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From Surrey to India, vigils and protests have been held to bring attention to violence against women following the gang rape of a 23-years old student in a bus a month ago in New Delhi, India. In this photo, Indians shout slogans facing a police barricade during a protest against the alleged inaction by the Indian government. The bus rape has drawn protests and intense media attention. Rapes have become front-page news nearly every day across the country, with demands that police do more to protect women and that the courts treat sexual violence seriously. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Surrey hall hears discussions to curb ‘epidemic’ of violence against women

LARISSA CAHUTE VANCOUVER DESI From Surrey to India, vigils and protests have been held to bring attention to violence against... (more...)

Pakistani police officers carry coffins with the bodies of their colleagues killed by unknown gunmen, during their funeral procession in Karachi, Pakistan, on Dec. 26, 2012. Police said gunmen wounded a prominent Sunni cleric and killed his guards and his driver in an apparently sectarian attack. Photo: Fareed Khan/AP Photo

VIOLENCE: Police arrest suspects in cleric attack that sparked Karachi clashes

Pakistani police officers carry coffins with the bodies of their colleagues killed by unknown gunmen, during their funeral... (more...)

Pakistani policemen stand guard outside a church as Christians arrive to attend a Christmas mass in Karachi on December 25, 2012. Photo: RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images

SHOOTING: Pakistani religious leader wounded, up to 6 killed by motorcycle gunmen

Pakistani policemen stand guard outside a church as Christians arrive to attend a Christmas mass in Karachi on December 25,... (more...)

A Pakistani policeman stands guard on street during a Shiite Muslim religious procession on the ninth day of holy month of Moharram in Karachi on Nov. 24, 2012. Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images

BLOODY YEAR: 2012 marked by sectarian violence in Pakistan

A Pakistani policeman stands guard on street during a Shiite Muslim religious procession on the ninth day of holy month... (more...)

Hoshiar Singh Bajwa, 65, in Royal Columbian Hospital with his wife Kapoor Kaur Bajwa on October 14, 2012 after he was attacked while working security at a construction site in Port Coquitlam. Ian Lindsay/PNG

REWARD: $5,000 offered to help catch PoCo security guard’s attackers

CHERYL CHAN VANCOUVER DESI Hoshiar Singh Bajwa, 65, in Royal Columbian Hospital with his wife Kapoor Kaur Bajwa on October... (more...)

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