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South Asia
Indians Protest Against Arrest Of Innocent Muslim Youths In New Delhi
Indians hold placards and participate in a protest march in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. The march was held to protest alleged arrests of innocent youths, mostly Muslims, in the name of counter terrorism operations by security agencies. An Indian man carries a young Muslim girl as she…
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East Asia
Mongolian President And People Cast Vote To Elect Provincial Council Representatives
Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj participates in the local elections at a polling station in Ulan Bator, Nov. 21. Polls opened Wednesday with more than 19,400 candidates running for 8,031 seats in Mongolia’s provincial, county and district councils. Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj (L) participates in the local elections at a polling…
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West Asia
Palestinians Celebrate Cease-Fire Agreement Ending Military Conflict In Gaza Strip
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), along with his Defense Minister Ehud Barak (R) and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, speaks during a press brief in Jerusalem on Nov. 21, 2012. Netanyahu announced the end of Operation Pillar of Defense on Wednesday evening, as a ceasefire comes into effect at 21:00…
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West Asia
Shuttle Diplomacy By Hillary, Ban Yield Cease-Fire Agreement Between Israel And Hamas
In this image made from Egyptian State Television, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, right, shake hands after a joint news conference announcing a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. Egypt has announced a cease-fire…
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South East Asia
Indonesian workers Stage Protest Against Outsourcing, Low Wages In Jakarta
Indonesian workers march during a rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. Thousands of factory workers took to the streets in the capital to protest against outsourcing and low wages. <AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim>
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West Asia
A Cargo Plane Crashes In Sanaa, Yemen, Killing All Of 10 Crew Members
Smoke rises from the site of a plane crash accident in Yemen’s capital of Sanaa on Nov. 21, 2012. A military cargo plane crashed in Sanaa on Wednesday, killing 10 of its crew members onboard the plane. <Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed> Army and police officers work at the scene of a plane…
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South Asia
Indian Muslims Celebrate Execution Of Lone Surviving Gunman From 2008 Terror Attack On Mumbai
An activist of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad or All Indian Student Council, prepares an effigy of Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 terror attacks on Mumbai, before it was burned to celebrate his execution in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. Kasab, a Pakistani citizen, was…
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East Asia
Chinese Premier In Bangkok To Sign Document On Bilateral Cooperation With Thailand
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L back) and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (R back) attend a signing ceremony of documents on bilateral cooperation in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 21, 2012. <Xinhua/Ma Zhancheng> Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, left, and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra walk together during a welcome ceremony at the…
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East Asia
More Than 1,000 Siberian Tigers Protected At Park In Harbin, Northeast China
A Siberian tiger with an ear marked with a code lies on the ground at the Siberian Tiger Park in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 19, 2012. The Siberian Tiger Park, world’s largest artificially Siberian tigers breeding base, announced that its 1,067 Siberian tigers had all received…
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East Asia
‘Japan should admit sexual enslavement of Korean women’
The aftermath of Japanese colonization (1910-1945) still reverberates in Korean society and this painful part of Korea’s modern history is a frequent source of friction in Seoul-Tokyo ties. Kevin N. Cawley, director of the Irish Institute of Korean Studies at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland, said in a recent…
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