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South East Asia
Activists dressed as injured orangutans demand action to save animals
Activists dressed as injured orangutans take part in a protest demanding that Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to take immediate action to save the animal outside the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, April 15, 2013. Orangutan populations in Indonesia’s Borneo and Sumatera island are facing severe threats from habitat…
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East Asia
Pyongyang residents celebrate birthday of late Kim Il Sung
A man, center, supervises a dancing group during a mass folk dance in front of the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, April 15, 2013. Oblivious to international tensions over a possible North Korean missile launch, Pyongyang residents spilled into the streets Monday to celebrate a major national…
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East Asia
Bird flu spreads to central China
The total number of cases of humans infected with bird flu in China has reached 60 and it is spreading to the central region. Eleven new cases of H7N9 bird flu infection were confirmed, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 60, while Shanghai reported two…
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West Asia
Lebanese pro-Syrian fighters patrol at Lebanon-Syria border
In this Friday, April 12, 2013 photo, members of the Lebanese pro-Syrian Popular Committees pose for a photograph at the Lebanon-Syria border, near the northeastern Lebanese town of al-Qasr, Lebanon. Masked men in camouflage toting Kalashnikov rifles fan out through a dusty olive orchard, part of a group of Hezbollah-backed…
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South East Asia
Lion Air jet crashes into sea as all 108 passengers and crew survive
The wreckage of a Lion Air jet sits in the ocean near the airport in Bali, Indonesia on Sunday, April 14, 2013. All 108 passengers and crew survived after the new Lion Air jet crashed into the ocean and snapped into two while attempting to land Saturday on the Indonesian…
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West Asia
Israel commemorates fallen soldiers on Memorial Day
Israeli soldiers attend the ceremony marking Memorial Day at the Western Wall in Jerusalem at night of April 14, 2013. Israel commemorated its fallen soldiers on Memorial Day, which began on Sunday night. <Xinhua/JINIPIX>
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West Asia
Iranians hold funeral for soldiers who killed in Iran-Iraq war
Iranians carry the coffin of an unknown soldier during a funeral ceremony for recently found remains of unknown soldiers killed during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) in Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2013. <Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz>
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South Asia
Pakistani soldiers inspect blast site dug up by terrorists’ attack
Pakistani soldiers inspect the blast site on the outskirts of Mingora, the main town of northwest Pakistan’s Swat valley on April 14, 2013. Terrorists attacked two leaders of an anti-militant political party on Sunday in northwest Pakistan, killing one and wounding another in the latest attack targeting members of secular-leaning…
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West Asia
An Afghan man pushes his bike in a heavy rain in Kabul
An Afghan man pushes his bicycle through heavy rain on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 8, 2013. <AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid>
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South East Asia
ADB forecasts Indonesian economic growth at 6.4%
A worker pulls a rack of motorcycle helmets at the Sumber Rejeki manufacturing facility in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 9, 2013. Indonesia will sustain a strong economic growth of 6.4 percent and 6.6 percent in 2013 and 2014 respectively fueled by robust private consumption and improving investment performance, the Asian Development…
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