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South Asia
India’s Opposition Party Supporters Burn Effigy Of Home Minister For His Terror-Related Comment
India’s main opposition party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters burn an effigy of Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde during a protest in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. The BJP held protests demanding Shinde’s resignation for his comments alleging that BJP and hardline Hindu organization Rashtriya Swayamsevek Sangh (RSS), the…
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West Asia
Pro-Gov’t Syrians Attend Funeral For Those Killed In A Car Bomb Explosion That Killed 42 People
In this Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrians take part in a funeral procession for those killed in a car bomb explosion at a headquarters of a pro-government militia late Monday in the central town of Salamiya in Hama province, Syria. The…
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East Asia
U.S. Envoy On NK Affairs Speaks To Reporters After Meeting With His South Korean Counterpart In Seoul
U.S. envoy to North Korea Glyn Davies, right, speaks after meeting with South Korea’s nuclear envoy Lim Sung-nam at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. The North Korean military commission led by leader Kim Jong Un warned Thursday that the regime is poised to conduct…
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West Asia
Egyptian Protesters Tear Down Cement Wall Built To Block Them From Reaching Parliament
Egyptian protesters gather near Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2012. Egypt’s black-clad riot police fired tear gas in fierce dawn clashes with dozens of protesters on Thursday when they tried to tear down a cement wall built to prevent demonstrators from reaching parliament and the Cabinet building.…
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West Asia
Protesters Dance During Demonstration By Thousands Of Iraqi Sunnis In Ramadi, West Of Baghdad
Protesters dance during a demonstration in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Thousands of Iraqi Sunnis massed along a major western highway in a demonstration, intensifying pressure on the Shiite-led government. Protesters chant slogans against Iraq’s Shiite-led government during a demonstration in Ramadi,…
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East Asia
Park bets on safe PM choice
Transition team chairman Kim Yong-jun nominated President-elect Park Geun-hye trumped all guesses Thursday and named her transition team Chairman Kim Yong-jun as her nominee for the first prime minister of her inaugural Cabinet. Kim, 75, headed the Constitutional Court and is respected for overcoming a physical handicap. But the beauty…
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East Asia
President’s brother gets two years
Rep. Chung jailed in court for aiding in illegal campaign fundraising The Seoul Central District Court sentenced President Lee Myung-bak’s elder brother-cum-political mentor Lee Sang-deuk to two years in prison Thursday on charges of taking illegal political funds from businesses during the 2007 presidential race. The court also ordered him…
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Master plan for Lumbini Peace City appears to complete in six months
KATHMANDU – The new master plan of the Lumbini Peace City is likely to complete in six months. According to Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), 80 percent works of the master plan has been completed. Korean professor Kwak Young Hoon, 72, is drafting the new master plan to build a lotus-shape…
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East Asia
U.S. Special Envoy On NK Affairs Arrives In Seoul For Consultation With His South Korean Counterpart
U.S. special envoy for policy on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Glyn Davies speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Jan. 23, 2013. Glyn Davies, who is accompanied by Clifford Hart, U.S. chief envoy for the six-party talks, will meet with…
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South East Asia
Thai Labor Activist Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Having Defamed The Country’s Monarchy
Activist Somyot Pruksakasemsuk arrives at criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. The court has sentenced the prominent labor rights activist and magazine editor to 10 years in prison for publishing a pair of articles prosecutors said defamed the country’s monarchy. Activist Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, rear, arrives at criminal…
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