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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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Society
Freedom Comes Back To Mali As French Troops Take Control Of The Region
A man and a woman walk together, which would not be allowed under the rule of Islamic militants who ruled the city until French troops took control, in Timbuktu, Mali, Thursday Jan. 31, 2013. Men and women were not allowed to interact in public under the rule of Islamic militants.…
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East Asia
Palace Museum in Forbidden City holds a huge number of Chinese culture relics
A restoring expert of the Palace Museum fills colors for an ancient calligraphy work at Cultural Relics Protection Science and Technology Department in the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 25, 2013. The famous Forbidden City in Beijing houses the Palace Museum, which was established on October 1925.…
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South Asia
Unknown Gunmen Kill Three More People In Karachi, Bringing Total Death Toll In January To 155
People and rescuers gathered around bodies of victims at a hospital in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Jan. 31, 2013. At least three people were killed as unknown gunmen opened fire at a vehicle in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Thursday, bringing the death toll to…
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East Asia
Austria And Switzerland Compete In Floorball Event Of PyeongChang Special Olympics Held In Gangneung, South Korea
Russia’s Maxim Kozin, right, fights for the ball with Finland’s Janne Ahokainen, left, during the final match of the floorball event at the 2013 PyeongChang Special Olympics World Winter Games in Gangneung, S. Korea on the third day of the competition, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Austria’s Patrik Pichler, center, fights…
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West Asia
Hezbollah Opens New Cemetery In Beirut Amid Rising Tension In The Region With Israeli Airstrike On Syria
In this November 12, 2010 file photo, Hezbollah fighters parade during the inauguration of a new cemetery for their fighters who died in fighting against Israel, at the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. U.S. officials said Israel launched a rare airstrike inside Syria on Wednesday. The target was a convoy…
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South Asia
Exiled Tibetans Attend Tibetan People’s Solidarity Campaign In New Delhi
Exiled Tibetans shout slogans as they take part in a rally during Tibetan People’s Solidarity Campaign in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. The four-day campaign that began Wednesday is being held to express solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet and to raise awareness and seek international support for Tibet.…
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