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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img class=" " title="A woman cries during a funeral of victims killed in religious attacks in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010. Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed." src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09dVakSfkk9xL/610x.jpg" alt="A woman cries during a funeral of victims killed in religious attacks in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010. Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A woman cries during a funeral of victims killed in religious attacks in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010. Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed.</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 417px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03ImaRX2W20SG/x610.jpg" alt="" width="407" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Bodies of victims killed in religious attacks lie in a mass grave in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010. Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/001L3e5dGT1IQ/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">People stand by a grave before a mass burial of victims killed in religious attacks in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010. Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cjh7iucUh0gq/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="455" /><p class="wp-caption-text">This is an image taken from TV showing bodies being carried from a container for burial in the town of Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, about three miles (five kilometers) south of the city of Jos, Monday March 8, 2010. Rioters in Nigeria armed with machetes slaughtered more than 200 people Sunday, including a four-day-old baby, according to residents in the volatile Plateau State. On Monday an Associated Press reporter counted 61 corpses, 32 of them children, being buried in the mass grave in the village of Dogo Nahawa, a village three miles (five kilometres) south of Jos.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02Sh0fL17s7CQ/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Villagers look at bodies of victims of religious attacks lying in a mass grave in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010. Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/098P40AaMDdBn/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="452" /><p class="wp-caption-text">In this image taken from TV showing a victim laying in hospital after surviving the inter-faith violence in the town of Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, about three miles (five kilometers) south of the city of Jos, Sunday March 7, 2010. Rioters armed with machetes slaughtered more than 200 people on Sunday, many of them women and children.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03qB9HZ1YKcUg/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Police stand guard during a mass burial of victims of religious attacks in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0344bbY1CMdBE/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Rescue workers carry the body of a victim killed during religious attacks during a mass burial in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/009vat22oY57H/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="452" /><p class="wp-caption-text">In this image taken from TV showing the bodies of victims of inter-faith violence as a crowd gathers around, in the town of Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, about three miles (five kilometers) south of the city of Jos, Sunday March 7, 2010. Rioters armed with machetes slaughtered more than 200 people on Sunday, many of them women and children, which are being collected from where they lay, in the streets of this central Nigerian town.</p></div>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0eGlaQQapj9e8/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="407" /></p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/05KD4nBezSefV/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">People watch as rescue workers carry a victim inside a grave during a mass burial in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010. Soldiers patrolled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Monday and aid workers tried to assess the death toll after attacks on outlying communities in which several hundred people were feared to have been killed.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0gb30afeZS2Kl/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A boy sitting with his mother cries during a funeral for people killed in religious attacks in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09undKxe8g7La/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Women mourn in front of a burnt building in the Dogo Nahawa village, about 15 km (9 miles) to the capital city of Jos in central Nigeria, March 8, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 423px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cDd8i94md8J3/x610.jpg" alt="" width="413" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">An unidentified woman covers her face from the smell of dead bodies in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. </p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cKUa8Q9IkaXm/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="418" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Residents walk past a burnt car in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0279aYqbfKdoX/610x.jpg" alt="" width="610" height="415" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Bala Adamu loads his car to flee secterian violence in Kurujantar, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Jos, Nigeria, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. Both Christians and Muslims died during the violence that began Sunday in the central Nigerian city once known as a prime tourist destination in West Africa. The nonprofit group Human Rights Watch puts the death toll among both religions at more than 200. More than 5,000 people have been displaced.</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cdi0ob1Isf84/610x.jpg" alt="Ghanaian Olympic slalom skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong skis around a gate during a photo opportunity at the Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead, England, Thursday Jan. 28, 2010. Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, know as the Snow Leopard, will compete in the slalom and giant slalom in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver." width="610" height="489" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ghanaian Olympic slalom skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong skis around a gate during a photo opportunity at the Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead, England, Thursday Jan. 28, 2010. Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, know as the Snow Leopard, will compete in the slalom and giant slalom in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 500px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cMB09DfUS38a/x610.jpg" alt="Ghanas Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong carries the flag during the opening ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, Feb. 12, 2010." width="490" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ghana&#39;s Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong carries the flag during the opening ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, Feb. 12, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0eEW4Su5Rs1hH/610x.jpg" alt="Kwame Nkrumah Acheampong, of Ghana, takes a break from training to talk to the media on Mount Washington in Courtney British Columbia, on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Acheampong, dubbed the Snow Leopard, will be the first athlete to hoist the Ghanaian flag in a Winter Olympics when he hits the alpine courses in Whistler this month." width="610" height="446" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Kwame Nkrumah Acheampong, of Ghana, takes a break from training to talk to the media on Mount Washington in Courtney British Columbia, on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Acheampong, dubbed the Snow Leopard, will be the first athlete to hoist the Ghanaian flag in a Winter Olympics when he hits the alpine courses in Whistler this month.