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East Asia
Self-Immolation By Tibetan Farmer Raises Tension In Xiahe, Northwestern China
In this photo taken Tuesday Oct 23, 2012 and released by Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet, Chinese paramilitary police officers and residents converge on the body of Dorje Rinchen, a farmer in his late 50s, unseen who self immolated on the main street in Xiahe in northwestern China’s Gansu province.…
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West Asia
10 Taliban Fighters Stand In Line After Being Captured By Afghan Security Forces
Ten Taliban fighters stand handcuffed after they were captured with their ammunitions during an operation by Afghan security forces in Helmand province south of Afghanistan, Oct. 24, 2012. Around ten Taliban fighters captured with their ammunitions by Afghan security forces during an operation on Wednesday, officials said. <Xinhua/Zaheer>
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East Asia
Tension Heightens In Okinawa After Rape Of Japanese Woman By Two U.S. Soldiers
In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 photo, Okinawa citizens stage a demonstration denouncing a rape of a Japanese woman by two U.S. sailors and the U.S. military’s decision to deploy the Marines’ MV-22 Osprey hybrid aircrafts to a base in front of U.S. Marine Corps’ Camp Foster in Kitanakagusuku in…
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East Asia
Kim Yu-na reunites with former coaches
Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na has rehired two former coaches. Shin Hea-sook and Ryu Jong-hyun will take charge of helping the 22-year-old to return to the competitive skating starting with the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships in March. Ryu worked with Kim when she started skating at the age…
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‘Dokdo School’ to be launched in March
The Independence Hall of Korea said Wednesday it will begin an educational program called “Dokdo School” next year after Korea’s easternmost islets that are the subject of a territorial dispute with Japan. The memorial center, located in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, said the program will be launched on March 1,…
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West Asia
Egyptian Court Decision Over Who Makes New Constitution Causes Activists’ Protest
Egyptian activists chant slogans and carry banners in Arabic that read, “the constituent assembly has no legitimacy,” following the High Administrative Court’s session in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. An Egyptian court on Tuesday has referred the decision on whether to disband the panel writing the new constitution to…
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South East Asia
Cambodian King Thanks Buddhist Monks Praying For His Deceased Father Sihanouk
Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni, right, greets Buddhist monks in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. Sihamoni and his mother, Queen Monineath on Tuesday visited mourners gathered in front of the Royal Palace from across the country to pay tribune to their former king…
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East Asia
A Variety Of Gala Shows Held In Various Parts Of China To Observe Double Ninth Festival
Actors perform lion dance before a climbing activity held in Changchun, capital of northeast China’s Jilin Province, Oct. 23, 2012. More than 1,300 citizens in Changchun joined the activity to greet the Double Ninth Festival, or Chongyang Festival, which is a traditional Chinese holiday to pay respect to the seniors.…
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West Asia
Emir Of Qatar Urges Warring Palestinian Factions To Reconcile In His Visit To Gaza Strip
The Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, right, and Gaza’s Hamas Prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, center, arrive for the corner-stone laying ceremony of a new centre providing artificial limbs, in Bait Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar has used his landmark visit…
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West Asia
Syrian Conflict Lasting Over A Year And Half Drives People Into Abyss Of Misery
Displaced Syrian men wait for food near an NGO charitable kitchen in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. A Syrian displaced woman and her granddaughter are seen in a refugee camp near Azaz, Syria, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. <AP Photo/Manu Brabo> This June 12, 2012 file…
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