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Indian rickshaw pullers push vehicles through waterlogged street in Gauhat
Rickshaw pullers push their vehicles through a waterlogged street in Gauhati, capital city of Assam, India, July 16, 2013. Heavy showers flooded some areas in the city on Tuesday. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Stringer>
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India says goodbye to 163-year-old telegram servece by sending last ones
India’s last telegram went out late Sunday, marking the end of a service that millions of Indians had relied on for fast communication for more than 160 years. Hundreds of people thronged the 75 telegraph offices remaining in the country to send their last telegrams to friends or family as…
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Bangladeshi Islamic leader sentenced to 90 years in prison for war crimes
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islmai party’s former chief Ghulam Azam (C) arrives at a criminal court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 15, 2013. Ghulam Azam, one of the most high profile leaders of Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party, was on Monday sentenced to 90 years in prison for war crimes including mass killings. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Shariful Islam>…
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Bangladesh to build Padma Bridge with own resources
As the biggest global lender, the World Bank (WB), has backed out from the supporting Bangladesh’s largest infrastructure development project, the Bangladesh government has decided to construct the country’s biggest rail-road bridge over the mighty Padma river with its own resources. The tender for construction of the 6.15 kilometer long…
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Bangladeshi garment workers demand payment of unpaied wages
Bangladeshi garment workers participate in a protest outside the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Export Association (BGMEA) office building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, July 14, 2013. Hundreds of garment workers protested Sunday demanding payment of their unpaid wages and festival bonus. <AP Photo/NEWSis/A.M. Ahad.>
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Malala addresses at UN’s first Youth Assembly on her 16th birthday
Malala Yousafzai celebrated her 16th birthday on the world stage at the United Nations, defiantly telling Taliban extremists who tried to end her campaign for girls’ education in Pakistan with a bullet that the attack gave her new courage and demanding that world leaders provide free education to all children.…
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Jaintia tribesmen watch Chariot being erected at Behdienkhlam festival
Jaintia tribesmen watch a chariot being pulled during Behdienkhlam festival celebrations in Jowai, in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya, Saturday, July 13, 2013. Behdienkhlam is a traditional festival of the Jaintias celebrated after sowing is done seeking a good harvest and to drive away plague and diseases. Young men…
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A suicide bomber attack kills Pakistani President’s guard and police officers
Pakistani security officials and media persons gather around a damaged vehicle at the site of suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. A suicide bomber attacked a vehicle carrying one of the Pakistani president’s guards in the southern city of Karachi Wednesday, killing him and two police officers,…
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Hindu devotees around chariot of Hindu god during annual Rath Yatra in India
Hindu devotees gather for the annual Rath Yatra or Chariot procession of Lord Jagannath in Puri, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, India, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. The three idols of Hindu god Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra are taken out in a…
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13 dead in 80-year-old, three-story hotel collapse in southern India
At least 13 people have been confirmed dead while 18 others injured in the collapse of a 80- year-old three-story hotel in Secunderabad city in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh Monday, a senior police official said. “The death toll has now risen to 13. All the injured have…
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