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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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West Asia
About 4,000-year old mummies found by CT scanning to have evidence of vascular disease
In this undated photo released Sunday March 10, 2013, by a group of cardiologists lead by Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, USA, showing the sarcophagus of the mummy Hatiay (New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1550 to 1295 BCE) as it is closed after the mummy underwent a…
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Syrian children play at a desolate refuge camp in southern Lebanon
Syrian refugee children play outside camps at a town in south Lebanon, March 10, 2013. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Friday that the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has reached to 336, 000. <Xinhua>
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West Asia
Yemeni girl swallows anti-schistosomiasis pill in a gov’t campaign to fight the diesase
A Yemeni girl swallow an anti-schistosomiasis pill at a school in Bait Khairan, 30km north of Sanaa, Yemen, on March 10, 2013. Financed by the World Bank, the Yemeni government started Sunday the national campaign to fight schistosomiasis that will cover 160 districts in 12 governorates, and targeted about 45…
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East Asia
‘Al Hilal’ Magazine and ‘The AsiaN’ sign a cultural partnership agreement
The Korean future news network ‘The AsiaN’ and the Egyptian magazine ‘Al Hilal’ signed a cultural partnership agreement to support the cooperation between the two institutions in the fields of culture and media. On the Korean side, Mr Lee Sang Ki, the founding president of the Asia Journalist Association (AJA)…
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West Asia
Riot police and protesters clash in a long-drawn battle in Port Said, Egypt
An Egyptian woman runs for cover as riot police throw stones during clashes near a state security building in Port Said, Egypt, Thursday, March 7, 2013. ( Clashes between protesters and police continued into a fifth day on Thursday in the restive Egyptian city of Port Said. <AP Photo/Khalil Hamra>
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