend a traing workshop for maintenance of Holy Koran in Tripoli
Libyans practise during the training workshop for maintenance of the Holy Koran on the first day of its launch in the Libyan capital Tripoli, March 13, 2013. <Xinhua/Hamza Turkia>
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West Asia
UN Under-Secretary-General comforts Syrian children at a refuge camp in Turkey
Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, greets Syrian refugee children at a school during her visit to a Syrian refugee camp in Kilis, near the Turkish-Syrian border, Turkey, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General and Emergency…
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West Asia
Kurdish rebels free 8 Turkish soldiers under their detention as a goodwill gesture
Turkish prisoners, left, stand after their release in the northern Iraqi city of Dahuk, after being held for two years in northern Iraq by the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq freed eight captured Turkish soldiers and officials on Wednesday as part…
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South East Asia
Suu Kyi comforts people in a mine village who got angry with gov’t over violent handling of protesters
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, speaks during a meeting with villagers at a school during a visit to an area near the Letpadaung copper mine, in Monywa township, 760 kilometers (450 miles) north of Yangon, central Myanmar, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Opponents of the nearly $1 billion…
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South Asia
Kashmiris express anger at funeral of a man shot to death by soldiers for throwing stones in Srinagar
Kashmiris shout freedom slogans during the funeral procession of civilian Altaf Ahmed Wani, 35, in Srinagar, India, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Paramilitary soldiers shot and killed Wani who they said was part of a group of protesters throwing stones at vehicles taking those injured in a militant attack to a…
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