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South Asia
A Pakistani woman shops flowers for Valentine’s day in Lahore
A Pakistani woman shops for flowers ahead of Valentine’s day in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on Feb. 13, 2013. Valentine’s Day is increasingly popular among younger Pakistanis, many of whom have taken up the custom of giving cards, chocolates and gifts to their sweethearts to celebrate the occasion. <Xinhua/Jamil Ahmed> Pakistani…
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South East Asia
Ethnic Kachin people in Myanmar still live in a camp for minority groups
Ethnic Kachin women gather as children play at a camp for internally displaced people in Myitkyina, northern Kachin state, Myanmar, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi offered to help negotiate an end to conflicts between the government and ethnic minority groups, a challenge the country’s…
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South East Asia
Press Freedom in Digital Era – Promises & Perils
*Editor’s Note: Ivan Lim, President of Asia Journalist Association, gave keynote speech at the 13th ICT Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal on February 9. The conference was hosted by the Computer Association of Nepal and the Internet Society of Nepal in an attempt to promote “E-democracy in Nepal.” Participants include experts from Nepali parliaments,…
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East Asia
South Korean soldiers conduct an exercise near the DMZ amid North Korea’s nuclear provocation
South Korean Army soldiers conduct an exercise near the demilitarized zone of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. North Korea defied U.N. warnings Tuesday by conducting an underground nuclear test in the remote, snowy northeast in what could be a crucial step toward its goal of building…
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South Asia
Members of Rabha tribe stand with sticks and brooms protesting local election
Members of the Rabha tribe stand with sticks and brooms block a road protesting a local government election in Goalpara district, 120 kilometers (75 miles) from Gauhati, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Violent clashes killed 11 people Tuesday when the tribe in India,…
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West Asia
A Bahraini protester confronts riot police to reach the site of 2011 pro-democracy uprising
A masked Bahraini anti-government protester confronts riot police who give chase in Sanabis, Bahrain, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Clashes erupted at the end of an anti-government march, when hundreds of youths attempted to reach the heavily guarded site of the 2011 pro-democracy uprising. Bahraini anti-government protesters waving national flags and…
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South Asia
Indians feed sweets to one who was on death row in UAE and and recently freed
Indians feed sweets to a family member who was on death row in United Arab Emirates and recently freed by a Sharjah court, upon his return home in Amritsar, India, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Seventeen Indians on death row on charges of murdering a Pakistani national were set free after…
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West Asia
Palestinians start voter registration for the general election
Palestinians search for their names at a voter registration center in Gaza City on Feb. 12, 2013. The Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC) started Monday the weeklong voter registration in both the West Bank and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip for the first time in seven years amid doubts of a…
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South East Asia
Aung San Suu Kyi attends Union Day event for ethnic minorities
Myanmar President Thein Sein during a dinner to mark Union Day Tuesday, Feb.12, 2013, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi offered Tuesday to help negotiate an end to conflicts between the government and the country’s ethnic minority groups, a challenge the country’s president has called essential to…
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West Asia
Egyptian activists protest for women against sexual harassment
An Egyptian woman activist holds a knife while taking part in a protest for women against sexual harassment and against the Islamist dominated Shura Council for blaming women for the attacks against them, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Arabic in the background reads “Shura Council gives the harassment…
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