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0g6TgTN4xY8L8/610x.jpg" alt="WHISTLER, BC - FEBRUARY 18: Alpine skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong of Ghana attends a press conference on day seven of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics at Whistler Media House on February 18, 2010 in Whistler, Canada." width="610" height="406" /><p class="wp-caption-text">WHISTLER, BC - FEBRUARY 18: Alpine skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong of Ghana attends a press conference on day seven of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics at Whistler Media House on February 18, 2010 in Whistler, Canada.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03Bf0M54WAfji/610x.jpg" alt="Alpine skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong (C) of Ghana poses for a picture with a fan during a training session at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, February 22, 2010. Nkrumah-Acheampong has become a celebrity around Vancouver as people have fallen in love with the underdog known as the Snow Leopard because of his distinctive racing suit." width="610" height="425" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Alpine skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong (C) of Ghana poses for a picture with a fan during a training session at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, February 22, 2010. Nkrumah-Acheampong has become a celebrity around Vancouver as people have fallen in love with the underdog known as the &quot;Snow Leopard&quot; because of his distinctive racing suit.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 409px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00IXbPA7tgeoG/x610.jpg" alt="Alpine skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong of Ghana smiles during training at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, February 22, 2010. Nkrumah-Acheampong has become a celebrity around Vancouver as people have fallen in love with the underdog known as the Snow Leopard because of his distinctive racing suit." width="399" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Alpine skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong of Ghana smiles during training at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, February 22, 2010. Nkrumah-Acheampong has become a celebrity around Vancouver as people have fallen in love with the underdog known as the &quot;Snow Leopard&quot; because of his distinctive racing suit.</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0gSScnlh0idOd/610x.jpg" alt="Ivory Coast police look at an injured demonstrator lying on the road during a protest in Abobo, a northern suburb of the capital Abidjan, February 22, 2010. Protests have erupted almost daily in the worlds top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved his government and the electoral commission on February 12, and the military killed at least five protesters at a rally on Friday." width="610" height="380" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ivory Coast police look at an injured demonstrator lying on the road during a protest in Abobo, a northern suburb of the capital Abidjan, February 22, 2010. Protests have erupted almost daily in the world&#39;s top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved his government and the electoral commission on February 12, and the military killed at least five protesters at a rally on Friday.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/06Gb9hn1Ub6CZ/610x.jpg" alt="A policeman puts out a small fire on a road during a protest in Abobo, a northern suburb of Ivory Coasts capital Abidjan, February 22, 2010. Protests have erupted almost daily in the worlds top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved his government and the electoral commission on February 12, and the military killed at least five protesters at a rally on Friday." width="610" height="382" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A policeman puts out a small fire on a road during a protest in Abobo, a northern suburb of Ivory Coast&#39;s capital Abidjan, February 22, 2010. Protests have erupted almost daily in the world&#39;s top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved his government and the electoral commission on February 12, and the military killed at least five protesters at a rally on Friday.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/08TP8042iW5W4/610x.jpg" alt="Girls run along the streets in the Dioulabougou area in Gagnoa, February 20, 2010. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing at least three people, opposition and hospital sources said." width="610" height="417" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Girls run along the streets in the Dioulabougou area in Gagnoa, February 20, 2010. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing at least three people, opposition and hospital sources said.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/07ny6XnfHseiO/610x.jpg" alt="Ivorian security forces stand near opposition protesters on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010." width="610" height="405" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ivorian security forces stand near opposition protesters on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0c9vctHeya1Ex/610x.jpg" alt="Opposition protesters block a road on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010. " width="610" height="412" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Opposition protesters block a road on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010. </p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02mHbEAeY258C/610x.jpg" alt="Opposition protesters block a road during a protest in the Dioulabougou area in Gagnoa February 19, 2010. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing an undisclosed number of people and wounding others, hospital sources said. The violence is the latest in a spate of demonstrations in the worlds top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the government and the electoral commission a week ago, after a row over voter registration." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Opposition protesters block a road during a protest in the Dioulabougou area in Gagnoa February 19, 2010. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing an undisclosed number of people and wounding others, hospital sources said. The violence is the latest in a spate of demonstrations in the world&#39;s top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the government and the electoral commission a week ago, after a row over voter registration.