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East Asia
People on bicycles wear half sleeve shirts as it gets hot in Chongqing, China
People ride on Nanbin street in Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, March 7, 2013. The highest temperature rose to 28 degrees Celsius in Chongqing on Thursday. <Xinhua/Chen Cheng>
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South East Asia
People in Phnom Penh march a street demanding release of an arrested woman
Villagers from Boeung Kok lake march through the main street wearing a portrait of detained Yoam Bopha, to mark the World Women’s Day, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, March. 8, 2013. Bopha was arrested by local authorities after her protest over compensation for her loss of her house due to…
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East Asia
Be wary of the ‘Seikanron’ descendants
Joint Project between the Northeast Asian History Foundation and The AsiaN *Editor’s Note: Security in East Asia is swaying in a rough sea. North Korea’s nuclear crisis has been highly elated amid existing territorial disputes and deep-rooted conflicts between nations in the region. South Korea, China and Japan, the countries…
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East Asia
Journalists inspect Fukushima nuclear power plant harmed by tsunami
Members of the media wearing protective suits and masks are escorted by TEPCO employees while walking near the building housing the plant’s No. 4 reactor, center, and an under construction foundation which will store the reactor’s melted fuel rods at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in…
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East Asia
NK soldiers under training amid a threat to cancel 1953 cease-fire in Pyongyang
Soldiers of Kim Il Sung Military University perform military training on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea’s military is vowing to cancel the 1953 cease-fire that ended the Korean War, straining already frayed ties between Washington and Pyongyang as the United Nations moves to impose punishing…
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South Asia
Members of a Nepal Maoist faction stage anti-gov’t protest in Katmandu
Members of the splinter faction of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal Maoist shout slogans against the government during a general strike Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. The strike called to protest the decision to form an interim government led by the Supreme Court chief justice disrupted normal life…
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West Asia
A growing number of Syrians seek refuges in Turkey due to gov’t airstrike
In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 file photo, Syrian refugees, who fled their home in Idlib due to a government airstrike, look out of a vehicle’s window just after crossing the border from Syria to Turkey, in Cilvegozu, Turkey. Turkey is home to nearly 200,000 Syrian refugees in camps, with…
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West Asia
Iran confirms to be ready to respond to IAEA’s concerns
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast speaks during a press conference in Tehran, March 5, 2013. Mehmanparast said Tuesday that Iran is ready to respond to the concerns of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after an agreement is reached. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Ahmad Halabisaz>
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West Asia
Swarms of locust from Egypt cover various green fields in southern Israel
Swarms of locust fly near Kadesh Barnea, Israel, on March 5, 2013. The swarms of locust came from Egypt on Monday, covering various green fields and areas in southern Israel, mainly near the borders between Israel and Egypt. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Jini>
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South Asia
A Pakistani boy sleeps in a brick factory paying him less than $3 cents a day
A Pakistani child sleeps on the ground between the bricks, while his mother, not pictured, works in a brick factory on the outskirts of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. According to workers at the factory, adults earn 350 Rupees ($3.57 cents), while children earn 250 Rupees ($2.55 cents), per…
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