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ASIA NEWS PHOTOS 
| 'No contradiction in India's ties with Iran, US'
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the US President, Mr. Barack Obama, at the White House, Washington on November 24, 2009. The US Secretary of State, Ms. Hillary Clinton is also seen.... | | | 
| Maldives president quits after weeks of protest
In this Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 photo, the Maldives Police special force officers detain an opposition supporter during a protest in Male, Maldives.... | | | 
| Asia stocks muted as Greek debt talks drag on
A floor trader looks on the stock price at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Friday, May 7, 2010. Investors dumped shares across the board in Asia after the Dow Jones industrials plunged 1,000 points at one point Thursday, the biggest drop ever during a trading day, amid fears that Greece's debt problems could halt the global economic recovery. A technical glitch is suspected of contributing to the plunge.... | | | 
| Oil hovers below $97 as traders eye US supplies
Two gasoline pump is been seen in Pandan Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.... | | | 
| Asia Gold price drop prompts buying; seasonal lull caps interest
A woman wearing gold jewellery-gold-India.... | | | 
| Asian stocks rise after US unemployment falls
A businessman walks past an electronic stock board in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. Japanese stocks veered sharply downhill Wednesday, as spreading pessimism over corporate earnings and a strengthening yen sent the benchmark index tumbling almost 7 percent. The Nikkei 225 stock average fell 631.56 points, or 6.79 percent, to 8,674.69. The broader Topix index lost 7.05 percent to 88... | | | 
| Tokyo stocks end up 1.10%
A money trader at a Tokyo dealing room reacts as U.S. dollar is traded below 90 yen level Friday afternoon, Dec. 12, 2008. The dollar's fall to a 13-year-low against the yen also accelerated selling on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, hitting hard exporters such as autos and electronics. The greenback fell as far as 88.16 yen in the afternoon, its lowest level since Aug. 2, 1995 when the U.S. currency fell to 88.02 yen while the Nikkei average lost 484.68 points, or 5.56 percent, to close at 8,235.8... | | | 
| Syria crisis: China defends veto of UN resolution
In this Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 photo anti-government protesters carry the coffin of a slain protester, draped in the revolutionary flag, during the funeral of two comrades killed in earlier clashes in Idlib, north Syria.... | | | 
| Priyanka Gandhi: Rahul Gandhi 'not focussed' on PM job
Priyanka Vadra, right, waves to the crowd as she campaigns for her brother and Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi in Amethi, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Saturday, April 11, 2009. India will hold general elections in five phases starting on April 16.... | | | 
| China morning round-up: Wen Jiabao on 'rural democracy'
Wen Jiabao at WEF Annual Meeting in Davos 2009... | | | 
| Afghan civilians carry cost of war as death toll rises
Body of a roadside bomb blast victim lies in a vehicle as Afghan men mourn next to it at a hospital in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province southern Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. A roadside bomb blew up next to a minibus at a crowded intersection on a major highway in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing civilians, officials said.... | | | 
| Military return a distant dream for Afghan Taliban
110531-A-3986W-138 U.S. Army Sgt. Aaron Pallansch (right) uses sandbags to secure a plastic tarp to the top of a dike at Mandan's Waste Water Treatment Plant in Mandan, N.D., on May 31, 2011. Pallansch is assigned to the North Dakota National Guard. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Amy Wieser-Willson, U.S. Army. (Released)... | | | 
| ANALYSIS: US focus turns to Asia, Europe questions its defence future
Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (Navy) Sailors assigned to the Chinese frigate Lian Yun Gang (FFG 522) stand watch.... | | | 
| Record Number of Afghan Civilians Died in 2011, Mostly in Insurgent Attacks, U.N. Says
Islam - Afghan men conduct their afternoon prayers in the courtyard of the Garmsir district center, Helmand province, Dec. 28, 2011.... | | | 
| India state elections: Uttar Pradesh battles apathy
INDIA-VILAGER-SHOW-VOTER-CARDIndia Village Women Show the Vote Card after the Polling during the Fifth Phase of pollinf in westbengal at Raina in Burdwan in Eastern India ----- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK... | | | | |
