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Amnesty accuses Sri Lanka of intensifying repression of dissent
The international human rights group, Amnesty International, has accused the Sri Lankan government of intensifying repression of dissent in institutions such as the media and the judiciary. Amnesty says the sometimes violent crackdown is largely meant to tighten the government’s grip on power and silence criticism of rights violations during…
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Posters look for missing persons in Bangladeshi building collapse
Workers toil in the collapsed garment factory building on Tuesday 30, April, 2013 in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Emergency workers hauling large concrete slabs from a collapsed 8-story building said Tuesday they expect to find many dead bodies when they reach the ground floor, indicating the death toll will be…
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Nepali brick factory laborers take rest on eve of International Labor Day
Laborers take rest as they work at a brick factory on the eve of International Labor Day on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Nepalese workers affiliated to various trade unions are expected to celebrate the day Wednesday by taking out parades and rallies. A Nepalese laborer…
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An Indian woman shields from rain waiting for PM Singh at campaign
An elderly Congress party supporter holds a chair to shield herself from rain as she waits with others for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a campaign rally for the upcoming Karnataka state election on the outskirts of Bangalore, India, Monday, April 29, 2013. The southern Indian state of Karnataka…
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A Guinness record holder dead in stunt to cross river with zip wire
In this Sunday, April 28, 2013 photograph, people watch as Indian Sailendra Nath Roy attempts to cross Teesta river suspended from a zip wire attached to his ponytail moments before his death in Siliguri, West Bengal state, India. Roy who was named a Guinness World Record holder in 2011 for…
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Nepali women challenge traditional menstrual practice forced to them
Kathmandu – Women in Dailekh district, in western Nepal, are slowly giving up the Chhaupadi tradition, a system in which the women are forced to stay in the cow sheds or natural caves during their menstruation cycle. Sad yet true, many women in the remote parts of western Nepal are…
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Family members visit jailed Indian spy attacked by inmates
Dalbir Kaur(C), sister of jailed Indian spy Sarabjit Singh arrives with her family members at Wagah border in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on April 28, 2013. Singh, who is on death row, was attacked by inmates armed by bricks in Lahore’s jail on Friday. Singh was arrested in 1990 for his…
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A survivor of Bangladeshi building collapse carried into ambulance
A survivor (center) is carried into an ambulance while surrounded by onlookers, after being rescued from the garment factory building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday April 28, 2013. A fire broke out late Sunday in the wreckage of the garment factory that collapsed last week in…
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Indian people surrounding warrior god idol celebrate eunuch festival
In this Monday, April 22, 2013 photo, Indian eunuchs interact with each other after they dress to travel to Koovagam for the eunuch festival, in Vilupuram, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Eunuchs from all over India gather in this village to re-enact a story adopted from the…
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A monk walks inside Buddhist monastery in Dratshang, Bhutan
Monks carry a wooden box outside a Buddhist monastery in Dratshang, Bhutan, Sunday, April 21, 2013. Known by its people as the Land of the Thunder Dragon, Bhutan’s snowcapped peaks and mountainside monasteries have long intrigued Westerners in search of a Buddhist nirvana. A Monk walks inside a Buddhist monastery…
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