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West Asia
Yemenites Supporting Southern Separatist Movement Wave South Yemen Flags During Rally In Aden
Yemeni supporters of the Southern Separatist Movement hold former South Yemen flags during a rally in Aden, Yemen, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. The rally commemorates the anniversary of a civil war that broke out in 1986 in South Yemen with North Yemen. The poster of Ali Salem al-Beidh, former Yemeni…
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UAE under pressure to reform its policies for migrant workers
On Visit, Press for Migrant Worker Rights During Louvre Branch Construction PARIS – Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, UAE authorities have demonstrated their intent to silence critics and anyone pressing for political reforms, Human Rights Watch said. In addition, migrant workers constructing a high-profile project that will include…
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West Asia
Some 4.2 Million Afghan Children Have No access To School Due To Poverty
Seven-year-old Sami Allah plays with his fridens near his home in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 13, 2013. More than 8.4 million Afghan children, of whom 39 percent are girls, presently attend school, while 4.2 million others have no access to school mainly due to security reasons and poverty. Sami Allah,…
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South Asia
Ashraf’s novels studied in way of fictional narration at University Of Calicut, India
“The Poetic Discourse of the fictional narration in Ashraf Aboul-Yazid’s Novels” is the title approved by University of Calicut for Mrs. Sabeena K. to study to works of the Egyptian poet and novelist Ashraf Aboul-Yazid. The topic was approved in April 26th. 2012, under the supervising of Dr. Moideenkutty A.B.…
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West Asia
Zina, a young cartoonist, depicts her comics with a “revolutionary” sense
Born in Cairo of Greek-Lebanese parents, taught in Canada, and arrived back to Lebanon, the country of her parents, those aspects made the cosmopolitan profile of the young artist Ms. Pert Zina Mufarrij, the artist who makes Zina Comics, to express herself, and her love, which is not a blind…
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West Asia
Unusual Snowfall In Jordan Cripples Air And Gound Traffic Across The Nation
Yafa, 8, watches the snowfall from her bedroom window, in Amman, Jordan, Jan. 10, 2013. The storm dumped two feet of snow on many parts of Jordan, shutting schools, stranding motorists and delaying international flights, Jordanian weatherman Mohammed Samawi said. He called it the “fiercest storm to hit the Mideast…
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West Asia
Yemeni Pro-Democracy Protestors Demand Trial Of Former President In Sanaa
Yemeni pro-democracy protestors dance at Taghyeer (Change) Square, following a demonstration demanding a national dialogue and the trial of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Yemeni women protestors gather during a demonstration demanding a national dialogue and the trial of former president Ali Abdullah…
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West Asia
President Morsi Meets With Iranian And Egyptian FMs In Cairo
In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, right, meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, center, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. <AP/NEWSis>
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West Asia
Turkish Kurds Protest Killings Of Three Kurdish Women In Diyarbakir, Turkey
Several hundreds Turkish Kurds gather to protest the killings of three Kurdish women, including one of the founders of a militant group battling Turkish troops since 1984 in Paris, France, in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. The three women were “executed” at a Kurdish…
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West Asia
Egypt’s Largest Islamist Party Elects New Leader After Months Of Infighting
In this Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 file photo, An Egyptian woman walks under electoral posters with pictures of candidates of the Salafi Al-Nour party and Arabic that reads, “Said Maghawri, and Ahmed Ibrahim,” in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt’s largest ultraconservative Islamist party, which has emerged as a potent political force in…
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