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0fZNb0L5yB1ZX/610x.jpg" alt="Ivorian security forces disperse opposition protesters on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010." width="610" height="391" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ivorian security forces disperse opposition protesters on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/05CTcAL8ui42w/610x.jpg" alt="Opposition protesters demonstrate with a banner that reads Gbagbo thief on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Opposition protesters demonstrate with a banner that reads &quot;Gbagbo thief&quot; on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09dSeh00pq3zd/610x.jpg" alt="Ivorian police patrol along the streets of the Dioulabougou area in Gagnoa, February 20, 2010. " width="610" height="408" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ivorian police patrol along the streets of the Dioulabougou area in Gagnoa, February 20, 2010. </p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0bOccMag1e730/610x.jpg" alt="Ivorian security forces stand near opposition protesters on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ivorian security forces stand near opposition protesters on a street in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02U3bpY6Tpata/610x.jpg" alt="People walk along the streets of Gagnoa, February 20, 2010." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">People walk along the streets of Gagnoa, February 20, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0e8b76T9bL7zM/610x.jpg" alt="A view of the streets of Gagnoa, February 20, 2010. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing at least three people, opposition and hospital sources said." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A view of the streets of Gagnoa, February 20, 2010. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing at least three people, opposition and hospital sources said.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cqN9oqby19GY/610x.jpg" alt="Opposition protesters force a bus to turn back in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010. " width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Opposition protesters force a bus to turn back in Toumodi, central Ivory Coast February 22, 2010. </p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0eaccm07Rf9SZ/610x.jpg" alt="A wounded opposition protestors lies on the ground at the main hospital in Gagnoa February 19, 2010. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing an undisclosed number of people and wounding others, hospital sources said. The violence is the latest in a spate of demonstrations in the worlds top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the government and the electoral commission a week ago, after a row over voter registration." width="610" height="401" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A wounded opposition protestors lies on the ground at the main hospital in Gagnoa February 19, 2010. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing an undisclosed number of people and wounding others, hospital sources said. The violence is the latest in a spate of demonstrations in the world&#39;s top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the government and the electoral commission a week ago, after a row over voter registration.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 484px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03qOgGb4TE3xw/x610.jpg" alt="Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo (R) talks with Prime Minister Guillaume Soro after a meeting at the presidential palace in Yamoussoukro February 18, 2010. Soro said on Thursday he had asked for two extra days to form a government to replace the one that his president sacked almost a week ago. President Gbagbo dissolved the government and electoral commission after a row over voter registration last Friday, sparking a political crisis and opposition demonstrations across the worlds top cocoa grower." width="474" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo (R) talks with Prime Minister Guillaume Soro after a meeting at the presidential palace in Yamoussoukro February 18, 2010. Soro said on Thursday he had asked for two extra days to form a government to replace the one that his president sacked almost a week ago. President Gbagbo dissolved the government and electoral commission after a row over voter registration last Friday, sparking a political crisis and opposition demonstrations across the world&#39;s top cocoa grower.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/06xUgCO5ql6j3/610x.jpg" alt="A wounded opposition protester lies on a bed at the main hospital in Gagnoa February 19, 2010." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A wounded opposition protester lies on a bed at the main hospital in Gagnoa February 19, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/07Q7bt58rd4Yb/610x.jpg" alt="Ivorian red cross members carry a wounded opposition protester at the main hospital in Gagnoa February 19, 2010." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ivorian red cross members carry a wounded opposition protester at the main hospital in Gagnoa February 19, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01EH5YLgcJckN/610x.jpg" alt="A relative holds up a photograph of 15 year-old Andokou Brou Christian, who was killed during clashes between opposition protesters and security forces in Gagnoa February 19, 2010, as his mother (C) cries alongside. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing an undisclosed number of people and wounding others, hospital sources said. The violence is the latest in a spate of demonstrations in the worlds top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the government and the electoral commission a week ago, after a row over voter registration." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A relative holds up a photograph of 15 year-old Andokou Brou Christian, who was killed during clashes between opposition protesters and security forces in Gagnoa February 19, 2010, as his mother (C) cries alongside. Security forces in Ivory Coast opened fire on hundreds of protesters in southwestern Gagnoa town on Friday, killing an undisclosed number of people and wounding others, hospital sources said. The violence is the latest in a spate of demonstrations in the world&#39;s top cocoa grower since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the government and the electoral commission a week ago, after a row over voter registration.</p></div>
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		<title>NIGER…Supporters of a military coup</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 436px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/06ze58wcAmdGr/x610.jpg" alt="Supporters of a military coup, which toppled President Mamadou Tandja two days earlier, demonstrate in front of the National Assembly in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Nigers capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nations strongman president." width="426" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Supporters of a military coup, which toppled President Mamadou Tandja two days earlier, demonstrate in front of the National Assembly in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Niger&#39;s capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nation&#39;s strongman president.</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0bUz4Vk2PJ9LE/610x.jpg" alt="Onlookers cheers as members of a military junta which toppled President Mamadou Tandja two days earlier speak to supporters at a demonstration at Army Roundabout in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Nigers capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nations strongman president." width="610" height="387" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Onlookers cheers as members of a military junta which toppled President Mamadou Tandja two days earlier speak to supporters at a demonstration at Army Roundabout in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Niger&#39;s capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nation&#39;s strongman president.