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South East Asia
Leaders of four Asian nations and ASEAN get together for summit in Vientiane
Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Vice President of Myanmar Mauk Kham, and Secretary-General of ASEAN Le Luong Minh (L to R) pose for photos during the 6th annual Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) Summit in Vientiane, Laos, March 12, 2013. Senior…
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A monk in Yangon buys a newspaper carrying a report on copper mine incident that injured 108 people
A Buddhist monk buys a state-run newspaper with a report by an investigation commission on an incident at Latpadaung copper mine, in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. The eagerly awaited official report has confirmed that police in Myanmar used smoke bombs that contain phosphorus during a crackdown on anti-mine…
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East Asia
Japanese mountaineer, reported missing at Mt. Sibayak in Indonesia, found alive by rescuers
Japanese mountaineer Kosei Yamada, center, who was reported missing on Wednesday last week, is assisted by rescuers after he was found at the bottom of a ravine at Mount Sibayak in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, March 10, 2013. Yamada was found alive near the top of the 2,212 meter…
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South East Asia
A man carries mattress in unemployment stricken Myanmar
A man carries mattress on his shoulder at a railway station in Yangon, Myanmar, March 8, 2013. Nearly 350,000 or 56 percent job-seeking workers out of 810,000 registered with Myanmar’s labor department were employed at home and abroad as of the end of 2012, leaving over 500,000 still unemployed, local…
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South East Asia
Accident scene where 11 people were killed in Khanh Hoa, Vietnam
Photo taken on March 8, 2013 shows the debris at the accident site in Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam. At least 11 people were killed and another 49 injured as two coaches collided with each other on Highway 1A in Vietnam’s central Khanh Hoa province early Friday morning, local VnExpress reported.…
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South East Asia
Malaysian Sultan Jamalul Kiram III orders unilateral ceasefire
Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, right, of the Sultanate of Sulu, and his daughter Princess Jacel Kiram, talk to the media in their house after attending the Friday prayers at the Blue Mosque at suburban Taguig city east of Manila, Philippines Friday Mar.8, 2013. Kiram III ordered his “Royal Army” followers,…
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A volcanic crater, a tourist attraction in Indonesia, spews smoke and ash
Indonesian officials examine the crater of Tangkuban Perahu volcano in Subang, West Java, Indonesia, Thursday, March 7, 2013. Indonesian authorities are closely monitoring the smoking volcano popular with tourists on Java island and are urging everyone to stay off the mountain’s slope after it spewed smoke and ash nearly 500…
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South East Asia
People in Phnom Penh march a street demanding release of an arrested woman
Villagers from Boeung Kok lake march through the main street wearing a portrait of detained Yoam Bopha, to mark the World Women’s Day, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, March. 8, 2013. Bopha was arrested by local authorities after her protest over compensation for her loss of her house due to…
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People cross flooded area on a boat in East Jakarta amid rising water level in the region
People use a boat to across the flooded area in Cawang, East Jakarta, Indonesia, March 5, 2013. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) on Tuesday warned that Jakarta could experience another big flood this week, as many areas in the city have already been swamped after the water level at…
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South East Asia
Photos of endangered wildlife on display at world convention for them in Bangkok
A man looks at photos of endangered wildlife at the 16th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Bangkok, Thailand, March 4, 2013. CITES will be held from March 3 till March 14 in Bangkok with the participation of conservationists…
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