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North Korean envoy Choe Ryong Hae, center right, tours Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, an industrial park in the southern part of Beijing, May 23, 2013.

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Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono talks at a Reuters Newsmaker event in Singapore, Apr. 23, 2013.

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A security official collects evidence near the remains of a damaged vehicle at the site of a bomb blast in Quetta, May 23, 2013.

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Activist Adam Adli is escorted by police at a courthouse in Kuala Lumpur, May 23, 2013.

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Activists march during a demonstration to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in Changsha, May 17, 2013. The banner reads, "Homosexsuals are also ordinary people".

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Video Asian Water Summit Focuses on Security, Disaster

Resource experts say many Asian countries face a potential water crisis unless they address mismanagement that could lead to severe shortages of clean water. Other states struggle to contain massive floods. Steve Sandford reports for VOA from Chiang Mai, Thailand, the site of a just-concluded regional summit on the managing water supplies and disasters.