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South Asia
Some 2,000 Afghans Become Disabled Due To Mine Blasts Each Year
Afghan disabled men exercise with their prosthetic legs at the Orthopedic Center of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Nangarhar Province of eastern Afghanistan on Sept. 26, 2012. The war-torn Afghanistan is one of the most mine-contaminated country in the world. As a result, around 2,000 Afghans become…
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Pakistani Students Rally Against Anti-Islam U.S. Film
Pakistani students hang an effigy of U.S. pastor Terry Jones at a rally to protest against the making of a film insulting the Prophet Muhammad at Karachi University on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012 in Pakistan. A Pakistani Taliban spokesman says the militant group has announced an amnesty for a minister…
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NATO Steps Up Training For Afghan Policemen
Policemen attend a training session in Herat Province, west Afghanistan, on Sept. 24, 2012. The Afghan government and the NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan have stepped up efforts to train and equip Afghan police and army. <Xinhua=Sardar> news@theasian.asia
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Sri Lankan Muslims Rally Against Movie Defaming Islam
Muslims shout slogans during a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. Thousands of Sri Lankan Muslims protested against the American-produced film “Innocence of Muslims” that ridicules Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. Sri Lankan Muslims shouts slogans during a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Colombo,…
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Afghan People Stand Up Against Widespread Violence Toward Women
Afghanistani people attend a protest against violence towards women in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 24, 2012. Reports released by Afghanistani human rights organizations described the violence towards women was widespread in Afghanistan. Afghanistani women attend a protest against violence towards women in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 24, 2012. <Xinhua/Ahmad Massoud> news@theasian.asia
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General Strike Called In Protest Against Movie Defaming Islam In Bangladesh
Supporters of a Bangladeshi Islamic political party march during a strike in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. Schools and businesses are closed and transportation has been disrupted across Bangladesh as hard-line Islamic groups protesting a film that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad enforce a general strike. <AP Photo/A.M. Ahad> news@theasian.asia
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Indians Start Ganesh Chaturthi Festival Celebrating Birth Of Hindu God
A boy dressed as Hindu god Shiva, walks near an idol of elephant headed god Ganesh before immersing the same in the River Ganges in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. Every year millions of devout Hindus immerse Ganesh idols into oceans and rivers during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival that…
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Nationwide Strike Breaks Out In India With Limited Success
Indian policemen detain activists of left parties during a nationwide strike in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. Angry opposition supporters disrupted trains in India on Thursday but had only limited success in enforcing a national strike to protest a government decision to cut fuel subsidies and open the country’s…
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Fire Destroys Some 400 Shanties In Dhaka, Bangladesh
People gather around the fire accident site in slums at the Begunbari area in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, Sept. 20, 2012. About 400 shanties were destroyed and 15 people were injured in the accident, fire brigade said. Women cry over a fire accident in slums at the Begunbari area in…
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Anti-U.S. Protests In Muslim Countries Become Violent
Afghan university students step over a U.S. flag in Surkhrod district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Hundreds of Afghans, some shouting “Death to America”, held a protest against an anti-Islam film in the eastern city of Jalalabad. Afghan university students burn a U.S. flag…
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