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Damsels banned in driver’s cabin in western Nepal
Kathmandu – Damsels sitting in the driver’s cabin divert the concentration of the man in charge of the steering wheel and lead to road accidents. The bus entrepreneurs in western hill of Nepal have arrived at this conclusion and asked the staff of its long route buses to not allow…
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East Asia
Visitors pass by weapons at Korea War Memorial Museum as tensions escalate between the two Koreas
Visitors pass by weapons deployed in the Korean War era at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 7, 2013. South Korea’s top security official said Sunday that North Korea may be setting the stage for a missile test or another provocative act with its warning that…
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South Asia
A fire breaks out at government office building in Kashmir
An Indian fire fighter tries to extinguish a fire at government office building in Srinagar, India, Sunday, April 7, 2013. The cause of fire is not known and no one was hurt in the incident. <AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan>
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West Asia
Egypt’s railway workers’ strike freezes train services across country
Passengers wait at the platform at Cairo’s Ramses train station, Egypt, April 7, 2013. Egypt’s railway workers started a strike on Sunday, bringing train movement across the country to an almost complete halt. <Xinhua/STR>
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West Asia
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Holocaust memorial
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the official ceremony for Israeli annual Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on April 7, 2013. <Xinhua/Jini>
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West Asia
A Yemeni man passes anti-smoking graffiti on World Health Day
A Yemeni man passes a wall with anti-smoking graffiti in Sanaa, Yemen, on April 7, 2013. The World Health Day is celebrated on April 7 to mark the 65th anniversary of the World Health Organization that was established in 1948. The theme for 2013 is high blood pressure. The Yemeni…
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South Asia
Nepalese activists strike against caretaker government
Activists of Nepalese political parties opposed to the caretaker government block traffic during a general strike in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, April 7, 2013. A government was appointed by the main political parties last month under the chairmanship of the Supreme Court chief justice with the task of conducting elections by…
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South Asia
Fishing at Kochi lake in Kerala, southern India
Fishermen throw fishing net from a small boat at Kochi lake in India’s southern state of Kerala, April 1, 2013. Fishermen catch fish in a boat at Kochi lake in India’s southern state of Kerala, April 1, 2013. <Xinhua/Stringer>
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West Asia
With new Palestinian rules, men were banned from teaching at girls’ schools
Palestinian students take part in a class at an al-Qahera elementary mixed school in Gaza City, on April 2, 2013. New rules from the Education Ministry of the Islamist Hamas movement would bar men from teaching at girls’ schools and mandate separate classes for boys and girls from the age…
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South Asia
Pakistani Christians live in a slum having neither running water nor sewage disposal
A Pakistani Christian boy living in a slum, stands outside his home, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, April 1, 2013. Slums which are built on illegal lands have neither running water or sewage disposal. Pakistani Christians living in a slum, gather around a water point to collect water,…
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