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0ebhh2UaxG0jv/610x.jpg" alt="People look at damage to a building in Naimey February 19, 2010, a day after President Mamadou Tandja was ousted in a military coup. The junta, calling itself the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSDR) and led by Salou Djibo, an officer trained in Ivory Coast, Morocco and China who has served in U.N. peacekeeping missions, gave no indication of how long it intended to hold power but called on Nigers people and other countries to support its actions." width="610" height="482" /><p class="wp-caption-text">People look at damage to a building in Naimey February 19, 2010, a day after President Mamadou Tandja was ousted in a military coup. The junta, calling itself the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSDR) and led by Salou Djibo, an officer trained in Ivory Coast, Morocco and China who has served in U.N. peacekeeping missions, gave no indication of how long it intended to hold power but called on Niger&#39;s people and other countries to support its actions.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09sV4aI19ocwg/610x.jpg" alt="Members of a military junta, including spokesman Adamou Harouna, center left, gesture to supporters at a demonstration at Army Roundabout in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Nigers capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nations strongman president." width="610" height="394" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Members of a military junta, including spokesman Adamou Harouna, center left, gesture to supporters at a demonstration at Army Roundabout in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Niger&#39;s capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nation&#39;s strongman president.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02cx0ez2x3fcM/610x.jpg" alt="People look at damage to a building in Naimey February 19, 2010, a day after President Mamadou Tandja was ousted in a military coup. The junta, calling itself the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSDR) and led by Salou Djibo, an officer trained in Ivory Coast, Morocco and China who has served in U.N. peacekeeping missions, gave no indication of how long it intended to hold power but called on Nigers people and other countries to support its actions." width="610" height="481" /><p class="wp-caption-text">People look at damage to a building in Naimey February 19, 2010, a day after President Mamadou Tandja was ousted in a military coup. The junta, calling itself the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSDR) and led by Salou Djibo, an officer trained in Ivory Coast, Morocco and China who has served in U.N. peacekeeping missions, gave no indication of how long it intended to hold power but called on Niger&#39;s people and other countries to support its actions.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/07Lk0uJcWN7lE/610x.jpg" alt="Colonel Goukoye Abdul Karimou reads a statement signed by Salou Djibo in Niamey in this videograb dated February 18, 2010 after President Mamadou Tandja was ousted in a military coup. The junta, calling itself the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSDR) and led by Salou Djibo, an officer trained in Ivory Coast, Morocco and China who has served in U.N. peacekeeping missions, gave no indication of how long it intended to hold power but called on Nigers people and other countries to support its actions." width="610" height="457" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Colonel Goukoye Abdul Karimou reads a statement signed by Salou Djibo in Niamey in this videograb dated February 18, 2010 after President Mamadou Tandja was ousted in a military coup. The junta, calling itself the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSDR) and led by Salou Djibo, an officer trained in Ivory Coast, Morocco and China who has served in U.N. peacekeeping missions, gave no indication of how long it intended to hold power but called on Niger&#39;s people and other countries to support its actions.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/06kd5OaakUdT2/610x.jpg" alt="People react in a street in the city of Naimey, Niger, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. A junta that seized power in a coup in the West African nation of Niger named a platoon commander as its leader Friday, hours after soldiers announced on state TV that their group was in charge of the uranium-rich country." width="610" height="406" /><p class="wp-caption-text">People react in a street in the city of Naimey, Niger, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. A junta that seized power in a coup in the West African nation of Niger named a platoon commander as its leader Friday, hours after soldiers announced on state TV that their group was in charge of the uranium-rich country.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00lo4vx3FtaPs/610x.jpg" alt="Onlookers cheers as members of a military junta which toppled President Mamadou Tandja two days earlier, leave after speaking to supporters at a demonstration at Army Roundabout in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Nigers capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nations strongman president." width="610" height="405" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Onlookers cheers as members of a military junta which toppled President Mamadou Tandja two days earlier, leave after speaking to supporters at a demonstration at Army Roundabout in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Niger&#39;s capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nation&#39;s strongman president.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02kCeSYdyZdlQ/610x.jpg" alt="Military police leave a funeral ceremony for two soldiers killed in fighting during a military coup two days earlier, in central Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Nigers capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nations strongman president." width="610" height="406" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Military police leave a funeral ceremony for two soldiers killed in fighting during a military coup two days earlier, in central Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. Thousands of people rallied on the streets of Niger&#39;s capital Saturday in support of a military coup that ousted the West African nation&#39;s strongman president.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0e6U4nEaqq5lI/610x.jpg" alt="Police load the body of a soldier killed in fighting during a military coup into a truck during a funeral ceremony outside the central morgue in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010." width="610" height="402" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Police load the body of a soldier killed in fighting during a military coup into a truck during a funeral ceremony outside the central morgue in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01Xw6Yf0kA0Pc/610x.jpg" alt="Supporters of a military coup, which toppled President Mamadou Tandja two days earlier, demonstrate at Army Roundabout in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010." width="610" height="406" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Supporters of a military coup, which toppled President Mamadou Tandja two days earlier, demonstrate at Army Roundabout in Niamey, Niger Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010.