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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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South Asia
Mass Funeral Held For Victims Of Road Accident That Left 20 Dead In India
People stand near bodies of victims of a road accident during a mass funeral at Gilosan village, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. More than 20 people, including eight children and eight women, were killed in a road accident in Gujarat state when…
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West Asia
Iranians Remember The Day When Late Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Khomeini Returned To Tehran
Iranian soldiers stand guard in Iran’s late Islamic revolution leader Ayatollah Khomeini’ shrine, in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 31, 2013, during a ceremony marking the time when Khomeini returned to Tehran, on Jan. 31, 1979 from 14 years of exile in Paris. Iran started Thursday to celebrate the 34th anniversary of…
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South Asia
Supporters Of Islamist Party Armed With Sticks March Street To Attack Police In Dhaka, Bangladesh
Jamaat-e-Islami activists armed with sticks march on a street in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Hundreds of supporters of Bangladesh’s main Islamist party attacked police Monday in a busy commercial district in the nation’s capital, injuring many including at least eight security officers, an official said. The party has…
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South Asia
Exiled Tibetan Buddhists Attend Tibetan People’s Solidarity Campaign In New Delhi
Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile Lobsang Sangay, left, speaks with the leader of India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party L. K. Advani during the Tibetan People’s Solidarity Campaign in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. The four-day campaign that began Wednesday is being held to express solidarity with…
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Society
Four White Tigers And Four White Lions Are Together At A Zoo In Hodenhagen, Germany
Four white lions and four white tigers are pictured in their compound at Serengeti-Park zoo in Hodenhagen, northern Germany, Jan. 30, 2013. The wild cats were born in October and November 2012. A white lion, right, plays with a white tiger at Serengeti-Park zoo in Hodenhagen, northern Germany, Jan. 30,…
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South East Asia
Singapore’s Population Is Forecast To Grow To Around 6.9 Million By 2030 From Current 5.3 Million
Passengers exit one of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stations in Singapore, Jan. 29, 2013. The Singapore government is looking to grow its population to between 6.5 million and 6.9 million by 2030, from the current 5.31 million, it said in a white paper on Tuesday. <Xinhua/Then Chih Wey>
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