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South Asia
Indian patients evacuated from hospital after magnitude-5.4 earthquake
Patients are evacuated from a hospital after a magnitude-5.4 earthquake in Bhaderwah area, in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, India, May 1, 2013. Officials say a moderately strong earthquake has hit a mountainous region in Indian-controlled Kashmir, injuring at least nine people and damaging several buildings. <AP Photo>
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South Asia
Indians carry dead body of infamous 5-year-old rape victim
In this Tuesday, April 30, 2013 photo, Indians carry the body of a 5-year-old girl who died at a hospital where she was being treated for injuries after being raped, in Ghansor, Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh state, India. The girl suffered cardiac arrest and died late Monday at a…
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West Asia
A huge environmental crime in Egypt committed by Qatari LNG carrier
On January 1st, 2009, one of the world’s largest Q-Max LNG carriers was delivered to Nakilat and Qatargas Operating Company Limited at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd., Okpo shipyard on Geoje Island, South Korea. The Nakilat, the Qatar gas transport companyr, owned 263,000 CBM LNG Carrier “Lijmiliya” that…
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West Asia
Israeli settlers protest against deadly attack in West Bank
Israeli security forces guard to prevent possible clashes between Israeli settlers and Palestinians at Tapuach, a major junction in the northern West Bank in the evening of April 30, 2013, after a Jewish settler was stabbed to death by a Palestinian man here in the morning. Hundreds of Jewish settlers…
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South Asia
Posters look for missing persons in Bangladeshi building collapse
Workers toil in the collapsed garment factory building on Tuesday 30, April, 2013 in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Emergency workers hauling large concrete slabs from a collapsed 8-story building said Tuesday they expect to find many dead bodies when they reach the ground floor, indicating the death toll will be…
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South Asia
Nepali brick factory laborers take rest on eve of International Labor Day
Laborers take rest as they work at a brick factory on the eve of International Labor Day on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Nepalese workers affiliated to various trade unions are expected to celebrate the day Wednesday by taking out parades and rallies. A Nepalese laborer…
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East Asia
Activists gear up for annual North Korea Freedom Week
As tensions continue to grow on the Korean peninsula in light of recent nuclear developments, the international community has began to shift its focus to the Hermit Kingdom. Many activists are arguing that reports of Kim Jong-eun’s nuclear provocations are actually overshadowing the more important issue in North Korea: human…
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South East Asia
Opening ceremony for 69th session of UN ESCAP held in Bangkok
The opening ceremony of the Ministerial Segment of the 69th Commission Session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is held in Bangkok, Thailand, April 29, 2013. The 69th UN ESCAP Commission Session is held at the UN Conference Center in Bangkok from April 25…
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East Asia
Fully loaded South Korean vehicles evacuate from Gaesong
South Korean soldiers patrol on Grand Unification Bridge, leading to the Gaesong Industrial Complex inside the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, April 29, 2013. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday allowed all but seven South Koreans to return home…
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West Asia
Syrian Refugees wait for military bus to get home from Jordan camp
Syrian refugees carry their belongings as they wait their turn to get on a military bus, enroute to the border to cross into Syria again, at the Zaatari refugee camp, near the Syrian border, in Mafraq, Jordan, Monday, April 29, 2013. The United Nations says there roughly about 1,000 Syrian…
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