Pakistan’s carpet exports dwindle to half during last five years
Pakistanis craft hand-made carpets at a local factory in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta, April 14, 2013. According to reports, Pakistan’s carpet exports have witnessed a huge decline of more than 50 percent during the last five years. <Xinhua/Mohammad>
A Chinese sanitation worker sprays disinfectant to bird flu confirmed house
A staff member wearing a protection suit spray disinfectant to the hen house whose the proprietor surnamed Chen in Chajian Town of Tianchang City, east China’s Anhui Province, April 16, 2013. Chen was tested positive for H7N9 virus on April 15, according to the provincial health department in Anhui. Chen’s residence and areas nearby were […]
A N. Korean boy talks in front of TV camera at art exhibition
A painting, depicting North Korean soldiers ambushing and killing U.S. troops, hangs on a gallery wall at an art exhibition in Pyongyang, North Korea on Friday April 19, 2013. A North Korean boy practices his lines, “Our country is the greatest in the world”, as he is filmed by a local television crew at an […]
Indian villiagers perform a ritual celebrating Oriya New Year
A child is seen in a temple during the year end festival in Darjeeling, West Bengal state, India, April 14, 2013. <Xinhua/Tumpa Mondal> Indian villagers prostrate around a Hindu temple as they perform a ritual during Jhamu festival at Mendhasal village on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, India, Sunday, April 14, 2013. The festival marks the […]
Laotian people celebrate New Year water-splashing festival
People celebrate the Water-splashing Festival in Vientiane, Laos, April 14, 2013. <Xinhua/Liu Ailun>
North Korean soldiers enjoy racing on a go cart track in Pyongyang
A North Korean soldier, right, races another man on a go cart track at the Fun Fair in Pyongyang on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. A North Korean man misses the turn and loses control of his go cart on a track at the Fun Fair in Pyongyang on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. <AP Photo/David Guttenfelder>
An Indian boy bathes from leaking pipe in water-deficient Gujarat state
An Indian boy bathes under a leaking water pipe on a highway in the Kutch district of Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. The Gujarat state government has declared water scarcity in 3,918 villages across 10 districts, local news reports said. An Indian woman fetches drinking water from a leaking pipe as others bathe […]
Australia to become ‘Food Superpower’
Australia: Asia’s next food bonanza Australia would become a ‘food superpower,’ capitalising on a $2 trillion export opportunity in Asia, the Australia’s leading newspaper The Australian reports. In a speech delivered at The Australian and The Wall Street Journal‘s inaugural Global Food Forum in Melbourne, billionaire packaging and recycling magnate Anthony Pratt called for sweeping […]
Kuwaiti opposition supporters demonstrate against police blockade
In this Wednesday, April 17, 2013 photo, supporters of former MP Musallam al-Barrack demonstrate near his house in Al Andalous, Kuwait. Police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowds. Outside a palm-shaded villa in suburban Kuwait City, government security forces are taunted and defied each night by supporters of a former lawmaker […]
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