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South Asia
India’s Hyderabad building collapse on two huts leaves six dead
Indians crowd the site where the wall of a building collapsed in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, July 23, 2013. Six people were killed and two children rescued from the debris when the wall collapsed on two huts, according to news reports. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Mahesh Kumar A.> An Indian child named Avinash receives…
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US Vice President Biden visits India to boost trade and regional security ties
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held talks in the Indian capital Tuesday as part of a renewed effort to strengthen ties between the two countries. The meeting came just weeks after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry came to India to lead a strategic…
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Kashmiri muslims demonstrate against killing civilians and desecration of Quran
Despite strict curfew restrictions in Muslim majority areas of Indian-controlled Kashmir, thousands of people in other parts of the restive region on Friday staged demonstrations to protest killing of four civilians and alleged desecration of holy Quran ( Islam’s holy book) at the hands of Indian border guards. Hundreds of…
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A 18-year-old Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in protest against Chinese rule
Exile Tibetans pray as they hold a candlelit vigil upon hearing the news of a self-immolation by a Tibetan Buddhist Monk in eastern Tibet in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, July 21, 2013. The exiles claim that Kunchok Sonam, an 18-year-old Buddhist Monk died after setting himself on fire on Saturday in…
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Pre-Ashokan Buddhist monuments discovered In Lumbini
Unearthed Pre-Ashokan Buddhist Structures Pushed The History Lumbini By 1000 Years Kathmandu: New excavations in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, have unearthed ruins of a pre-Ashokan Buddhist temple of brick and a village suggesting that Buddhist activities in the area were in full swing 1,000 years before Emperor Ashoka…
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Kashmiri protesters slam India’s Border Security Force’s fire at demonstrators
The authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir Thursday imposed curfew in Ramban district, after six civilians were killed when Indian border guards opened fire at protesters, an official said. The firing incident took place in the morning at Dadam village, around 155 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-…
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21 children confirmed dead due to food poisoning of shool meal in eastern India
At least 21 children, all below 12 years, are now confirmed dead due to food poisoning after eating a free mid-day school meal in the eastern Indian state of Bihar Tuesday, a senior police official said Wednesday. “Some 100 children consumed the free meal at state-run Navsrijit Primary School in…
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Visitors look at jade artworks of China at renowned Mumbai musuem(CSMVS)
A visitor looks at the jade artworks of China at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) in Mumbai, India, July 17, 2013. The CSMVS, formerly Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, is the largest and most well known museum in Mumbai. Its collection comprises not only various forms…
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Malala Yousafzai in an Arab American documentary film
“Let us pick up our books and our pens. They are our most powerful weapons… one child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. Education is the only solution. Education first.” These were the words of Malala Yousafzai, who celebrated her 16th birthday on the world…
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Indian sex workers and activists demand rights, dignity and protection
Indian sex workers and activists walk in a rally demanding rights, dignity and social protection for the workers in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Bikas Das> Indian sex workers and activists shout slogans as they take part in a rally demanding rights, dignity and social protection for the…
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