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South Asia
Ousted Pakistani premier submits appeal to annul his five-year ban for running election
Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani talks to reporters after appearing in the Supreme Court in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Gilani appeared in the court to submit appeal to quash his five-year disqualification, for the upcoming parliamentary elections. The Pakistani government has suggested that election may…
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A Christian girl collect laundry amid report that Muslims attacked Christians in Lahor
A Pakistani Christian girl, collects her family’s laundry, in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. A mob of hundreds of people in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore attacked a Christian neighborhood Saturday and set fire to homes after hearing accusations that a Christian man had…
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Pashupatinath saw largest crowd at Shivaratri festival
Kathmandu – “Jaya Shambho! Jaya Shambo!!” Some 1.2 million Hindu devotees thronged into the Pashupatinath temple area chanting these words on the day of Shivaratri festival on Sunday. Famous Pashupatinath Temple located in the heart of Kathamndu is one of the famous pilgrimage sites for Hindus. Every Hindu has a…
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A series of blasts in Karachi, Pakistan, claim four lives, injuring 11 others
Police officials inspect the blast site in southern Pakistan’s Karachi on March 11, 2013. At least four people were killed and 11 others including four policemen were injured in three separate attacks in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Monday, local media and police said. <Xinhua/Masroor>
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Mishing tribal people share Apong, traditional rice beer, at their hut in Jajimukh, India
A Mishing tribal woman distributes Apong, traditional rice beer to her other family members inside their hut on the banks of the river Brahmaputra in Jajimukh in north eastern Assam state, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. A Mishing tribal woman drinks traditional rice beer outside a hut on the banks…
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Oppostion activists burn street vendor’s cart in clash with police in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bangladeshi opposition activists shout slogans after they burn a street vendor’s cart as they clash with police during their protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 11, 2013. The protest was called by an alliance of 18 parties to denounce trials of several opposition politicians accused of mass killings and atrocities…
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Pakistani Christian women cry visiting their homes torched by Muslim mob in Lahore
A Pakistani Christian family search in their home that was torched by an angry Muslim mob in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 10, 2013. Hundreds of Christians clashed with police in eastern and southern Pakistan on Sunday, a day after a Muslim mob burned dozens of homes owned by members of…
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Hindu devotees gather at a temple in Mumbai to celebrate Maha Shivaratri festival
Hindu devotees queue to attend an event at the Babulnath Temple in Mumbai, India, March 10, 2013. A lot of Hindu devotees gathered at the Babulnath Temple Sunday to offer milk and flowers to celebrate the Maha Shivaratri festival. Maha Shivaratri which can be translated into “great night of Lord…
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A Pakistani girl lights candles during a vigil for the bombing victims
A Pakistani Shiite Muslim girl lights candles during a vigil for the 45 victims killed in a massive bombing last weekend in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on March 8, 2013. About 397 people were killed and over 800 others injured in many bomb blasts that ripped through different…
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Indian police chase lawyers during a protest over stipend in Jaipur
Indian policemen chase down lawyers during a protest in Jaipur, India, Thursday, March 7, 2013. Agitating lawyers, irked over police action against them during a march to the Rajasthan state assembly, damaged a vehicle and a check post during a clash between them Thursday. The protesters demand inclusion of monthly…
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