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South East Asia
Aung San Suu Kyi attends Union Day event for ethnic minorities
Myanmar President Thein Sein during a dinner to mark Union Day Tuesday, Feb.12, 2013, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi offered Tuesday to help negotiate an end to conflicts between the government and the country’s ethnic minority groups, a challenge the country’s president has called essential to…
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West Asia
Egyptian activists protest for women against sexual harassment
An Egyptian woman activist holds a knife while taking part in a protest for women against sexual harassment and against the Islamist dominated Shura Council for blaming women for the attacks against them, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Arabic in the background reads “Shura Council gives the harassment…
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South Asia
AJA President Stresses Press Freedom in the Digital Age
Ivan Lim Addresses ICT Conference in Kathmandu KATHMANDU — Asia Journalist Association President Ivan Lim on February 9 said that governments around the world seek to control the information flow on Internet by applying different measures. While addressing the 13th International CAN Information and Communication technology Conference in Kathmandu, Lim said, “Generally, autocratic…
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West Asia
Street battles waged in Cairo on second anniversary of Mubarak’s ouster
An Egyptian protester runs to throw a tear gas canister back at riot police, not seen, during clashes next to the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Security forces sprayed protesters with water hoses and tear gas outside the presidential palace Monday as Egyptians marked the second…
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Society
Well-armed Islamic fighters foreshadow protrated civil war in northern Mali
A Malian officer closes a cell where suspected Islamist rebel group the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, MUJAO, fighters are held in Gao, northern Mali, Monday Feb. 11 2013, one day after MUJAO fighters engaged in a firefight with Malian forces.The attack in Gao shows the Islamic…
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West Asia
People run away at a car bomb explosion at Turkey-Syria border region
People run away at the Cilvegozu customs gate at the Turkey-Syria border near Reyhanli, Hatay, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, minutes after a car bomb exploded. Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said 12 people died and 28 were wounded and taken to hospitals in Turkey. People and ambulances seen…
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West Asia
Yemeni people mark second anniversary of unrest with street parade in Sanaa
Yemeni protesters take part in a parade marking the second anniversary of the 2011 unrest in Sanaa, Yemen, Feb. 11, 2013. <Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed>
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South Asia
Pakistani election commission members verify list of voters prior to general election
Pakistani soldiers stand guard as staff members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) verify lists of voters prior to the general elections scheduled in May 2013, in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Feb. 11, 2013. <Xinhua/Arshad>
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West Asia
Supporters of Mubarak stage rally on second anniversary of his ouster in Cairo
Supporters of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak display his photographs during a small rally on the second anniversary of his stepping down from power in front of the Mostafa Mahmoud Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Egypt has been gripped by political turmoil since Mubarak’s ouster in the…
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West Asia
Palestinians register their names at voter registration stations in their territories
Palestinians wait to register their names at a voter registration center in Gaza City on Feb. 11, 2013. Voter registration stations opened Monday in the Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip for the first time since Islamic Hamas movement seized control of the area in 2007. Palestinian women register their…
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