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South Asia
Paramilitary Troops Patrol Region Attacked By Gunmen Near Karachi
Pakistan paramilitary troops patrol in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. Gunmen attacked a checkpoint manned by paramilitary forces on the outskirts of the southern city of Karachi, killing soldiers, police said. <AP Photo/Shakil Adil> Pakistani soldiers and civilians examine the blast site in Quetta, southwest Pakistan, on Dec. 10,…
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Freedom of speech in different climate
Freedom of speech has spread its wings with the advent of social media. Thoughts, blogs and tweets now flood cyberspace. The Arab Spring gave the world hope and a sea of change while social media had a big part to play in it. But sometimes, social media can stir up…
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Parents Of Missing Kashmiris Hold Protest On Occasion Of Human Rights Day
Parents of missing Kashmiris hold banners as they participate in a demonstration organized by the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP), a day before International Human Rights Day, in Srinagar, India, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. According to APDP some 8,000-10,000 people have gone missing since the beginning of the…
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Indian Brides And Grooms Pledge To Vote For Coming Assembly Election During Mass Marriage
Indian brides and grooms raise their hands to pledge to vote in the upcoming state assembly elections, during a mass marriage in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. Elections will be held in Gujarat state in two phases on Dec. 13 and 17 and counting of votes on Dec. 20.…
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Bangladesh’s Oppositionists Demand Caretaker Administration To Oversee Coming Election
Bangladesh’s main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party activist shouts slogans during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas Sunday to disperse stone-throwing protesters who set fire to vehicles and tried to block roads across Bangladesh to demand restoration of caretaker administration to…
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People In Pakistan Driven Into Hardships Due To Insufficient Economic Growth
A carriage driver waits for customers on a street in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Dec. 6, 2012. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Pakistan’s economic growth at 3.25 percent in 2012-13, which it said is insufficient to achieve significant improvement in living standards and to absorb the rising labor force.…
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Indian Freedom Fighter Ambedkar’s Death Anniversary Observed In Mumbai
An Indian man, wearing a shirt with a portrait of B.R. Ambedkar, gets a free eye exam at a camp set up to mark Ambedkar’s death anniversary in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Ambedkar, an untouchable, or dalit, and a prominent Indian freedom fighter, was the chief architect of…
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Jamaat makes a history by enforcing a countrywide hartal
Islamist party fights on then street Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, a registered political party having its representation in the national parliament, has successfully undergone the field trial of its strength as a democratic party by enforcing a country-wide general strike on Tuesday. It also recorded a history by calling alone a nation-wide general…
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India Decides To Open Up Huge Retail Sector To Foreign Companies
Samajvadi Party leader Mulayum Singh Yadav (C) and his party lawmakers talk to media before the voting on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in New Delhi, India, Dec. 5, 2012. India’s ruling Congress Party-led coalition government won a crucial vote on Wednesday in favor of its decision to open up the…
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IOC Suspends Indian NOC Due To Gov’t Interference In Its Election Process
In this Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, Indian London Olympic medal winners, from left, silver medal in shooting Vijay Kumar, bronze medal in boxing MC Mary Kom, bronze medal in shooting Gagan Narang, bronze medal in badminton Saina Nehwal, bronze medalist in wrestling Yogeshwar Dutt and silver medal in…
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