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South Asia
People Mourn Victims Of Suicide Bombing That Killed Six, Injured A Dozen In Peshawar
A woman mourns the death of her brother in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. A suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan has killed many people and left more than a dozen injured, police said. <AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad> Rescuers help an injured man walk into a hospital in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar,…
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Unknown Gunmen Open Fire On A Car Killing Three Shiite Muslims In Quetta, Pakistan
Bullet holes are seen on the window of a damaged vehicle at the shootout site in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta, Nov. 6, 2012. At least three Shiite Muslims were killed and two others injured when unknown gunmen opened fire on a car here on Tuesday, local media reported. Security officers inspect…
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Arab-Asia relations should be peaceful to share common factors of both regions
It is interesting to note that there are clear indications which show that the West is not fully aware of the realities of our life as Arabs and Muslims. This is seen in the appearance of such terms as conflict of civilizations and clash of civilizations over a number of…
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Bangladesh Islamist party fights street battle
Dhaka–With their nine top leaders facing trial for crime committed during 1971, leaving their party office under virtual siege for last 18 months and about 18,000 party leaders and workers in prison facing almost 16,000 cases filed during the present regime, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islam have finally decided to fight back alone…
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Rickshaw Drivers In New Delhi Look Bright Despite Their Hard Lives
Rickshaw drivers have their breakfast in East Patel Nagar, northern New Delhi, India, on Nov. 5, 2012. Rickshaw drivers’ life is hard in the old city of New Delhi. A rickshaw driver rests in East Patel Nagar, northern New Delhi, India, on Nov. 5, 2012. <Xinhua/Li Yigang>
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Pakistani Students Attend Class Amid Gov’t Effort To Raise Literacy Rate To 60 Percent By 2015
Pakistani students attend a class at a public school in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta on Nov. 5, 2012. Pakistan ranks 113th among 120 countries regarding literacy rate, which is projected to reach 60 percent till 2015 from the existing 55 percent. <Xinhua/Iqbal Hussain>
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People Commute To School Or Work On Various Means Of Transportation In Agra, India
People make their way to work and school in Agra, India on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. People make their way to work in Agra, India on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. People commute on a motorcycle in Agra, India on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. <AP/NEWSis/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick>
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Indian Ruling Party Supporters Jampack Streets In Party Rally Held In New Delhi
Supporters of India’s ruling Congress party gather for the party’s rally in New Delhi, capital of India, on Nov. 4, 2012. <Xinhua/Partha Sarkar> India’s ruling Congress party supporters gather for a public rally in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. The top leaders of the party addressed a rare…
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India Farmers March Street Of New Delhi To Protest Against Alleged Anti-Farmer Policies
Indian farmers affiliated to the Indian Farm Workers Union march during a protest against the alleged anti-farmer policies of the government in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Indian farmers affiliated to the Indian Farm Workers Union listen to a speaker, unseen, during a protest rally against the alleged…
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Scene Of Wholesale Flower Market In Mumbai, India
An Indian vendor carries bunches of roses on her head at a wholesale flower market in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Vendors sell flowers at a wholesale flower market in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Impoverished women pick up marigold flowers from a pile of discarded flowers at…
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