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Well of Death

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:44:00 +0000

Stuntmen perform on their motorbikes and car on the walls of the "Well of Death" at a fair on the outskirts of Jammu, November 28, 2007. The stuntmen earn their livelihood by performing dare-devil stunts by driving their bikes and cars on the walls of the "Well of Death" and attracting a large number of spectators from all walks of life.

Economy class aboard the Airbus A380

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:31:00 +0000

The economy class aboard the Airbus A380 features slightly wider seats and monitors for every seat. The Airbus A380, the world's largest aircraft, landed at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, November 28, as part of testing conducted by Airbus, Qantas and Los Angeles World Airports.

International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:19:00 +0000

Robots for Japan's largest industrial robot maker Yasukawa Electric, beat a drum for the demonstration at the International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo on Thursday, November 29. Some 200 companies and more than 50 organisations from Japan and abroad are taking part in the 2007 International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo, one of the world's largest robot shows.

Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:15:00 +0000

Combination of images taken from a video footage shows Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski in the arrivals area of the Vancouver airport on October 14, 2007. A video recorded and released to media by Victoria resident Paul Pritchard shows that Dziekanski did not resist or confront police before officers tasered him. Poland criticized Canadian police on Thursday, November 15, for using stun guns to shoot an unarmed Dziekanski who then collapsed and died.

Anti-whaling demonstrators

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:13:00 +0000

Anti-whaling demonstrators form a giant whale during the Save the Whales Again event at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, November 16, 2007. Protesters asked the Australian government to help stop illegal whaling.

Spice Girls Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:03:00 +0000

Spice Girls (L-R) Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell, Victoria Beckham arrive for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Hollywood, November 15, 2007.

Iraqi policemen frisk a man

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:02:00 +0000

Iraqi policemen frisk a man and search his car in the southern city of Basra, November 16, 2007. Violence has plunged in Basra and Iraq's security forces are in full control, a British general said yesterday, a month before a formal handover of the southern oil city to Iraqi authority.

Iraqi professional female photographer

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:59:00 +0000

An Iraqi professional female photographer (L) takes a picture of a couple at her studio in the southern city of Basra, November 16, 2007. The photographer, who did not wish to publish her name, says that business is good as women in Basra prefer to be photographed by a woman in order to have the freedom to remove their Islamic headress for pictures with their family.

Victoria's Secret fashion show

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:46:00 +0000

A model displays an outfit during the Victoria's Secret fashion show at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California, November 15, 2007.

The Leary Firefighters Foundation

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:53:00 +0000

In this photo provided by The Leary Firefighters Foundation, “Rescue Me” star Callie Thorne, right, poses with Capt. Nick Felton (L), Chief Richard Hampton, top, and Chief Tim McConnell, all of the New Orleans Fire Department, at the 7th Annual BASH for New York’s Bravest to benefit The Leary Firefighters Foundation on Tuesday, November 13, in New York. The mission of the foundation, started by Leary in 2000, is to provide funding and resources for Fire Departments nationwide.

Implement a tighter security in Philipine

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:51:00 +0000

Members of the police Special Action Force stop a man on a motorcycle entering the compound as they implement a tighter security on Wednesday, Nov. 14 in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, a day after a powerful explosion at the House of the Representatives. A congressman who was killed in a bomb blast outside the Philippine legislature was a member of an Al Qaeda -linked militant group but later switched sides to support a US-backed offensive against them, police said on Wednesday.

Meeting in Singapore

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:48:00 +0000

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong , left, shakes hands with Deputy Defense Minister of Myanmar, Major-General Aye Myint, second right, while Philippines Secretary of National Defence Gilberto Teodoro Jr., right, and Malaysia’s Defense Minister Najib Tun Razak, center, looks on during the ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting in Singapore on Wednesday November 14.

Diana Princes of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:18:00 +0000

This image made available Wednesday Oct. 3, 2007, from evidence presented at the inquest into the death of Diana Princes of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed is made from CCTV footage showing Diana, Princess of Wales with Dodi Fayed in the lift at the Ritz Hotel the afternoon before they both died. A man testifying at an inquest on Monday, Nov. 12, 2007 described holding Princess Diana's hand as she repeated "My God, my God" moments after her car crashed in Paris, Aug. 31, 1997.

Spilling about 58,000 gallons of oil

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:14:00 +0000

Boats use a boom to contain oil north of Treasure Island on Monday, Nov. 12, 2007, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. A container ship struck the Bay Bridge, background, last Wednesday spilling about 58,000 gallons of oil into the bay, fouling miles of coastline and killing dozens of shorebirds.

Security personnel for Benazir Bhutto

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:12:00 +0000

Security personnel stand guard over opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's convoy in Lahore on November 12, 2007. Bhutto will not be allowed to hold a motorcade procession planned for Tuesday from the city of Lahore to protest against emergency rule, a government official said. Two-time prime minister Bhutto had earlier on Monday urged Pakistanis of all shades to join the motorcade protest against President Pervez Musharraf's emergency rule and vowed it would go ahead even if police tried to block her.

Dillon Cossey in Court

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:11:00 +0000

Dillon Cossey, 14, is led into the courtroom at the Montgomery County Courthouse for a hearing in Norristown, Pa., in this Oct. 12, 2007 file photo. Cossey, who admitted plotting a school attack near Philadelphia, had chatted online about the Columbine massacre with a teenage outcast who killed eight people and himself in a high school shooting in Finland, the Pennsylvania boy's attorney said on Monday, Nov. 12, 2007.

Shines shoes

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:08:00 +0000

A man shines shoes on a sidewalk in Baghdad on November 12, 2007

Dog on a moped

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:06:00 +0000

A man carries his pet dog on a moped in Bhopal,India, on Monday, Nov. 12, 2007.

Airbus A380

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:03:00 +0000

The world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, comes in for a landing passing over a backed up Highway 13 in Montreal, Canada, Monday, Nov. 12, 2007.

Jemima Khan

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:21:00 +0000

Jemima Khan (lower R), the former wife of Pakistan cricketer and politician Imran Khan, attends a demonstration in central London on Saturday, November 10. Protestors were demonstrating against the current political system in Pakistan.

Zapatero arrived in Argentina

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:08:00 +0000

The President of the Spanish Government Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (L) speaks with Argentina's president Nestor Kirchner and first lady, senator and president elect Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (C) during a meeting in the Olivos presidential house in Buenos Aires on Saturday, November 10. Rodriguez Zapatero arrived in Argentina for a one-day official visit and then will travel to Uruguay.

Most ancient mural painting in America

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:02:00 +0000

Peruvian archaeologist Walter Alva points what is supposed to be the most ancient mural painting in America in a temple in Chiclayo, on Saturday, November 10, more than 1000 kms north of Lima. According to the results of the radiocarbon analysis made in United States the painting is 4,000 years old.

World's one and only Toilet House

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:23:00 +0000

Haewoojae, the world's one and only toilet house is seen in Suwon, south of Seoul, on Friday, Nov. 9. The two-story house set to be finished on Sunday, November 11, is being built to commemorate the inaugural meeting later this month of the World Toilet Association.

Democratic Republic of Congo

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:29:00 +0000

In this image released by the San Diego Zoo, a zoo worker cares for two of the worlds most critically endangered great apes, called bonobos on Friday, November 9, at the San Diego Zoos Children Zoo nursery in San Diego. With wild populations being decimated at alarming rates in Democratic Republic of Congo, the recent birth of a male infant named Tutapenda (L), on Oct. 29 is a significant milestone for conservation efforts. He joins his two-month-old half-sister Mali who is also being hand-raised due to medical complications at birth.