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West Asia
Syrian refugee girls wash clothes at a camp near Aleppo
Syrian refugee girls wash clothes in a refugee camp near Azaz, north of Aleppo province, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Syrian refugee family is seen at their tent in a refugee camp near Azaz, north of Aleppo province, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Syrian refugee boy carries water under the…
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West Asia
Murals of those killed in soccer riot cover sidewall of the club facility they supported
A combo image made from ten photos shows murals depicting some of the slain Ultras members supporting the Cairo-based Al-Ahly club, who were killed in a soccer riots last year, that covers the sidewall of their soccer club facility, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Arabic under the pictures…
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West Asia
Syrian refugees in Lebanon blamed for causing price hike and other social evils
In this on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 photo, Syrian refugee children who fled their homes with their families due to fighting between rebels and government forces, look outside their tent, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon. According to the United Nations refugee agency, there are now more than…
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South East Asia
A Myanmar lawyer asks punishment of those responsible for crackdown at copper mine
Aung Thein, a founding member of Myanmar Lawyers Network, talks during a press conference on the investigation about the Nov. 29 crackdown at Letpadaung copper mine in central Myanmar, Thursday, Feb.14, 2013, at Royal Rose restaurant in Yangon, Myanmar. Activists in Myanmar are insisting that those responsible for breaking up…
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South Asia
“One Billion Rising” camaign to end violence against women held in India
Activists perform a dance in an event to support “One Billion Rising” global campaign in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Flashmobs, rallies with singing and dancing were organized across the country as part of the campaign, timed to coincide with Valentine’s Day, to bring an end to violence…
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East Asia
Ban Ki-moon, John Kerry hold joint press conference at the State Department
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks to reporters during a joint news conference with Secretary of State John Kerry, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at the State Department in Washington. Secretary of State John Kerry, accompanied by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, speaks to reporters during their joint news conference at…
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East Asia
Festival of Kimjongilia, flower of former NK leader, opens in Pyongyang
Visitors attend the opening of the 17th Kimjongilia Festival on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at the Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia Exhibition Hall, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kimilsungia and Kimjongilia are flowers named after late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. North Korean soldiers pose for a photo at the…
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South Asia
Two bombs blasted in Peshawar, leaving nine people dead
People transfer an injured man to a hospital in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on Feb. 14, 2013. At least nine people were killed including seven members of a pro-government militia in two bomb blasts in northwest Pakistan, local media said. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Umar Qayyum>
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South Asia
Bangladesh community in Korea demands death for 1971 war criminals
Last Sunday, February 10, at 3 pm on the Lunar New Year holiday, a group of 50 to 70 Bangladesh residents participated in a demonstration in Daehakro, Seoul, Korea, in front of a statue of Rabindranath Tagore, the renowned Bengali poet who wrote the national anthems of both Bangladesh and…
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South Asia
Bangladeshi women shout slogans demanding the execution of war criminals
Bangladeshi women shout slogans demanding the execution of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah and others convicted of war crimes involving the nation’s independence war in 1971, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Protestors urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to review a verdict sentencing the senior leader of Bangladesh’s largest…
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