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South Asia
Polio vaccine to child
A Pakistani health worker gives a polio vaccine to a child in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, May 19, 2014. Pakistan will require all travelers leaving the country to obtain a polio vaccination from June 1, 2014, the health ministry said.
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East Asia
[Asia Round-up] It pays to be cautious about digital cash
The collapse of the bitcoin exchange MtGox tells a lot about both entrepreneurs and cyber buyers. Some US$450 million is said to have been lost from the debacle. The vision of inflation-less currency that can move easily and without cost between sender and receiver is an attractive one. But, one…
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South Asia
Indian man near a railway station
An Indian man stands at the doorway of a train at a railway station in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Indian railway network is one of the world’s largest, with some 14 million passengers daily and some 64,000 kilometers (40,000 miles) of railway track cut through some of…
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South Asia
Love of the Arts: From Mumbai to Kuwait!
Director and writer Arif Kazi A few years ago, when I started my TV program “The Other,” which hosts non-Arab cultural figures to be introduced to an Arab audience, I met Mr. Arif Kazi for the first time. A mutual friend suggested him to be my guest for our new…
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South Asia
IMF says Pakistan economy on track but inflation looms
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund said Saturday that Pakistan’s economic reform program remained broadly on track, but warned over rising inflation. Pakistan received a $6.7 billion IMF bailout package last year to help the country achieve economic reforms, particularly in its troubled energy sector. “The IMF is encouraged by the…
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India water scarcity
Indian women and children wait for a municipal water supply tanker to arrive in Ramol, outskirts of Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, May 11, 2014. As India faces certain water scarcity and ecological decline, the country’s main political parties campaigning for elections have all but ignored environmental issues seen as crucial to…
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East Asia
High Goals on Big Screens
Though soccer is considered the most famous sport around the globe, it’s still not presented well in movies. American football stole the spotlight, and it’s either documentaries or comedy movies like “She’s The Man” or “Shaolin Soccer”. Only recently those studios really started to do some real soccer movies. Recently,…
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A million Hindus throng Shivaratri Festival
Thousands of Hindus from both Nepal and India thronged the famous Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu to observe the festival of Maha Shivaratri by offering worship to Lord Shiva, one of the three main Gods of Hindus, on February 27. As the name suggests, it is the night (ratri) of Lord…
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Indian farmers grapple with drought
Water budgeting expertise sought after among farmers Amid continued drought in rural areas in India, farmers struggle to cultivate crops with less and less water. In some rural areas, illiterate farmers use their knacks in farming with less water and their farming expertise has now become a much-requested skill among…
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South Asia
Why dozens of Pakistani peacocks perish?
Peacocks and peahens on the verge of extinction in area Like every year, drought and extreme hot weather in Thar Desert of Southern Sindh province of Pakistan have started hitting the birds as dozens of peacocks have died and hundreds of birds fallen sick in different villages. The drought and…
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