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West Asia
Bahraini anti-gov’t protesters clash with police after funeral of a man who died under arrest
Bahraini anti-government protesters throw petrol bombs toward riot police during clashes in Diraz, Bahrain, Monday, April 1, 2013. Clashes erupted between police and anti-government protesters after the funeral for Abdul Ghani al-Rayes, who relatives and activists say collapsed and died outside of a police station where his son had been…
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West Asia
Five tons of ice cream, the largest in the world, displayed in Tehran
5-tons of ice-cream made by Iranian Choopan dairy is displayed during a ceremony at the Tochal mountainous area of northern Tehran, Iran, Monday, April 1, 2013. Choopan dairy unveiled 5-tons of chocolate ice-cream, the largest in the world, according to the factory officials. <AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi>
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South Asia
A murderer executed by hanging in Kuwait for the first time since 2007
A man is executed by hanging in west of Kuwait City, capital of Kuwait, on April 1, 2013. Three convicted murderers, a Pakistani, a Saudi and a stateless Arab, were hanged on Monday. It’s the first executions in Kuwait since May 2007, according to the ministry of justice. <Xinhua/Noufal Ibrahim>
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West Asia
Afghan children enjoy at a makeshift merry-go-round next to a cemetery in Kabul
Afghan children enjoy a ride on a makeshift merry-go-around next to a cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 31, 2013. An Afghan girl rests after fetching water for her home on a tombstone at a cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 31, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Ahmad Jamshid>
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West Asia
Moroccan unionists march through capital Rabat chanting fall of the gov’t
Moroccan union members chant for the fall of the government as thousands of labor union activists marched through Morocco’s capital Rabat Sunday March 31, 2013. The banner in Arabic reads “Benkirane you take us to the precipice” in reference of the Moroccan Prime Minister. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Abdeljalil Bounhar>
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West Asia
Egyptian activists denounce the gov’t for having escalated intimidation of critics
Egyptian activists shout anti-Muslim brotherhood slogans in front of Egypt’s state prosecutors office in support of popular Egyptian television satirist Bassem Youssef, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Government opponents said the warrant against such a high profile figure, as Youssef, known for lampooning President Mohammed Morsi and the…
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West Asia
Palestinian President reviews honor guards upon his arrival in Amman, Jordan
King Abdullah II of Jordan, right, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, reviews honor guards after his arrival at the Royal Palace to meet with Kind Abdullah II, unseen, in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, March…
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West Asia
Catholic clergy take part at Washing of Feet ceremony at church in Jerusalem
Members of the Catholic clergy hold candles as they take part in a procession at the Catholic Washing of the Feet ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City during Holy Week on March 28, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the…
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West Asia
Women hold pictures of those killed in a botched raid by Turkish military jet in 2011
A woman throws her ID card as family members of 34 Turkish Kurdish civilians who were killed in Dec. 2011 in a botched raid in Uludere at Turkey-Iraq border by Turkish military jets that mistook the group for Kurdish rebels based in Iraq, hold their pictures as they stage a…
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West Asia
Afghan female students take water from a pump at school in Balkh
Afghan girls student take water from a water pump at a school in Balkh province, Afghanistan, on March 28, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Azorda>
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