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South Asia
U.S., NATO Resume Supplies To Afghanistan Via Pakistan
A Pakistani border guard gives the “OK” signal to Afghanistan-bound NATO trucks to enter in eastern Afghanistan through the Torkham border post in Pakistan on Thursday, July 12, 2012. The supplies to American and NATO troops in Afghanistan resumed after a seven-month long closure of the supply routes by Pakistan.…
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Sri Lanka : New secretaries for 18 ministries
Top news in <Daily Mirror>: New secretaries for 18 ministries The Government Information Department said that 18 new secretaries have been appointed to ministries by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Charitha Herath was appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Media. Dr. P.B Jayasundara will remain as the Secretary to the…
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India Starts Fight Against Child Labor
Young Indian bonded child laborer Iqrar, 11, wears a number and poses for photographs as his details are processed after being rescued during a raid by workers from Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or Save the Childhood Movement, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 11, 2012. In New Delhi alone, about 50,000…
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Flood Separates Pakistani Children From Families
Pakistani boys, whose families were displaced by 2010 floods from a village in Pakistan’s Sindh province, play pool in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, July 10, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Air India Bimaner Pkistane Joruri Abotoron
Namoskar, ami Sudhany Ghosh, Asia Journalist Association, AJA Goto Air Indiar eksho baish jon jatri shoho ekti jatribshi biman Pkistaner Nawabshah bimanbondore joruri abotoron kore.tinsho unisher A numberer oi biman ti Abu Dhabi theke Delhi jawar pothe jantrik golojoger karone joruri abotoron korte badhho hoye.Air India theke janano hoyeche je…
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Bangladesh : Another highway robbery in city, 1 killed
Top news in <The Daily Star>: Another highway robbery in city, 1 killed A fish trader was killed and a trucker injured when robbers took away their fish-laden pickup-van throwing them from a running truck in the capital’s Mohakhali area early Thursday. The incident took place when the owners of…
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Karzai Meets Akihito In Tokyo
In this photo released by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, listens to Japan’s Emperor Akihito during a meeting at Imperial Palace in Tokyo Monday, July 10, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Pakistanis Oppose To Reopen Supply Route For U.S.
Pakistani anti-US and NATO protesters demonstrate in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, July 9, 2012. Thousands of Islamists streamed toward Pakistan’s capital in a massive convoy of vehicles Sunday to protest the government’s decision to allow the U.S. and other NATO countries to resume shipping troop supplies through the country to Afghanistan.…
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A Circus Girl Performs In Afghanistan
A girl from Mobile Mini Circus for Children performs in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 9, 2012. The circus will make a tour through several countries in south Asia and Middle East. <Xinhua/Ahmad Massoud> news@theasian.asia
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Rose Petals On Sale At Festival In Karachi
A vender sells rose petals during Shab-e-Barat Festival in Karachi, Pakistan, on July 5, 2012. <Xinhua/Masroor> news@theasian.asia
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