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South Asia
Death toll reaches 1127 as search ends at collapsed Bangladeshi building
A man walks at the site where a Bangladesh garment-factory building collapsed on April 24 in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, May 13, 2013. Nearly three weeks after the building collapsed, the search for the dead ended Monday at the site of the worst disaster in the history of the…
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Yunus appeals for action on Bangladesh’s garment industry
Editor’s note: The microfinance pioneer and Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus says action is urgently needed to improve the conditions of four million Bangladeshi workers. In his writing as the first involvement since the incident, he calls on foreign clothes companies to fix a minimum wage for workers to prevent…
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Pakistan at crossroads after landmark election
Editor’s note: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has claimed victory in May 11 parliamentary elections. But the biggest winners in these historic elections are the Pakistani people who came out to vote despite the fear of the Taliban, says Dr. Altaf Khan, a political analyst specializing in the South…
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Bangladesh’s bomb disposal crew defuse bomb during nationwide strike
Members of Bangladesh’s bomb disposal unit defuse a bomb during a nationwide strike called by Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The strike was called after a Bangladesh tribunal on Thursday convicted Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, a top Islamic party politician of atrocities stemming from the nation’s 1971…
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Pakistan Muslim League-N party supporters celebrate election victory
A supporter of Pakistan Muslim League-N party sits on his motorcycle decorated with posters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as he and other his others celebrate their party’s victory in the parliamentary election outside the party’s headquarter in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, May 12, 2013. Sharif looked set Sunday…
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An Indian village famous for graffiti becomes popular tourist destination
A villager walks past a wall painted with graffiti in Hauz Khas village in New Delhi, capital of India, May 7, 2013. Hauz Khas village, which is decorated with various graffiti works on its walls, is one of New Delhi’s artist enclaves. The village features in stylistic shops, bars, galleries…
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A Pakistani man escapes from 13-storey government building on fire
A Pakistani man moments before jumping from the fifth floor of a building that caught on fire in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, May 9, 2013. The 13-storey government building caught fire and quickly intensified spreading to three floors of the tall building. <AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary>
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[Asia Round-up] What Malaysians’ votes represent
Editor’s note: Followings are summaries of editorials from major Asian media on current issues. What Malaysians’ votes represent [Singapore, The Strait Times 07-05-2013] The intense run-up to Malaysia’s general elections of the ruling party Barisan Nasional and opposition party Pakatan Rakyat and the results too close to call signify changes in…
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Over 30 people dead as overloaded Indian bus plunges into river
Rescuers look for survivors after a bus plunged into the Beas River near Kullu, India, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. More than 30 people were killed when an overloaded bus plunged into the river on the Kullu-Mandi national highway Wednesday, according to a news agency. It is feared that some bodies…
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Afghan students protest on border dispute with Pakistan
Afghan students participate in a protest on the border dispute between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Nangarhar province in east Afghanistan on May 8, 2013. Hundreds of Afghan college students staged a peaceful protest against Pakistan in Nangarhar province on Wednesday. <Xinhua/Tahir Safi>
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