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South Asia
New strict anti-rape laws proposed in India
The Justice Verma committee, which was set up after the horrific gang rape and assault on 16 December killed a 23-year-old in Delhi, submitted its recommendations for strict anti-rape laws. The three-member committee headed by Justice JS Verma was set up by the government to look into women’s safety, existing…
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South Asia
Travel warnings in effect for women not to travel India alone
The United States and other foreign embassies have issued travel advisories warning that women should not travel alone in India. One of the advisories states women are “at risk and should exercise vigilance.” Travel warning measures from foreign countries came in effect after the rape incident involving a South Korean…
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West Asia
Security Checks Get Tough In Tripoli After Call For Demonstration In All Cities Of Libya
A member of Libyan security forces checks a vehicle at a street intersection in Tripoli, Libya, on Feb. 3, 2013 as part of a joint security launched by the Defence and Interior ministries, after the call for a demonstration on February 15 in all the cities of Libya. <Xinhua/Hamza Turkia>
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South Asia
Security Heightened In Peshawar After An Attack On Military Camp In The Region
Pakistani policemen stand guard on road due to security high alert in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar, on Feb. 3, 2013. At least 22 people were killed and a dozen others injured when a security camp was attacked in Pakistan’s northwest district of Lakki Marwat area on Saturday morning, local media reported.…
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West Asia
Turkish Policemen Patrol U.S. Embassy In Ankara Closed After Suicide Bombing Attack
Turkish police officers patrol near the side entrance of the U. S. embassy, closed with a metal gate, two days after a suicide bomber attack, in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. The suicide bomber who struck the U.S. Embassy in Ankara spent five years in prison on terrorism charges…
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South East Asia
Guilded Chariot Carries Coffin Of Fomer Cambodian King Sihanouk To Crematorium
The coffin of the late former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk in a funeral procession enters the crematorium in Phnom Penh, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. Thousands of mourners accompanied the gilded chariot carrying the body of former King Sihanouk – the dominant figure of modern Cambodia – in the funeral procession…
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South Asia
People Look At The Fire That Eventually Destroyed About 100 Shanties In Dhaka
People gather around the site of a fire accident in a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Feb. 3, 2013. About 100 shanties were destroyed in the accident, official said. <Xinhua/Shariful Islam>
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South East Asia
Cambodian People Pray For Fomer King Sihanouk Before His Cremation Ceremony
People sit to pay their respects to the late former king Norodom Sihanouk in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, on Feb. 3, 2013. The royal cremation ceremony of the late former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk will be held on Monday. <Xinhua/Yao Dawei> A family…
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West Asia
Yemeni Protesters Ask Gov’t To Provide Medical Service For Those Wounded In 2011 Uprising In Sanaa
A protestor shouts slogans during a demonstration requiring the government to provide medical treatment to protestors who were wounded during the 2011 uprising in Sanaa, Yemen, on Feb. 3, 2013. Protestors shout slogans during a demonstration requiring the government to provide medical treatment to protestors who were wounded during the…
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West Asia
A Man Carries His Sister Wounded By Gov’t Airstrike On Aleppo, Syria
Syrian man carries his sister who was wounded in a government airstrike hit the neighborhood of Ansari, in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. The Britain-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which opposes the regime, said government troops bombarded a building in Aleppo’s rebel-held neighborhood of Eastern Ansari…
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