</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0eYl7eE7te7RD/610x.jpg" alt="A military car seen in a street in the city of Naimey, Niger, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. A junta that seized power in a coup in the West African nation of Niger named a platoon commander as its leader Friday, hours after soldiers announced on state TV that their group was in charge of the uranium-rich country." width="610" height="428" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A military car seen in a street in the city of Naimey, Niger, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. A junta that seized power in a coup in the West African nation of Niger named a platoon commander as its leader Friday, hours after soldiers announced on state TV that their group was in charge of the uranium-rich country.</p></div>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/030279RfNzcJ7/610x.jpg" alt="Somali government soldiers inspect a taxi in the capital Mogadishu February 17, 2010." width="610" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Somali government soldiers inspect a taxi in the capital Mogadishu February 17, 2010.</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 469px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00ZiaMJgOlfHy/x610.jpg" alt="nternally displaced people receive food aid at a distribution centre in Somalia�s capital Mogadishu, February 16, 2010. The number of Somalis needing aid has fallen by more than half a million because of increased food production, mostly in the south of the Horn of Africa state, a survey showed." width="459" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">nternally displaced people receive food aid at a distribution centre in Somalia�s capital Mogadishu, February 16, 2010. The number of Somalis needing aid has fallen by more than half a million because of increased food production, mostly in the south of the Horn of Africa state, a survey showed.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/04922K32Jsh1J/610x.jpg" alt="Somali government soldiers inspect passengers of a public minibus in the capital Mogadishu February 17, 2010." width="610" height="401" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Somali government soldiers inspect passengers of a public minibus in the capital Mogadishu February 17, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0fsE6beaYu0TX/610x.jpg" alt="Somali government soldiers walk past the covered remains of a man who was killed when the roadside bomb he allegedly tried to plant went of prematurely, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, in the Somali capital, Mogadishu." width="610" height="455" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Somali government soldiers walk past the covered remains of a man who was killed when the roadside bomb he allegedly tried to plant went of prematurely, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/081jgFycpc7uK/610x.jpg" alt="MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - FEBRUARY 15: Onlookers view the wreckage of a suicide car bomb that targetted Somali government minister Sheikh Yusuf Siyad Indha Adde, in a government controlled area, on February 15, 2010 in the south of the Somali capital Mogadishu. The state defense minister escaped the explosion, which left at least five dead and fifteen injured." width="610" height="406" /><p class="wp-caption-text">MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - FEBRUARY 15: Onlookers view the wreckage of a suicide car bomb that targetted Somali government minister Sheikh Yusuf Siyad Indha Adde, in a government controlled area, on February 15, 2010 in the south of the Somali capital Mogadishu. The state defense minister escaped the explosion, which left at least five dead and fifteen injured.</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/05n7aRP12Y7WG/610x.jpg" alt="A man holds an unexploded ordnance at the scene of a car bomb in Somalias capital Mogadishu, February 15, 2010. The bomb was targeting State Defence Minister Yusuf Mohamed Siyad, known by his nickname Indahaadde or White Eyes and it killed at least one bystander, residents said." width="610" height="382" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A man holds an unexploded ordnance at the scene of a car bomb in Somalia&#39;s capital Mogadishu, February 15, 2010. The bomb was targeting State Defence Minister Yusuf Mohamed Siyad, known by his nickname Indahaadde or &quot;White Eyes&quot; and it killed at least one bystander, residents said.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 457px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/05Xd5dt1xY1Ym/x610.jpg" alt="A Somali resident guides his donkey as he flees from renewed fighting in southern of the capital Mogadishu, February 11, 2010. Fighting has killed 21,000 Somalis since the start of 2007 and driven 1.5 million from their homes." width="447" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A Somali resident guides his donkey as he flees from renewed fighting in southern of the capital Mogadishu, February 11, 2010. Fighting has killed 21,000 Somalis since the start of 2007 and driven 1.5 million from their homes.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 492px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00Koaah7JRgaX/x610.jpg" alt="Residents carry a man wounded during mortar shelling at Bakara market in Somalias capital Mogadishu, February 10, 2010. Violence in Mogadishu killed at least 24 people on Wednesday, and thousands of Somalis fled the capital fearing a government offensive against rebels." width="482" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Residents carry a man wounded during mortar shelling at Bakara market in Somalia&#39;s capital Mogadishu, February 10, 2010. Violence in Mogadishu killed at least 24 people on Wednesday, and thousands of Somalis fled the capital fearing a government offensive against rebels.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 506px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/05Bnfmh8Io3Qt/x610.jpg" alt="An armed militant from Somalias Hizbul Islam rebel group maintains order during a demonstration against the presence of the African Union (AU) peacekeepers on the outskirts of Mogadishu February 12, 2010. The Somalia government has been promising to launch an offensive against al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, which both want to impose a harsh version of sharia law." width="496" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">An armed militant from Somalia&#39;s Hizbul Islam rebel group maintains order during a demonstration against the presence of the African Union (AU) peacekeepers on the outskirts of Mogadishu February 12, 2010. The Somalia government has been promising to launch an offensive against al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, which both want to impose a harsh version of sharia law.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 518px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0gECbvrdWZ6FH/x610.jpg" alt="Somali residents ride atop a mini-van as they flee from renewed fighting in southern of the capital Mogadishu, February 11, 2010. Fighting has killed 21,000 Somalis since the start of 2007 and driven 1.5 million from their homes." width="508" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Somali residents ride atop a mini-van as they flee from renewed fighting in southern of the capital Mogadishu, February 11, 2010. Fighting has killed 21,000 Somalis since the start of 2007 and driven 1.5 million from their homes.