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Security men gather at the site of a suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012.
Bombing   Pakistan   Photos   Victims   Wikipedia: Shi'a Islam in Pakistan		  The Los Angeles Times 
Car bombing leaves at least 19 dead, 25 injured in Pakistan
Sun 30 Dec 2012
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – At least 19 people were killed by a car bomb in Pakistan on Sunday, the latest in a pattern of escalating attacks by militants in recent weeks. An explosives-laden car was... (photo: AP / Arshad Butt)
Cheongsam Clothes display on the shop and one the example ready to sell to celebrated coming up Chinese New Year
Education   London   Photos   UK   Wikipedia: New Year Honours		  The Guardian 
New Year honours 2013: the full list
Sun 30 Dec 2012
All the knights, dames, commanders and members of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year honours list... (photo: WN / Emico Silalahi)
Pakistani firemen try to extinguish a fire following a blast in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. The blast that ripped through the bus set the vehicle on fire and reduced it to little more than a charred skeleton, killing scores of people and left many injured. Police were trying to determine whether the explosion was caused by a bomb or a gas cylinder, said police spokesman. Many buses in Pakistan run on natural gas.  The Observer  Sun 30 Dec 2012
Pakistani Shia Muslims killed after suicide bomber targets pilgrims
A Pakistani security official stands beside the destroyed bus that was carrying Shia Muslim pilgrims, in Mastung. Photograph: Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images A suicide bomber driving a vehicle packed... (photo: AP / Fareed Khan)
Bombing   Pakistan   Photos   Terrorism
Afghanistan's flag is seen, top right, as Afghan soldiers stand attention during a hand over ceremony of U.S.- run prison to Afghan government in Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012.  BBC News  Sun 30 Dec 2012
What 2012 has meant for Afghanistan
After nearly a year of tense relations between all the major players in Afghanistan, there was at the end of 2012 a flurry of diplomatic activity that once again raised expectations for peace, writes... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
Afghanistan   Diplomacy   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
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Smog - Air Pollution Deccan Herald Sun 30 Dec 2012
Air pollution makes Delhi struggle to control heavy smog
When an acrid blanket of gray smog settled over India’s capital last month, environmentalists warned of health hazards, India’s Supreme Court promised action... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Delhi   India   Photos   Pollution   Wikipedia: Air pollution
File - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon holds press conference, where he discussed the forthcoming session of the General Assembly, among other topics. The Observer Sun 30 Dec 2012
India gang-rape victim cremated as UN chief calls for action to protect women
Indian protesters rally in Delhi following the cremation of the 23-year-old gang-rape victim. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images The United Nations... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)
India   Photos   Rape   Wikipedia: 2012 Delhi gang rape case   Women
Members of the student wing of India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party shout slogans as they try to break through a police cordon during a protest after the death of a young woman who was recently gang-raped in a moving bus in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. The young woman who died after being gang-raped and beaten on a bus in India's capital was cremated Sunday amid an outpouring of anger and grief by millions across the country demanding greater protection for women from sexual violence. CNTV Sun 30 Dec 2012
Police, protesters clash in Delhi as demonstration against gang-rape continues
NEW DELHI, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Police and protesters clashed Sunday in central Delhi as demonstrators continued to vent their grief and anger over the death of a... (photo: AP / Altaf Qadri)
Delhi   Photos   Police   Protest   Wikipedia: 2012 Delhi gang rape case
2008–2010 Honda Jazz (GE) VTi-S hatchback, photographed in Ramsgate, New South Wales, Australia. Wall Street Journal Sun 30 Dec 2012
Nikkei's 23% Gain Is First Yearly Rise in Three Years
By BRAD FRISCHKORN TOKYO—Japan's stock market closed out 2012 with its seventh gain in nine sessions and the Nikkei Stock Average logged a 23% climb for the year, its... (photo: Creative Commons / OSX)
Economy   Market   Photos   Stock   Wikipedia: Nikkei 225
A huge tree in the forest - environment The Hindu Sun 30 Dec 2012
Shortage of land hampering govt’s afforestation drive
India is planning to bring millions of hectares of its area under tree cover, but shortage of land is hampering the Government’s ambitious afforestation programmes... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Ecology   Forest   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Afforestation
Investors speak in front of the stock price monitor at a private securities company Wednesday Oct. 15, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Cautious investors and falling energy prices dragged Chinese stocks down further on Wednesday. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index declined by 22.65 points, or 1.12 percent, to 1 Xinhua Sun 30 Dec 2012
China stocks expect big lock-up expiration next week
BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- China's stock market expects lock-up agreements covering 64.19 billion yuan (10.19 billion U.S. dollars) of shares to expire next... (photo: AP)
Economy   Market   Photos   Stock   Wikipedia: SSE Composite Index


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