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South Asia
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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Pakistani Muslims Protest Against Anti-Islam Movie In Lahore
Supporters of Jamaat ud Dawa (JD) shout anti-US slogans during a rally against an anti-Islam movie in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on Sept. 16, 2012. <Xinhua Photo/Sajjad> news@theasian.asia
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Monsoon Rains Inundate Indian City Of Allahabad
An Indian policeman shaves while sitting on his bed after flood waters entered the George town police station following heavy monsoon rains in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. An Indian policeman leaves for work from the George town police station which was flooded following heavy monsoon rains in Allahabad,…
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Ban To Sell Fertilizer Provokes Anger Of Pakistani Farmers
In this Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012 photo, Pakistani customers from the tribal area of Waziristan buy fertilizer at a shop in Bannu, Pakistan. Pakistan’s efforts to cut off the flow of fertilizer to militants using it to make bombs in a key tribal sanctuary along the Afghan border has outraged…
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People In Peshawar Protest Against Movie Defaming Islam
Supporters of the Pakistani Jamaat-e-Islami party shout slogans during a demonstration against the airing of a U.S.-made defamatory video clip to malign the personality of Muslim Prophet Mohammad in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on September 13, 2012. <Xinhua/Umar Qayyum> news@theasian.asia
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Relatives Mourn Death Of Loved Ones In Garment Factory Fire
Relatives mourn the death of their loved ones outside a garment factory following a massive fire which resulted in the death of 289 people in Karachi, Pakistan, on September 13, 2012. Relatives light candles during a candlelight vigil for the death of their loved ones outside a garment factory following…
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Muslim Leaders In Kashmir Denounce U.S. Movie Insulting Islam
Kashmiri Muslim religious leaders speak to media during a press conference to protest against the U.S. anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims”, in Srinagar, Indian-controled Kashmir, on Sept. 13, 2012. <Xinhua/Javed Dar> news@theasian.asia
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Indians Stand Up Against Nuclear Power Plant
Activists and residents stand in the waters of the Bay of Bengal and shout slogans as they protest against the Russian-built Kudankulam Atomic Power Project, background, at Kudankulam, about 700 kilometers from Chennai, Tamil Nadu state on Sept. 13, 2012. Villagers in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu have renewed…
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Children of Refugee Camp Walk In Slums Of Islamabad
Pakistani children who fled with their families from the Pakistani tribal area of Bajur where Pakistani security forces are fighting against militants, walk with a horse in the slums of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. <AP Photo/B.K. Bangash> Pakistani devotees burn lamps at a shrine to get their wishes…
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Hindu Gods In The Making For Ganesh Festival In India
An Indian artisan makes the finishing touches to a clay idol of elephant-headed Hindu God Ganesha flanked by statues of social activist Anna Hazare, left, and Gujarat state chief minister Narendra Modi at a workshop on the outskirts of Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. The ten day long Ganesh…
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