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 545px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0fUZcVu9obenH/x610.jpg" alt="Leader of insurgent group Hizbul Islam Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys (C) arrives for a demonstration against the presence of the African Union (AU) peacekeepers on the outskirts of Mogadishu February 12, 2010. The Somalia government has been promising to launch an offensive against al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, which both want to impose a harsh version of sharia law." width="535" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Leader of insurgent group Hizbul Islam Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys (C) arrives for a demonstration against the presence of the African Union (AU) peacekeepers on the outskirts of Mogadishu February 12, 2010. The Somalia government has been promising to launch an offensive against al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, which both want to impose a harsh version of sharia law.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/04XEaKE1C9gft/610x.jpg" alt="An armed militant from Somalias Hizbul Islam rebel group maintains order during a demonstration against the presence of the African Union (AU) peacekeepers on the outskirts of Mogadishu February 12, 2010. The Somalia government has been promising to launch an offensive against al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, which both want to impose a harsh version of sharia law." width="610" height="410" /><p class="wp-caption-text">An armed militant from Somalia&#39;s Hizbul Islam rebel group maintains order during a demonstration against the presence of the African Union (AU) peacekeepers on the outskirts of Mogadishu February 12, 2010. The Somalia government has been promising to launch an offensive against al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, which both want to impose a harsh version of sharia law.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 491px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/04NR9Je597fuB/x610.jpg" alt="People surf the Internet at a cyber cafe in Elasha Biyaha neighbourhood on the outskirts of Somalias capital Mogadishu " width="481" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">People surf the Internet at a cyber cafe in Elasha Biyaha neighbourhood on the outskirts of Somalia&#39;s capital Mogadishu </p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 471px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0gY21DFcmR3K7/x610.jpg" alt="A boy arranges khat, a narcotic leaf, at an open market in the south of Somalias capital Mogadishu, February 5, 2010. Khat leaves have been used as a stimulant and a social tonic." width="461" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A boy arranges khat, a narcotic leaf, at an open market in the south of Somalia&#39;s capital Mogadishu, February 5, 2010. Khat leaves have been used as a stimulant and a social tonic.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 475px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0fYGgXQ1eDa55/x610.jpg" alt="Porters carry cargo from a commercial ship Victoria at the main seaport in Somalias capital Mogadishu, February 4, 2010." width="465" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Porters carry cargo from a commercial ship &quot;Victoria&quot; at the main seaport in Somalia&#39;s capital Mogadishu, February 4, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 544px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09of7DtacvgXy/x610.jpg" alt="A boy arranges jerry cans near a water well in the Hawa Abdi neighbourhood of Somalias capital Mogadishu, February 4, 2010. Violence in Somalia has killed at least 21,000 people in the failed Horn of Africa nation since the start of 2007 and driven another 1.5 million from their homes, helping trigger one of the worlds worst humanitarian emergencies." width="534" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A boy arranges jerry cans near a water well in the Hawa Abdi neighbourhood of Somalia&#39;s capital Mogadishu, February 4, 2010. Violence in Somalia has killed at least 21,000 people in the failed Horn of Africa nation since the start of 2007 and driven another 1.5 million from their homes, helping trigger one of the world&#39;s worst humanitarian emergencies.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 477px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cLm2pBgAt6yD/x610.jpg" alt="Armed militants from Somalias Hizbul Islam rebel group take position as they guard a roadblock in southern Mogadishu, February 4, 2010. Violence in Somalia has killed at least 21,000 people in the failed Horn of Africa nation since the start of 2007 and driven another 1.5 million from their homes, helping trigger one of the worlds worst humanitarian emergencies." width="467" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Armed militants from Somalia&#39;s Hizbul Islam rebel group take position as they guard a roadblock in southern Mogadishu, February 4, 2010. Violence in Somalia has killed at least 21,000 people in the failed Horn of Africa nation since the start of 2007 and driven another 1.5 million from their homes, helping trigger one of the world&#39;s worst humanitarian emergencies.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 487px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/07Os7IR1hT9oB/x610.jpg" alt="People surf the internet at a cyber cafe in Elasha Biyaha neighbourhood on the outskirts of Somalias capital Mogadishu, February 8, 2010." width="477" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">People surf the internet at a cyber cafe in Elasha Biyaha neighbourhood on the outskirts of Somalia&#39;s capital Mogadishu, February 8, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0fUz9mz4hy2uE/610x.jpg" alt="Somali men escort a man at the Medina hospital after he was injured in clashes between Africa Union soldiers and Islamic insurgents, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010, in the capital, Mogadishu. Islamic insurgents fired several mortars from Mogadishus main Bakara market in the direction of African Union peacekeeping bases in the capitals south said Dahir Mohamed, a witness. In response, the AU troops, who are backing Somalias weak government, fired several missiles, some hitting Bakara market and others hitting residential areas. Residents report at least 10 civilians have been killed." width="610" height="411" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Somali men escort a man at the Medina hospital after he was injured in clashes between Africa Union soldiers and Islamic insurgents, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010, in the capital, Mogadishu. Islamic insurgents fired several mortars from Mogadishu&#39;s main Bakara market in the direction of African Union peacekeeping bases in the capital&#39;s south said Dahir Mohamed, a witness. In response, the AU troops, who are backing Somalia&#39;s weak government, fired several missiles, some hitting Bakara market and others hitting residential areas. Residents report at least 10 civilians have been killed.</p></div>
