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Pakistan FM Khar 'Embarrassed' By Riots, But Calls for Understanding

Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar responds to a question at Asia Society in New York on Thursday, September 27, 2012. (Bill Swersey/Asia Society)
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"We do not condone violence," Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said Thursday at Asia Society in New York. "That is not what Islam teaches us."

September 27th by Asia Society | Comments

Carr: Australia 'Not Leveraged Against Any One National Economy'

Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr speaks at The Pierre in New York City on Monday, September 24, 2012. (Asia Society/Bill Swersey)
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A Chinese slowdown will not necessarily equal an end to Australian economic growth, said Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr on Monday before a packed house at The Pierre in New York City.

September 24th by Asia Society | Comments

Photo of the Day: Business as Usual in India

An ice cream vendor mans his post on the Alleppey beach in Kerala, India on May 22, 2012. (VinothChandar/Flickr)
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An ice cream vendor mans his post on the Alleppy beach in Kerala, India on May 22, 2012. (VinothChandar/Flickr)

September 21st by Saira Siddiqi | Comments

Photo of the Day: To the Barricades in India

Supporters from India's opposition parties jump police barricades during a nationwide strike in New Delhi on September 20, 2012. (Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images)
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Supporters from India's opposition parties jump police barricades during a nationwide strike in New Delhi on September 20, 2012. (Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images)

September 20th by Asia Society | Comments

Photos/Interview: Jonathan Raa Takes a Close Look at Mumbai's Trash

A view of Manori creek after the Navratri (None Nights) Festival. (Jonathan Raa)
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A Belgian photographer hopes that his photo series on Mumbai's trash will provoke residents to take action.

September 11th by Tahiat Mahboob | Comments

After Afghanistan, How Should the US Approach South Asia Strategy?

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, May 6, 2009. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Asia Society's new Bernard Schwartz Fellow, Alexander Evans, discusses a new Asia Society project that examines U.S. policy in South Asia after the 2014 drawdown in Afghanistan.

September 6th by Alexander Evans | Comments

Photo of the Day: Stringing Them Along in India

A man busy making vermicelli, popularly known as
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A man busy making vermicelli, popularly known as "semiya," in Hyderabad, India on August 13, 2012. (Rajesh_India/Flickr)

September 4th by Tahiat Mahboob | Comments

Photo of the Day: Dancing with Aplomb in India

Actress Lakshmi Gopalaswamy leads a graceful queue in the classical Bharatnatyam dance in Kerala, India on August 27, 2012. (Sudheesh S/Flickr)
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Actress Lakshmi Gopalaswamy leads a graceful queue in the classical Bharatnatyam dance in Kerala, India on August 27, 2012. (Sudheesh S/Flickr)

August 30th by Aarti Chawla | Comments

India's Central Bank Governor Refuses to Play Politics With Inflation

Dr. Duvurri Subbarao, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, will appear at Asia Society in New York on Wednesday, August 29 at 6:30 p.m. (siddylam/Flickr)
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"Subbarao was believed to have been chosen as central banker in 2008 because he was seen as being unlikely to buck his political masters. If so, he has proven the government wrong repeatedly," writes Asia Society Associate Fellow Pramit Pal Chaudhuri.

August 28th by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri | Comments

Photo of the Day: Divinely Lit Up in India

Hindus honor the birth of Lord Krishna on Krishna Janmashtami in New Delhi, India. (Christine Marrewa Karwoski)
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Hindus honor the birth of Lord Krishna on Krishna Janmashtami in New Delhi, India. (Christine Marrewa Karwoski)

August 27th by Tahiat Mahboob | Comments

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