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A boy places his grandmother's vote into a ballot box at a polling station in Tokyo, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. Voters cast their ballots Sunday in parliamentary elections which are likely to hand power back to a conservative party that ruled Japan for most of the post-war era.
Election   Japan   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Japanese general election, 2012  
 BBC News 
Japanese vote in general election
People in Japan are voting in a general election in Japan, where former leader Shinzo Abe is challenging the current Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda. | Mr Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is e... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
Federal Minister for Interior Pakistan, Senator A. Rehman Malik chairing a high level meeting to review law and order and security situation of the country at Ministry of interior, Islamabad on September 09, 2012
India   Pakistan   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Rehman Malik  
 Indian Express 
Malik clears air on Babri remark, says no comparison with 26/11; invites PM to Pak
| Amid the controversy over his remarks on Babri Masjid demolition and Kargil martyr Capt Saurabh Kalia, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and inv... (photo: Press Information Dept. of Pakistan)
Passengers wait for transport to move into hotels after Pakistan International Airline cancelled their flight at Benazir airport in Islamabad, Pakistan Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. Employees at Pakistan's state-owned airline went on strike in protest against a proposed route-sharing agreement with Turkish Airlines, an airline spokesman said. The move grounded two international and four domestic flights.  The Salt Lake Tribune 
Militants attack airport in Pakistan; 9 killed
PESHAWAR, Pakistan • Suicide bombers armed with rockets attacked the military side of a Pakistani airport in the northwestern city of Peshawar Saturday, killing four civilians and wounding more than... (photo: AP / Anjum Naveed)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives state medals at an award ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.  Headlines India 
Putin visiting India Dec 24 for annual summit
New Delhi, Dec 15: Russian President Vladimir Putin is paying an official visit to New Delhi on Dec 24 for the 13th annual bilateral summit, during which the two countries are expected to ink a host o... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze)

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The Union Minister for Water Resources and Minority Affairs, Shri Salman Khurshid . DNA India
Khurshid adopts religious diplomacy to woo Myanmar people
| It was a day of religious diplomacy by India as External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday inaugurated a three-day international conference on Buddhism follo... (photo: PIB of India)
Diplomacy   Myanmar   People   Photos   Wikipedia: Salman Khurshid  
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Apple stock drops amid disappointing iPhone 5 launch in China
| Washington, December 15: | Tech giant Apple’s stock has plunged to four percent, falling to as low as 509 dollars a share amid disappointing launch of iPhone 5 in Chi... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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The Interior Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Rehman Malik meeting the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi on December 15, 2012. The Times Of India
Pakistan interior minister meets Prime Minister
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today raised the issue of pending trial against perpetrators of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks based in Pakistan with the visiting i... (photo: PIB of India / Photo Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India )
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File - Palestinian Bedouin Students attend class at their school at Khan al-Ahmar, near the west bank city of Jericho, Sunday, Sept 2. 2012. Al Jazeera
Israel expansion threatens West Bank Bedouin
| On the dusty slopes leading to the Dead Sea, the red roof tiles of Israel's illegal settlements flicker in patches of sunlight as distant mosque minarets of nearby Pale... (photo: AP / Majdi Mohammed)
Human Rights   Israel   Palestine   Photos   Wikipedia: Negev Bedouin  
India Woolen Garment display  due to winter at Kolkata in Eastern India City Al Jazeera
Bangladesh faces garment race with Myanmar
| Bangladesh, the world’s second largest garment exporter, wants to take over China’s spot as the number one nation in the industry. | It has a young workforc... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
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Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) at Kaziranga National Park, India Al Jazeera
Spike in rhinoceros deaths worries India
| Wildlife protection activists are alarmed after 46 single-horned Indian rhinoceroses died prematurely this year in India's northeastern state of Assam. |   | Assam... (photo: Creative Commons / Subharnab Majumdar)
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2014 FIFA Announcement (Joseph Blatter) 7. Jakarta Globe
Football: FIFA President Tells Indonesia to Get 'House in Order'
Tokyo. FIFA President Sepp Blatter on Saturday described the world body's decision to grant Indonesia an extension to solve its football crisis as a "Christmas gift," urg... (photo: Creative Commons / Felipe Menegaz)
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File - Japan's largest opposition Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe arrives for a press conference in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 after the lower house of parliament was dissolved. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Japan likely to return opposition to power
| TOKYO -- The Japanese voters who Sunday will elect a new government are loyal to no party and frustrated with each of the recent leaders to hold power. They are politic... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
