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Nepal on 7 Mar 2012
Nepal on 7 Mar 2012 <Himalayan Times>: Mother sets self‚ daughters on fire
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IMF “Pakistani Economy Would Speed up”
An elderly Pakistani man walks back to his home carrying wood that he collected to be used for heating in a slum area on the outskirts of northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar, on March 6, 2012. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Pakistani economy would speed up to a 3.4 percent…
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“Let’s Make our Street Bright”
A Pakistani art student paints a wall along a street in Lahore, Pakistan on March 5, 2012. More than 300 art students and youths participate in a street art painting competition run by a local youth organization with the aim of improving the city vista. <Photo: Xinhua/Jamil Ahmed> news@theasian.asia
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Afghan Women Thrown in Workplace
Two Afghan women work at a women bakery in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 5, 2012. Many women across the war-torn country who lost family members during the war have to work to support their families. <Photo: Xinhua/Maryam Khamosh> news@theasian.asia
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“Give me my Home Back”
Residents of different villages located along both sides of railway track in Larkana district of Southern Sindh province of Pakistan staged demonstration, blocked railway track by setting ablaze old tyres and wood and halted the train for many hours to lodge protest against razing of their homes by Pakistan Railway…
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India on 5 Mar 2012: Minor arrested for axing father to death
India on 5 Mar 2012 <Time’s of India>: Minor arrested for axing father to death
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Pakistan Estimates Drug Abuser 4 mil.
A Pakistani drug addict injects himself with heroin in a roadside corner in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on March 2, 2012. It is estimated that the total number of drug abusers in Pakistan is about four million. But a survey conducted by the United Nations in 2006 shows the total number…
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Sri Lanka on 2 March 2012
Sri Lanka on 2 March 2012 <The Island>: US holds back anti-SL resolution in Geneva news@theasian.asia
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Decorated Hands of Pakistani Brides
Pakistani brides show their hands decorated with henna on a mass wedding ceremony in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore, March 1, 2012. Around 50 couples participated in a mass wedding ceremony organized by the Welfare Association. <Photo: Xinhua/Sajjad> news@theasian.asia
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Hot Water Shortage Leads Afghans to Public Bath
Afghan men bath at a “Hamam” or public bathhouse in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan on March 1, 2012. Most local people come to public bathhouse daily in Kabul and across the country. The bathing fee here is some 50 Afghanis (about one U.S. dollar) per person. People come to public…
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