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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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South Asia
Bangladesh people rally to demand death penalty for Jamaat-e-Islami leader in Dhaka
In this photo made using a slow camera shutter, pro government activists and other Bangladeshi people gather to protest as they demand the death penalty for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. The protesters urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to review a verdict sentencing…
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East Asia
Children sit by life materials saved from fire in a Chinese village that gutted 92 homes
Children sit by life materials saved from a scene of fire in Heiduo Village of Diebu County in northwest China’s Gansu Province, Feb. 7, 2013. The fire broke out in Heiduo Village around 8 p.m. and was put out Thursday morning, leaving destruction of 92 homes and no casualties. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Liu…
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West Asia
A Syrian woman sit on the ruins of her house destroyed by gov’t airstrike
In this Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 photo, a Syrian woman sits on the ruins of her house, which was destroyed in an airstrike by government warplanes a few days earlier, killing 11 members of her family, in the neighborhood of Ansari, Aleppo, Syria. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Abdullah al-Yassin>
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West Asia
An Iranian woman prays at grave of her husband killed during Islamic Revolution
An Iranian woman, right, decorates the grave of her son, who was killed during 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, as she is assisted by her daughter, in Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery, just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday Feb. 7, 2013, during a ceremony commemorating the34th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution which led to the ouster…
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South Asia
Exile Tibetan monks attend a candlelit vigil to enhance solidarity with those in home country
Exile Tibetan Buddhist monks walk past a banner of photos of Tibetan protesters as they participate in a candlelit vigil organized by the Tibetan parliament-in-exile in Dharmsala, India, to show solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Ashwini Bhatia>
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South Asia
Pakistani people protest against recent U.S. drone attack that killed five people
Pakistani people from tribal areas shout slogans as they march during a rally in Peshawar to protest U.S. drone attack, on Feb. 7, 2013. At least five people were killed and many others injured on Wednesday afternoon as U.S. drone attacked in Pakistan’s north-western tribal region of North Waziristan. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Ahmad…
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