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South Asia
Indian youth participate in silent protest against recent gang rapes and murder
Indian youth take part in a silent protest against the recent gang rapes and murder in Calcutta, Capital of eastern Indian state West Bengal, July 4, 2013. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, West Bengal accounted for 12.67 percent of the total crimes committed against women in…
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East Asia
[Asia Round-up] In danger of being a nation run by thieves
Editor’s note: Followings are summaries of editorials from major Asian media on current issues. Positive reinforcement more effective than physical punishment [Nepal, The Kathmandu Post, 05-07-2013] Recently, in a private school in Hirminiya, Banke of mid-western Nepal, a teacher hurled a textbook at eight-year-old Ajaya Dhobi for not finishing his…
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South Asia
Armed militants attack security checkpoint in Pakistan, 6 soldiers dead
An injured policeman receives medical treatment at a hospital in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on July 3, 2013. At least six troops were killed, ten others injured and three went missing when a large group of militants stormed a checkpost in Pakistan’s northwest city of Peshawar early Wednesday morning, reported local…
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South Asia
Kashmiri villagers shout slogans carrying rebel commander’s dead body
Indian army has killed an intruder carrying explosives on LoC dividing Kashmir, officials said Tuesday. An Indian army spokesman said the intruder was killed Monday in the Saujiyan sector of frontier Poonch district, around 190 km southwest of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian- controlled Kashmir, while trying to…
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A Nepali child moved on wooden prong for Hindu ritual at Tridents Festival
A child is balanced above a wooden prong planted in a chariot by priests and devotees during the Trishul Jatra or Tridents Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 30, 2013. The Tridents Festival is celebrated by Hindus in belief that their children will be blessed by good health after participation in…
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South Asia
Suicide attack targeted Pakistani religious seminary kills over 28
At least 28 people were killed and over 60 others were injured in a suicide attack that targeted a religious seminary in Pakistan’s southwestern provincial capital of Quetta on Sunday night, said police official. Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Mir Zubair Mehmood told to the media that a total of…
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South Asia
Indians mourn victims of helicopter crash in rescue of people from flood
People gather to pay respect to Wing Cmdr. of Indian Air Force (IAF) Darryl Castelino, a victim of a helicopter that crashed during a rescue mission in flood-ravaged northern India, during his funeral procession in Mumbai, India, Sunday, June 30, 2013. The air force helicopter hit the side of a…
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India-Pakistan border people celebrate 300-year old annual Chamliyal fair
Indian Border Security Force officials, left, offer a holy cloth handed by Pakistani rangers at the shrine of a Sufi saint Baba Dalip Singh Manhas during the annual Chamliyal fair near the India-Pakistan international border at Chamliyal post, about 47 kilometers (29 miles) south of Jammu, India, Thursday, June 27,…
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East Asia
Kaesong with other 19 historic sites inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage
The 37th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee came to an end successfully on Thursday after 11 days in action. Addressing the closing ceremony held in the tourism city of Siem Reap province on Thursday night, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, chairman of the session, expressed the country’s…
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South Asia
Indian devotees wait to register for annual pilgrimage to Amarnath shrine
A Hindu holy man waits to register for the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu, India, Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims flock each year to the Amarnath shrine which contains a large icicle revered by Hindus as an incarnation of Lord Shiva, the…
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