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East Asia
A spring snowfall hits north China’s Taiyuan, Shanxi Province
Citizens holding umbrellas walk on a snowy road in Taiyuan, capital of north China’s Shanxi Province, April 19, 2013. A cold front brought snowfall to the city on April 19 morning. <Xinhua/Zhan Yan> Pedestrians cross a snowy road in Taiyuan, capital of north China’s Shanxi Province, April 19, 2013. The…
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West Asia
Bahraini protesters set up roadblocks opposing Formula One Grand Prix
Bahraini youths set up cement block roadblocks during clashes with riot police to slow police vehicles moving through the village of Diraz, Bahrain, on Thursday, April 18, 2013. Graffiti at right opposing the upcoming Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix, to be held Sunday, is written beneath pictures and names of…
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East Asia
A N. Korean policeman directs traffic as screen shows rockets firing
A traffic policeman directs cars while video on a screen shows rockets being fired at dusk in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. <AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan>
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South East Asia
An Indonesian sews his mouth in hunger strike against rising fuel costs
A college student sews his mouth as he participates in a hunger strike against rising fuel costs in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 17, 2013. The Indonesian government would possibly increase price of subsidized fuel should the energy and mineral resources ministry fail to control consumption of the fuel in two key…
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West Asia
Former Egyptian President Murabak to be sent back to Prison Hospital
A supporter of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sits during a protest outside the Maadi Military Hospital in Cairo, Egypt, April 17, 2013. Egypt’s prosecution ordered Wednesday to discharge former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from Maadi Military Hospital and send him back to Tora Prison Hospital, official Al-Ahram news website…
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East Asia
Chinese police set up evacuation site after 5.0-magnitude earthquake
Members of local armed police forest corps prepare to set up more tents at an evacuation site at Liantie Township in Eryuan County of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province , April 17, 2013. Nine people have been slightly injured after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Dali Wednesday morning,…
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South Asia
40 killed and over 300 injured in 7.9-magnitude earthquake in southwest Pakistan
Pakistani earthquake survivors search for salvageable belongings from collapsed mud houses at earthquake hit area in southwest Pakistan’s Mashkel on April 17, 2013. At least 40 people were killed and over 300 others injured in a 7.9-magnitude earthquake that hits Pakistan on Tuesday afternoon, an official of National Disaster Management…
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East Asia
Tibetans carry out candlelit vigil for self-immolation by 20-year-old woman
Exile Tibetans carry flags and portraits of their spiritual leaders Dalai Lama, center and Panchen Lama, left during a candlelit vigil in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Exiles claim that another Tibetan, a 20-year-old woman, died after self-immolating in Eastern Tibet on Tuesday. <AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia>
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South Asia
Pakistani people work at suicide blast site that killed 11 people
People work at the blast site in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on April 16, 2013. At least 11 people including five policemen were killed and 50 others injured as a suicide blast hits a political gathering in Peshawar on Tuesday night, local media reported. <Xinhua/Ahmad Sidique> An injured girl is carried…
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Central Asia
Russians walk past security camera outside Sochi Winter Olympics Park
In this April 6, 2010 file photo, the Luzhniki Stadium which will be the venue of the World Athletics Championship scheduled for August 2013 in Moscow is shown. The organizers of the championship said on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, they will beef up security in the wake of deadly explosions…
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