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West Asia
Radical Group Members Hold Rally In Dhaka To Demand Gov’t Declare Ahmadiyya Muslim As “Non-Muslim”
Members of the radical group Tehreek e Khatme Nabuyat run from a riot policeman using a teargas spray outside the National Mosque compound in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The protest was held to demand the government declare Ahmadiyya Muslims as “Non-Muslim,” according to media reports. Members of the…
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East Asia
Why is Google leader headed to N. Korea?
A report that Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt will soon travel to North Korea on a private mission with an American politician is attracting keen interest in South Korea, raising questions on what the visit means for the information-starved state. Schmidt will travel with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson…
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East Asia
Lawmakers play fox guarding the hens
It is like letting a fox guard the chicken house. In this metaphor, the fox is lawmakers of both parties, while the chicken house is taxpayers’ money. Differently from the ambience of this saying, the lawmakers brazenly approved their overly-generous state-subsidized pensions. This bipartisan effort to attach financing plans for…
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East Asia
Rescuers Work At Scene Of Cave-In Accident In Nanning, China
Rescuers work at the scene of a cave-in accident in Nanning, capital of south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 2, 2013. The tunnel of a metro line under construction in Nanning collapsed Wednesday afternoon, trapping three workers. Two have been rescued and one still trapped. <Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang>
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East Asia
Local People Head For Wedding Ceremony On A Boat Loaded With Presents In Anchang, China
Local residents wearing traditional costumes ride a boat fully loaded with bride-price presents on their way to a wedding ceremony in Anchang Township in Shaoxing, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Jan. 2, 2013. Local residents wearing traditional costumes ride a boat loaded with bride-price presents on their way to a wedding…
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South Asia
Indian Men Warm Themselves Around Bonfire At A Road In New Delhi Amid Dense Fog
Indian men warm themselves around a bonfire as another gets a haircut from a roadside barber in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Dense fog enveloped the city in the morning hours affecting road and rail traffic as well as operations at the International Airport, according to a local…
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South East Asia
Phu Quoc Fish Sauce Produced In Vietnam Are Listed As Protected Desination Of Orgin
Phu Quoc fish sauce is displayed for sale on Phu Quoc Island, Kien Giang province, Vietnam, on Jan. 2, 2013. <Xinhua/VNA>
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West Asia
A Syrian Rebel Plays Soccer While Fighting Against Gov’t Soldiers Near Alleppo
A Syrian rebel plays football in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. The United Nations estimated Wednesday that more than 60,000 people have been killed in Syria’s 21-month-old uprising against authoritarian rule, a toll one-third higher than what anti-regime activists had counted. The U.N. human…
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West Asia
Shitte Muslim Worshippers Celebrate Arbaeen Festival In Karbala Near Baghdad
Shiite Muslim worshippers pray at the holy shrine of Imam Hussein during the Muslim festival of Arbaeen in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 2 , 2013. The holiday marks the end of the forty day mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century…
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East Asia
Google Chairman To Visit North Korea Sometime This Month
In this Sept. 20, 2012 file photo, a North Korean woman sits in a computer room near portraits of the country’s late leaders, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, at the Kim Chaek University of Technology in Pyongyang, North Korea. Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt is preparing to travel…
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