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South East Asia
The aquatic bank branch “Bank on the Boat” sets to sail in Bangkok
The “Bank on the Boat” sails on the Mae Nam Chao Phraya River, in Bangkok, Thailand, April 4, 2013. Thailand Government Savings Bank opened its first aquatic branch in 1958 for the convienience of the inhabitants living onshore. Now the “Bank on the Boat” still works for those residents alongside…
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Indonesian children collect waste goods as an aid program announced
Children collect waste goods of Eva Sindoro which burned out a few weeks ago at Sunda Kelapa Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 4, 2013. Australia will give Indonesia an additional 99 million Australian dollar over the next two years to help boost the its flagship poverty reduction program, Australian Foreign…
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Malaysia PM dissolves parliament to hold national elections
A customer watches a live broadcast of an announcement by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak at an electrical shop in Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Najib has dissolved Parliament to call for national elections expected later this month. <AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin>
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South East Asia
Filipino inmates perform YouTube hit “Thriller” dance inside the jail
In this photo taken March, 2010 and released by Portfolio Films Wednesday, April 3, 2013, inmates of Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center perform during the taping of the movie “Dance of the Steel Bars” inside the jail compound in Cebu province, central Philippines. The Filipino inmates whose choreographed “Thriller”…
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Obama says Singapore key to U.S. rebalancing toward Asia
President Barack Obama called Singapore “one of the most successful countries in the world” and expressed appreciation for its military and economic cooperation, part of his administration’s foreign policy shift toward Asia. Singapore has provided “a steady vision of how countries in the Pacific region can cooperate effectively,” Obama said…
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Cambodia Airlines signs a joint venture with Filipino San Miguel Corporation
Kith Meng (Front R), president of Cambodia Airlines, and Ramon S. Ang (Fromt L), president of San Miguel Corporation and Philippine Airlines, sign a joint venture agreement in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 2, 2013. Cambodia Airlines, a majority-owned Cambodian company, and San Miguel Corporation, the Philippines’most diversified conglomerate, on Tuesday…
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A fire kills 13 children at a mosque in Yangon, Myanmar
Muslim religious leaders gather at a mosque following a fire that killed 13 children at a mosque in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Police in Myanmar said 13 children died when an electrical fire broke out at the mosque in the country’s largest city. <AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe> Members of…
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Filipino Sultan of Sulu and Archbishop Palma discuss ongoing clashes in Sabah state
In this photo made available by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-News (CBCP-News), Filipino Sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram III, left, talks with CBCP President Archbishop Jose Palma during their meeting in Manila, Philippines on Monday April 1, 2013. Kiram and Palma discussed the on and off clashes in…
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Private newspapers return to Myanmar
Privately owned daily newspapers hit Myanmar’s streets on Apr. 1 for the first time in decades under new freedoms that represent a revolution for a media industry which was shackled under military rule. Four Burmese-language titles — The Voice, The Golden Fresh Land, The Union and The Standard Time —…
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South East Asia
Tourists smear their faces with colored powder to celebrate Hindu festival of Holi
Tourists, faces smeared with colored powder, pose for a photo during a religious spring festival Holi in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, is celebrated by people throwing colored powder and water at each other. Teenagers, faces smeared with colored powder, take a…
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