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		<title>Ivory Coast-rebel stronghold of Bouake</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 417px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0fq9b6L4l7fXB/x610.jpg" alt="Drissa Traore, a demobilised fighter of the New Forces, shows photos of himself in the rebel stronghold of Bouake in central Ivory Coast February 4, 2010. Ivory Coast has extended until February 14 a deadline for finalising voter lists, a step which observers said on Wednesday made it all but impossible to stick to a March schedule for a presidential election. Picture taken February 4, 2010." width="407" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Drissa Traore, a demobilised fighter of the &quot;New Forces&quot;, shows photos of himself in the rebel stronghold of Bouake in central Ivory Coast February 4, 2010. Ivory Coast has extended until February 14 a deadline for finalising voter lists, a step which observers said on Wednesday made it all but impossible to stick to a March schedule for a presidential election. Picture taken February 4, 2010.</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0bcQbyu0Hk3jJ/610x.jpg" alt="Street vendors stand on the streets the rebel stronghold of Bouake, in central Ivory Coast  February 6, 2010. Political tensions are rising in the top cocoa grower as Ivory Coast approaches an election meant to end years of stalemate following a 2002-3 war that split the country in two, leaving the north in the hands of rebels." width="610" height="393" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Street vendors stand on the streets the rebel stronghold of Bouake, in central Ivory Coast  February 6, 2010. Political tensions are rising in the top cocoa grower as Ivory Coast approaches an election meant to end years of stalemate following a 2002-3 war that split the country in two, leaving the north in the hands of rebels.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 417px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/025me3AbHV1GC/x610.jpg" alt="Drissa Traore, a demobilised fighter of the New Forces, works at his workshop in the rebel stronghold of Bouake in central Ivory Coast February 4, 2010. Picture taken February 4, 2010." width="407" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Drissa Traore, a demobilised fighter of the &quot;New Forces&quot;, works at his workshop in the rebel stronghold of Bouake in central Ivory Coast February 4, 2010. Picture taken February 4, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09habTZ1X5dDm/610x.jpg" alt="A policeman from the New Forces regulates the traffic on the main road of the rebel stronghold of Bouake in central Ivory Coast February 4, 2010. Ivory Coast has extended until February 14 a deadline for finalising voter lists, a step which observers said on Wednesday made it all but impossible to stick to a March schedule for a presidential election. Picture taken February 4, 2010." width="610" height="399" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A policeman from the &quot;New Forces&quot; regulates the traffic on the main road of the rebel stronghold of Bouake in central Ivory Coast February 4, 2010. Ivory Coast has extended until February 14 a deadline for finalising voter lists, a step which observers said on Wednesday made it all but impossible to stick to a March schedule for a presidential election. Picture taken February 4, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0aSncmx3NffoO/610x.jpg" alt="Girls sit on a street in the Adjame area of Abidjan February 13, 2010. President Laurent Gbagbo said he had dissolved Ivory Coasts government and electoral commission on Friday, after a row over voter registration that threatens to derail his nations fragile peace process. The headline on the newspaper reads, The government and the CEI (independent electoral commission) dissolved." width="610" height="402" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Girls sit on a street in the Adjame area of Abidjan February 13, 2010. President Laurent Gbagbo said he had dissolved Ivory Coast&#39;s government and electoral commission on Friday, after a row over voter registration that threatens to derail his nation&#39;s fragile peace process. The headline on the newspaper reads, &quot;The government and the CEI (independent electoral commission) dissolved&quot;.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 417px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/066x2QO3wP1SO/x610.jpg" alt="Crowds of people gather at a bus station in the Adjame area of Abidjan February 13, 2010. President Laurent Gbagbo said he had dissolved Ivory Coasts government and electoral commission on Friday, after a row over voter registration that threatens to derail his nations fragile peace process. The headline on the newspaper reads, The government and the CEI (independent electoral commission) dissolved." width="407" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Crowds of people gather at a bus station in the Adjame area of Abidjan February 13, 2010. President Laurent Gbagbo said he had dissolved Ivory Coast&#39;s government and electoral commission on Friday, after a row over voter registration that threatens to derail his nation&#39;s fragile peace process. The headline on the newspaper reads, &quot;The government and the CEI (independent electoral commission) dissolved&quot;.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0fKM1nP31SdhH/610x.jpg" alt="A seller shows a newspaper on a street in the Adjame area of Abidjan February 13, 2010. " width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A seller shows a newspaper on a street in the Adjame area of Abidjan February 13, 2010. </p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02pe9si9ur7rg/610x.jpg" alt="A view of a bus station in the Adjame area of Abidjan February 13, 2010. President Laurent Gbagbo said he had dissolved Ivory Coasts government and electoral commission on Friday, after a row over voter registration that threatens to derail his nations fragile peace process." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A view of a bus station in the Adjame area of Abidjan February 13, 2010. President Laurent Gbagbo said he had dissolved Ivory Coast&#39;s government and electoral commission on Friday, after a row over voter registration that threatens to derail his nation&#39;s fragile peace process.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/08OOb1j1pS8AS/610x.jpg" alt="New Forces deputy army chief Issiaka Ouattara sits on his motorbike at his residence of the rebels stronghold of Bouake in central Ivory Coast February 5, 2010. Ivory Coast has extended until February 14 a deadline for finalising voter lists, a step which observers said on Wednesday made it all but impossible to stick to a March schedule for a presidential election. Picture taken February 5, 2010." width="610" height="406" /><p class="wp-caption-text">New Forces deputy army chief Issiaka Ouattara sits on his motorbike at his residence of the rebels stronghold of Bouake in central Ivory Coast February 5, 2010. Ivory Coast has extended until February 14 a deadline for finalising voter lists, a step which observers said on Wednesday made it all but impossible to stick to a March schedule for a presidential election. Picture taken February 5, 2010.</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img class=" " src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01i6gn53IpcXn/610x.jpg" alt="New Forces deputy army chief Issiaka Ouattara sits on his motorbike at his residence of the rebels stronghold of Bouake in central Ivory Coast February 5, 2010. Ivory Coast has extended until February 14 a deadline for finalising voter lists, a step which observers said on Wednesday made it all but impossible to stick to a March schedule for a presidential election. Picture taken February 5, 2010." width="610" height="413" /><p class="wp-caption-text">New Forces deputy army chief Issiaka Ouattara sits on his motorbike at his residence of the rebels stronghold of Bouake in central Ivory Coast February 5, 2010. Ivory Coast has extended until February 14 a deadline for finalising voter lists, a step which observers said on Wednesday made it all but impossible to stick to a March schedule for a presidential election. Picture taken February 5, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0dbi78Z6BneY3/610x.jpg" alt="Street vendors stand on the streets the rebel stronghold of Bouake, in central Ivory Coast  February 6, 2010. Political tensions are rising in the top cocoa grower as Ivory Coast approaches an election meant to end years of stalemate following a 2002-3 war that split the country in two, leaving the north in the hands of rebels." