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South Asia
Supporters Of Pakistani Opposition Parties Hold Rally To Call For Free, Fair Election In Islamabad
Supporters of several opposition parties gather outside the Pakistani parliament demanding free and fair elections in the country on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Participants of the rally shouted slogans against Pakistan’s ruling People’s Party and demanded a stronger and more independent election commission. Supporters of several opposition…
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South East Asia
Filipinos Get Angry At A U.S. Minesweeper Which Ran Aground Off Their World Heritage Site
Protesters are blocked by police as they attempt to march closer to the U.S. Embassy in Manila Monday Feb. 4, 2013 to protest the incident involving the USS Guardian, a U.S. minesweeper, which ran aground off Tubbataha Reef, a World Heritage Site, southwest of the Philippines. Navy spokesman Lt. Cmdr.…
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West Asia
Palestinian And Israeli Schools Teach One-Sidedly About Their Conflict
In this Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013 photograph, Palestinian students attend a class in a school in the West Bank city of Ramallah. A U.S.-funded study released Monday said both Israeli and Palestinian school books largely present one-sided narratives of the conflict between the two peoples and tend to ignore the…
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South East Asia
Filipinos Stage Protest Against Gov’t Reckless Mining, Logging In Mindanao
Police arrest protesters as they attempt to stage a rally at the gates of the Presidential Palace Monday Feb. 4, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. The protesters alleged that large scale mining and logging in Mindanao in southern Philippines under the present government, has contributed to more than 2,000 deaths and…
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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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