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2014 FIFA Announcement (Joseph Blatter) 7. Football: FIFA President Tells Indonesia to Get 'House in Order'Jakarta Globe
Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Australian travellers look to HawaiiThe Daily Telegraph Australia
FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012 file photo, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks during a luncheon in Sydney. Gillard has denied Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 she personally benefited from a union fund she helped set up for a legal client and her then-boyfriend in 1995. Gillard up for the fight of her life as federal election loomsThe Daily Telegraph Australia
Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Hawaii third most-searched destination on Google for Australian travelersBusiness Journal
North & Central Asia
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. Netanyahu is vowing to continue building in east Jerusalem, over the objection of Palestinians who claim the territory as capital of their hoped-for state. Netanyahu accuses int’l community of having ‘double standards’ over Hamas row The Siasat Daily
File - Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses Afghan nationals during a conference held outside Provincial Governor Abdul Karim Barahawi's compound in Zaranj, Nimroz province, Afghanistan, April 13, 2011. At Turkey summit, Karzai to confront Pakistan over spy attack The Star
File - In Herat, Afghanistan, women line up to collect bags of split chick pea, wheat, and cooking oil being distributed by the UN World Food Programme (WFP), 29 June, 2012. 'Long way to go' on justice for Afghan women - UN BBC News
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Far East
A child who was attacked at the Zhongxin Kindergarten is transfered into a hospital ward after a surgical treatment in Taixing in east China's Jiangsu Province, Thursday, April 29, 2010. School children wounded by knife-wielding man in China Canoe
People walk by a branch of Barclays Bank in the City of London, Friday, April 30, 2010. British bank Barclays  PLC reported Friday that profit rose 29 percent in the first quarter due to fewer bad loans, but its share price slumped as a drop in investment banking income alarmed investors. Barclays' net profit of 1.07 billion pounds (US$1.65 billion) compared with 826 million pounds in the same period a year earlier. Barclays says $470m US energy manipulation case is 'baseless' The Daily Telegraph
Apple iPhone - Smartphone Apple stock drops amid disappointing iPhone 5 launch in China The Siasat Daily
Saina Nehwal of India, plays a shot to Minatsu Mitani of Japan during the Women's singles final of the French Open Badminton tournament in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Minatsu Mitani defeated Saina Nehwal, 21-19, 21-11. Saina loses semis clash at World Super Series Finals Deccan Chronicle
Middle East
File - Palestinian Bedouin Students attend class at their school at Khan al-Ahmar, near the west bank city of Jericho, Sunday, Sept 2. 2012. Israel expansion threatens West Bank Bedouin Al Jazeera
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta visits troops at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Dec 13, 2012. Panetta signs order to deploy anti-missile units to Turkey Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Supporters of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans as one holds up the Quran, Islam's hold book, during a demonstration after the Friday prayer, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 Divided Egypt votes on new constitution Khaleej Times
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta speaks to troops at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Dec 13, 2012. Panetta warns Syria not to use chemical or biological weapons The Examiner
South Asia
Passengers wait for transport to move into hotels after Pakistan International Airline cancelled their flight at Benazir airport in Islamabad, Pakistan Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. Employees at Pakistan's state-owned airline went on strike in protest against a proposed route-sharing agreement with Turkish Airlines, an airline spokesman said. The move grounded two international and four domestic flights. Militants attack airport in Pakistan; 9 killed The Salt Lake Tribune
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives state medals at an award ceremony in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. Putin visiting India Dec 24 for annual summit Headlines India
The Union Minister for Water Resources and Minority Affairs, Shri Salman Khurshid . Khurshid adopts religious diplomacy to woo Myanmar people DNA India
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File - Japan's largest opposition Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe arrives for a press conference in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 after the lower house of parliament was dissolved.
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A boy places his grandmother's vote into a ballot box at a polling station in Tokyo, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. Voters cast their ballots Sunday in parliamentary elections which are likely to hand power back to a conservative party that ruled Japan for most of the post-war era.
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Federal Minister for Interior Pakistan, Senator A. Rehman Malik chairing a high level meeting to review law and order and security situation of the country at Ministry of interior, Islamabad on September 09, 2012
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Federal Minister for Interior Pakistan, Senator A. Rehman Malik and Indian Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde in a happy mood after jointly operationalized the new Visa Agreement Between Pakistan and India on December 14, 2012 in New Delhi, India.
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- Kasab hanging, Jundal deportation hog limelight in 2012
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