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South Asia
Indian Hindu Devotees Start 10-Day Long Ganesh Festival
A Hindu devotee carries an idol of elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesha during a procession in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The ten-day long Ganesh festival began Wednesday and ends with the immersion of Ganesha idols in water bodies on the 10th day. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) Indian devotees raise their…
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Protests Against Anti-Islam Movie Spread Like Wild Fire In Pakistan
Pakistani lawyers chant anti-U.S. slogans during a demonstration, near an area that houses the U.S. Embassy and other foreign missions in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The demonstration in Islamabad followed three days of violent protests against an anti Islam film in Pakistan in which two people were…
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Bomb Exploded In Peshawar, Killing 10 People
PESHAWAR– A damaged bus is seen at the blast site in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar, Sept. 19, 2012. At least ten people were killed and 22 others injured as a bomb hit a passenger van in Pakistan’s northwest city of Peshawar on Wednesday afternoon, said hospital sources. Rescuers and security officials…
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People In Srinagar, India, Hold Rally To Denounce Anti-Islam Movie
Kashmiri medical students protest against an anti-Islam film called “Innocence of Muslims” that ridicules Islam’s Prophet Muhammad Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Srinagar, India. Kashmiri medical students shout slogans against the United States as they march in a protest rally against an anti-Islam film called “Innocence of Muslims” that ridicules…
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Sheeps From Australia Found Infected With Bacteria In Pakistan
A Pakistani laborer looks on beside infected Australian sheep at a farm on the outskirts of southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, Sept. 18, 2012. Pakistani government plans to cull thousands of Australian sheep, which were found infected with harmful bacteria after being shipped in Karachi about two weeks ago.…
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Suicide Bomb In Kabul Claims 12 Lives Including Foreigners
Afghan military officials investigate the site of a suicide car bombing in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Sept. 18, 2012. At least 12 people, including eight foreigners, were killed Tuesday morning in a suicide car bombing in Afghan capital Kabul, the police said. <Xinhua=Ahmad Massoud> news@theasian.asia
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Indian Soldiers In Border Area Perform Religious Ritual
India’s Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers perform a ritual with their weapons on the occasion of “Biswakarma Puja” or prayers for Lord Biswakarma in Amritsar, India, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. <AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill> news@theasian.asia
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U.S. Army Starts Process To Cutdown Troops In Afghanistan
In this Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 photo provided by the U.S. Army, U.S. Army soldiers identify, sort, catalog and prepare for shipping military materiel that is being pulled off the battlefield in Afghanistan as part of the drawdown of 23,000 U.S. troops by Sept. 30, 2012 at the Kandahar Air…
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Pakistanis Protest Against Anti-Islam Movie Outside U.S. Consulate In Karachi
Pakistani Shiite Muslim protesters gather outside the U.S. consulate during a rally against an anti-Islam movie in Karachi, southern Pakistan, on Sept. 16, 2012. At least one person was killed and ten others injured as clashes broke out between police and protestors outside the U.S. consulate in Pakistan’s southern port…
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Pakistani Journalists Under Threat Of Militant Groups
In this Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 photo, Pakistan security stand guard in front of the Press Club in Pakistan’s capital of Quetta, Pakistan. The telephone call to local journalists generally comes in the late evening. The voice on the other end is usually a Sunni militant with a statement he…
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