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South East Asia
Myanmar Monks Protest Muslim Attacks Against Buddhists In Bangladesh
Myanmar Buddhist monks hold banners as they stage a rally outside the U.S. Embassy Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. More than 100 monks protested recent attacks against Buddhists in Bangladesh. Thousands of Muslims there set fire to at least 10 temples and 40 homes due to anger over…
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Philippine President Aquino III Announces Peace Agreement With Muslim Rebel Group
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III delivers a speech on national television at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. Aquino said Sunday that his government has reached a preliminary peace agreement with the nation’s largest Muslim rebel group in a major breakthrough toward ending a…
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A Filipino Catholic Has Her Puppy Blessed In Honor Of Saint Francis Of Assisi
A Roman Catholic priest sprinkles holy water at a puppy following a mass to celebrate the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, on Thursday Oct. 4, 2012 at suburban Paranaque, south of Manila in the Philippines. Catholics have their pets blessed in an annual…
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Philippine Court’s Decision To Arrest Former President Arroyo Brings Mixed Reactions From Filipinos
In this Feb. 23, 2012 file photo, former Philippine President and now Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal Arroyo arrives at a Pasay City Court for her arraignment on electoral fraud charges in Manila. The Philippine anti-graft court on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, ordered the arrest of Arroyo in the third corruption investigation…
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Thai Buddhist Monks Protest Against Muslim Attacks On Temples In Bangladesh
About 100 Buddhist monks stage a peaceful demonstration to call for an end to attacks against Buddhist communities in Bangladesh in front of the United Nations regional office in Bangkok on Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012. About 1,000 Buddhist families fled their villages in Bangladesh after rioters burned at least 10…
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Indonesian Workers Go On Nationwide One-day Strike Seeking Pay Hike
Factory workers shout slogans during a protest in medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Indonesian unions say more than 2 million factory workers have gone on a one-day strike across the country to call for higher wages and protest the hiring of contract workers. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara) news@theasian.asia
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South East Asia
Lives Of Low-Income People In Myanmar Look Gruelling
Myanmar daily waged labors unload sands from a ship at a construction site in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct.2, 2012. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win) A woman walks on a bridge as she sells bananas in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, Oct.2, 2012. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win) Daily waged workers get rid of debris…
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Filipino Journalists Opposed To Cybercrime Prevention Act For Fear Of Suppressing Online Freedom
Filipino journalists and some media group leaders hold their petitions against the Cybercrime Prevention Act as they submitted them to the Supreme Court in Manila, Philippines, Wednesday Oct. 3, 2012. Media groups and Filipinos stepped up calls Wednesday for repealing a tough new law that targets cybercrime but activists fear…
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Streets In Ho Chi Minh City Flooded By Heavy Rain
Students wade through a flooded street in Binh Tan District in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, Oct. 3, 2012. (Xinhua/VNA)(dzl) Local residents ride motorcycles on a flooded street in Binh Tan District in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, Oct. 3, 2012. (Xinhua/VNA) news@theasian.asia
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Filipino netizens freest in Asia, 6th freest in world
MANILA, Philippines—Filipino netizens are the freest in Asia and sixth in the world when it comes to Internet freedom, according to a study by a Washington DC-based advocacy group released as outrage builds in the Philippines over a new cybercrime law. The study of Freedom House found the Philippines having…
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