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South Asia
Policewomen counter a strike called over death penalty on Muslim leader in Dhaka
Bangladeshi women police officers stand guard in front of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) office during a nationwide strike called by BNP in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. In the past one week over 60 people died in Bangladesh in the mayhem over the death penalty given to Delwar…
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South Asia
A Hindu holy man rests at a temple in Katmandu as its religious festival approaches
A Hindu Holy man rests at Pashupatinath Temple in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, March 4, 2013. Hindus across the world will be celebrating the Hindu religious festival of Mahashivratri, or night of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction on March 10. A Hindu holy man mixes vermillion powder at the…
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South Asia
Indian Hindu devotees take holy dips in Ganges river during their religious festival
An Indian woman devotee prays as marigold flowers and oil lamps offered by devotees float at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during Maha Kumbh festival, in Allahabad, India, Monday, March 4, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims have been attending the Maha Kumbh festival, which…
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South Asia
A bee is seen feeding on a flower at a park in Islamabad, Pakistan
Photo taken on March 3, 2013 shows a bee feeding on a flower in a public park in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Sadia Sehar>
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South Asia
Rescuers search for survivors after a section of a bridge collapsed in Kolkata, India
Rescue workers of the Disaster Management Group conduct search operations at the site where a section of a bridge collapsed early morning in Kolkata, India, Sunday, March 3, 2013. Three persons traveling in a truck that was passing through the bridge were seriously injured in the accident. <AP Photo/Bikas Das/NEWSis>
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South Asia
Shiite Muslims carry bodies of those killed by bomb blasts in Quetta, Pakistan
In this Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 photo, Pakistanis walk by the rubble in a market which was damaged by a bomb blast on Saturday, February 16, 2013, in Quetta, Pakistan. Terrorized by ferocious attacks that have killed nearly 400 ethnic Hazaras in the past 18 months, with almost half of…
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South Asia
Iranian president welcomes his Pakistani counterpart at his office in Tehran
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) shakes hands with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari at the Iran’s presidential palace in Tehran, Iran, on Feb. 27, 2013. <Xinhua/Iran’s Presidential Website>
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South Asia
Students demand capital punishment to all war criminals during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bangladeshi students shout slogans during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. The protesters demanded capital punishment to all convicted war criminals and a ban on Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party, Jamaat-e-islami, for their roles in the nation’s 1971 independence war against Pakistan. A Bangladeshi woman attends a protest…
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East Asia
Asia leaps toward regional economic unity
Asia plans to take a great leap forward in regional economic integration during the next decade, as the United Nations continues to intensify the promotion of South-South cooperation among member states. According to a recent report by the Inter Press Service, the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the…
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South Asia
Pakistani Kushti wrestlers warm up before daily training session in Lahore
Pakistani Kushti wrestlers warm up before attending their daily training session, at a wrestling club in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Kushti, an Indo-Pakistani form of wrestling, is several thousand years old and is a national sport in Pakistan. Pakistani Kushti wrestlers warm up in the ring before fighting…
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