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West Asia
A street vendor in Tunis sits on ground after setting himself ablaze
An unidentified Tunisian street vendor is sitting on the ground after he doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire in Tunis, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. The street vendor set himself on fire in Tunisia’s capital, reviving memories of the self-immolation that helped spark the Arab Spring uprisings. Burns…
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West Asia
Clashes between Palestinian Muslim groups in Lebanon leaves 1 dead and property damage
A Palestinian woman, carries her daughter as she walks past damages after a clashes that was erupted between the Palestinian Fateh Movement and the 2Islamic group of Fateh al-Islam, in the Ein el-Hilweh camp near the southern city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday March 12, 2013. Lebanese security officials say clashes…
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West Asia
Bahraini anti-gov’t protesters hold noisy rally to drum up support for planned strike
Bahraini protesters bang on pans and use compressed air horns to sound out anti-government slogans in Sanabis, Bahrain, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Riot police stormed the protest, firing tear gas and making arrests. Protesters in opposition strongholds nationwide held similar noisy rallies Tuesday night, banging on drums, metal trays and…
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West Asia
[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ⑦
[11] On the way back home Khodeir drives slowly along Cairo’s busy streets with elevated bumps, repeating his familiar sentence: “Cairo his become just a big bump with a million children who play with our cars. As he drives fast along the Nile, Donia asks herself: “What attracts me to…
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East Asia
Israeli ambassador tells of the creative economy’s driving force
As Korea sets its sails to make a “creative economy,” which will create new jobs through the development of science, technology and IT, it looks to the start-up nation of Israel as a model. Israel has a population of 7.8 million and an area of approximately 20,700 square kilometers, about…
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West Asia
Suspected al-Qaida members led away to detention center in an Iraqi army base
In this Friday, July 20, 2012 file photo, blindfolded and handcuffed suspected al-Qaida members are guarded by Iraqi army soldiers in an Iraqi army base in Hillah, Iraq. Al-Qaida’s branch in Iraq claimed responsibility on Monday for the killing last week of 48 Syrian soldiers and nine Iraqi guards in…
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West Asia
People in Cairo burn Libyan flag in protest over death of an Egyptian in prison there
Egyptian protesters burn the Libyan flag during a protest in front of the Libyan embassy, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, March 11, 2013. An Egyptian Foreign Ministry official says a man suspected of trying to spread Christianity in Libya has died in prison there. <AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid> An Egyptian protester…
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East Asia
Asia’s first Holocaust Museum opens in Busan
Interview with Israeli Ambassador Tuvia Israeli “We would like to share the story and lessons of the Holocaust. There are many similarities, but yet so much unknown.” Israeli Ambassador to Korea Tuvia Israeli told The AsiaN about the opening of the Busan Israel House in late February at the Israeli Embassy in…
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West Asia
The AsiaN witnesses a humanitarian mission in Tunisia
*Editor’s note: This is a story of the humanitarian mission conducted by a local office in the northwest region of Tunisia. The mission was covered by Mr. Khalid Suleiman, Egyptian writer living in Tunisia, and correspondent of the AsiaN, with an icon of the Tunisian media Mrs. Saida Al-Zoghbi, the Asia Journalist Association member. “The…
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West Asia
Belongings of Americans remain in former U.S. embassy in Tehran
Pictures and equipment of Americans are seen inside the former U.S. embassy in downtown Tehran, Iran, March 10, 2013. The United States broke off diplomatic relations with Iran on April 7, 1980 after a group of Iranian students seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and captured some 60 U.S. diplomats…
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