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West Asia
Thousands of Egyptians pour out onto streets for anti-Morsi demonstration
Hundreds of thousands thronged the streets of Cairo and cities around the country Sunday and marched on the presidential palace, filling a broad avenue for blocks, in an attempt to force out the Islamist president with the most massive protests Egypt has seen in 2 years of turmoil. In a…
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East Asia
[Asia Round-up] Haze pollution – punish the criminals
Editor’s note: Followings are summaries of editorials from major Asian media on current issues. Haze – punish the criminals [Brunei, The Brunei Times, 25-06-2013] Haze blowing onto Malaysia and Singapore from fires in Indonesia brings air population to life-threatening levels in some areas. Most of Indonesia is not affected by…
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West Asia
A tanker blast in Kazakhstan damages 20 buildings and 10 vehicles
A firefighter tries to extinguish a fire after a road accident in downtown Almaty, on Thursday, June 27, 2013. A multi-story apartment building caught fire in the center of Almaty, Kazakhstan after a road accident, on Thursday, June 27. According to witnesses, the fire is a result of a petrol…
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South Asia
India-Pakistan border people celebrate 300-year old annual Chamliyal fair
Indian Border Security Force officials, left, offer a holy cloth handed by Pakistani rangers at the shrine of a Sufi saint Baba Dalip Singh Manhas during the annual Chamliyal fair near the India-Pakistan international border at Chamliyal post, about 47 kilometers (29 miles) south of Jammu, India, Thursday, June 27,…
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West Asia
Palestinians take part in traditional wedding at Rozana Cultural Festival
Palestinian women take a part in a traditional wedding in the West Bank Town of Birzeit, near Ramallah during the Rozana Cultural Festival, June 26, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Fadi Arouri> People take part in a traditional wedding in the West Bank Town of Birzeit, near Ramallah during the Rozana Cultural Festival, June…
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West Asia
Egyptian anti-Morsi protesters flash red cards saying “Leave” at Tahrir Square
Egyptian protesters flash red cards with Arabic that reads “Leave” and shout slogans against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi as they watch his speech at Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, June 26, 2013. In abstract terms, protests planned for Sunday, June 30 aiming to…
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South Asia
Iranian police burn seized narcotics on International Day against Drug Abuse
A worker spills fuel on drugs during a drug destruction ceremony in Vientiane, Laos, June 26, 2013. More than 2,500 kilograms of drugs were burnt during a drug destruction ceremony held in Vientiane on Wednesday. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Liu Ailun> Two Iranian policemen stand in front of a pile of seized narcotics set…
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South Asia
Pakistani children get anti-measles vaccine injection, 170 deaths reported
A health worker gives anti-measles vaccine injection to a child in eastern Pakistan’s Faisalabad, on June 25, 2013. According to Pakistan’s health department officials on Monday, at least 170 deaths have been reported so far, with most measles victims hailing from Lahore, Gujranwala, Rajanpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Kasur and Sialkot.…
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West Asia
A series of bomb attacks in Baghdad kills tens of Iraqi people
Iraqis inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack at Baghdad’s mostly Shiite neighborhood of Husseiniyah, Iraq, Tuesday, June 25, 2013. A series of evening bombings on near markets in and around Baghdad and other blasts north of the capital killed tens of people and wounded dozens of others Monday…
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West Asia
Taliban militants attack gates of Afghan presidential palace
A Taliban attack at the gates of the Afghan presidential palace cast a cold light Tuesday on the course of a war that Washington remains committed to ending. A week after NATO forces handed all security operations to the Afghans, local forces fought off the attackers on their own, killing…
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