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South East Asia
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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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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Journalists in Myanmar have become freer than before under the gov’t reform process
Journalists work in the newsroom of The Voice daily newspaper in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, March 31, 2013. The reform process under President Thein Sein, who took office two years ago this month, has included the abolition of direct censorship of local media. On Monday, independent daily newspapers will be able…
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Filipino devotees make the Stations of Cross as a religious rite during Holy Week
Filipino devotees make the Stations of the Cross as they carry wooden crosses at the Philippine Center of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina on Thursday, March 28, 2013 in suburban Quezon city, east of Manila, Philippines. Devotees practice different religious rites during the Holy Week in this predominantly Roman Catholic country.…
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Muslim people protest against Mass Organizations Bill in Jakarta
People of muslim organizations protest against Mass Organizations bill in front of the Indonesian parliament building in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 28, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Veri Sanovri>
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People visit war museum in Hanoi on 40th anniversary of American troop withdrawal from Vietnam
Visitors to the Vietnam Military History Museum walk around the remains of an American fighter jet that was shot down or crashed close to Hanoi during the Vietnam War on Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Hanoi, Vietnam. Friday, March 29, is the 40th anniversary of the withdrawal of American combat…
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