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East Asia
Xi Jinping, Hu Jintao stand side by side at the opening of NPC in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People
The first session of the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC) opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Li Gang> Communist Party chief Xi Jinping, right, Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrive for the opening session of…
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South East Asia
A monkey rests it’s hands on a man’s arm waiting to be fed at a park in Kuala Lumpur
A monkey rests it’s hands on a man’s arm as it waits to be fed at a park in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, March 4, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Mark Baker>
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East Asia
A young lady comes to a job fair offering some 28,000 jobs in Harbin, China
A job seeker looks on as she comes to a job fair offering some 28,000 job posts in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, March 3, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Wang Kai>
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South Asia
Rescuers search for survivors after a section of a bridge collapsed in Kolkata, India
Rescue workers of the Disaster Management Group conduct search operations at the site where a section of a bridge collapsed early morning in Kolkata, India, Sunday, March 3, 2013. Three persons traveling in a truck that was passing through the bridge were seriously injured in the accident. <AP Photo/Bikas Das/NEWSis>
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South East Asia
Injured people taken to an ambulance in Sabah, Malaysia, where 5 policemen were killed in an ambush
Security personnel carry the injured to an ambulance at a village where a shootout occured at Semporna in Sabah, Malaysia, on March 2, 2013. At least 5 policemen were killed in an ambush in Malaysia’s Sabah state as gunmen were spotted outside the village where standoff continued between security forces…
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East Asia
A woman carries her children to safety after an earthquake in Yunnan, China
Local resident Yang Yuying carries her children as she walks past a piece of collapsed wall after a 5.5-magnitude earthquake in Eryuan County of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, on March 3, 2013. The number of people confirmed injured by a 5.5-magnitude earthquake that hit southwest China’s…
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South East Asia
Supporters celebrate after Democrat Party candidate elected as Bangkok governor
Supporters of Demcorat party candidate Sukhumbhand Paribatra celebrate after he won his second term as Bangkok governor in a local election on Sunday, March 3, 2013 in Bangkok, Thailan. The election was overshadowed by political divisiveness that has wracked Thailand for much of the past eight years. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Sakchai Lalit>
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West Asia
A protester kisses a dog during a march for animal rights in Istanbul
A protester holds a dog who is kissing a lady during a march for animal rights at Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey on March 3, 2013. Demonstrators gathered against a proposed amendment to Law NO. 5199 on the protection of animals. Activists fear the regulation will lead to mass killing…
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West Asia
‘Al-Arabi’ Forum Proclaims Arabic Cultural Renaissance
The annual ‘Al-Arabi’ forum, a hub of Arabic culture, will be held from Mar. 4 to 6 in Kuwait. In a press conference, Dr. Sulieman Al-Askri, Editor-in-Chief for Al Arabi magazine announced the events of the 12th Al-Arabi Forum hosted by Al-Arabi magazine under the general theme of ‘Peninsula and the Arabic Gulf: Half Century…
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The Lessons of Revolutions and the Harvest of Times
In a few days, on the fifth of July, the Algerian people celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their independence, marking the victory of their revolution against French occupation. A few weeks later, in the same month, falls the sixtieth anniversary of the 23 July Revolution in Egypt. In their time…
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