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Street vendors stand on the streets the rebel stronghold of Bouake, in central Ivory Coast  February 6, 2010. Political tensions are rising in the top cocoa grower as Ivory Coast approaches an election meant to end years of stalemate following a 2002-3 war that split the country in two, leaving the north in the hands of rebels.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/07iDffo8Za0wE/610x.jpg" alt="A policeman from the New Forces regulates the traffic on the main road of the rebel stronghold of Bouake in central Ivory Coast February 4, 2010. Ivory Coast has extended until February 14 a deadline for finalising voter lists, a step which observers said on Wednesday made it all but impossible to stick to a March schedule for a presidential election. Picture taken February 4, 2010." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A policeman from the &quot;New Forces&quot; regulates the traffic on the main road of the rebel stronghold of Bouake in central Ivory Coast February 4, 2010. Ivory Coast has extended until February 14 a deadline for finalising voter lists, a step which observers said on Wednesday made it all but impossible to stick to a March schedule for a presidential election. Picture taken February 4, 2010.</p></div>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02nLbQYeTygkh/610x.jpg" alt="A woman practices yoga to help cope with post-traumatic stress disorder following Rwandas 1994 genocide in the capital Kigali, January 15, 2010. Fluorescent sandals litter the entrance to a church on the outskirts of Rwandas undulating capital Kigali. A coffee-coloured river slithers by in the valley below. On the floor, a dozen middle-aged women sit contorted in knots, wearing puckered expressions which explode into wide smiles, accompanied by a chorus of giggles - a rare spectacle in a culture known for its quiet reservation. Picture taken January 15, 2010. " width="610" height="389" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A woman practices yoga to help cope with post-traumatic stress disorder following Rwanda&#39;s 1994 genocide in the capital Kigali, January 15, 2010. Fluorescent sandals litter the entrance to a church on the outskirts of Rwanda&#39;s undulating capital Kigali. A coffee-coloured river slithers by in the valley below. On the floor, a dozen middle-aged women sit contorted in knots, wearing puckered expressions which explode into wide smiles, accompanied by a chorus of giggles - a rare spectacle in a culture known for its quiet reservation. Picture taken January 15, 2010. </p></div>
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		<title>Barack Obama’s aunt and pics from Kenya</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 491px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0bUjfThakA4Qs/x610.jpg" alt="President Barack Obamas aunt, Zeituni Onyango, right, a native of Kenya, departs with an unidentified companion after requesting asylum during a closed immigration hearing Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, in Boston. Onyango, half-sister of Obamas late father, moved to the United States in 2000. Her first asylum request was rejected, and she was ordered deported in 2004. She didnt leave and continued to live in public housing in Boston." width="481" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">President Barack Obama&#39;s aunt, Zeituni Onyango, right, a native of Kenya, departs with an unidentified companion after requesting asylum during a closed immigration hearing Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, in Boston. Onyango, half-sister of Obama&#39;s late father, moved to the United States in 2000. Her first asylum request was rejected, and she was ordered deported in 2004. She didn&#39;t leave and continued to live in public housing in Boston.</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 515px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/020BbJGcFw84M/x610.jpg" alt="President Barack Obamas aunt, Zeituni Onyango, a native of Kenya, enters a vehicle after requesting asylum at a closed immigration hearing Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, in Boston." width="505" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">President Barack Obama&#39;s aunt, Zeituni Onyango, a native of Kenya, enters a vehicle after requesting asylum at a closed immigration hearing Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, in Boston.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 564px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/05w9gflcoBa2q/x610.jpg" alt="President Barack Obamas aunt, Zeituni Onyango, right, a native of Kenya, rides in a wheelchair accompanied by unidentified men after requesting asylum at a closed immigration hearing Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, in Boston." width="554" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">President Barack Obama&#39;s aunt, Zeituni Onyango, right, a native of Kenya, rides in a wheelchair accompanied by unidentified men after requesting asylum at a closed immigration hearing Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, in Boston.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00PWd4X6ZN6fC/610x.jpg" alt="Displaced children run along a dirt road near Dadaab refugee camps in northern Kenya January 29, 2010. Kenya has increased security on its porous desert border with Somalia ahead of an expected offensive by government forces there that could prompt hardline Islamist rebels to try and cross the frontier. Picture taken January 29, 2010." width="610" height="371" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Displaced children run along a dirt road near Dadaab refugee camps in northern Kenya January 29, 2010. Kenya has increased security on its porous desert border with Somalia ahead of an expected offensive by government forces there that could prompt hardline Islamist rebels to try and cross the frontier. Picture taken January 29, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/05n21TreLvgZF/610x.jpg" alt="A boy leads a donkey loaded with fire-wood in Liboi town, along the Kenyan border with Somalia, January 29, 2010. Kenya has increased security on its porous desert border with Somalia ahead of an expected offensive by government forces there that could prompt hardline Islamist rebels to try and cross the frontier. Picture taken January 29, 2010." width="610" height="385" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A boy leads a donkey loaded with fire-wood in Liboi town, along the Kenyan border with Somalia, January 29, 2010. Kenya has increased security on its porous desert border with Somalia ahead of an expected offensive by government forces there that could prompt hardline Islamist rebels to try and cross the frontier. Picture taken January 29, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01GyaIp8rW9LF/610x.jpg" alt="A man leads a herd of camels near Dadaab refugee camps in northern Kenya January 29, 2010. Kenya has increased security on its porous desert border with Somalia ahead of an expected offensive by government forces there that could prompt hardline Islamist rebels to try and cross the frontier. Picture taken January 29, 2010." width="610" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A man leads a herd of camels near Dadaab refugee camps in northern Kenya January 29, 2010. Kenya has increased security on its porous desert border with Somalia ahead of an expected offensive by government forces there that could prompt hardline Islamist rebels to try and cross the frontier. Picture taken January 29, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0gcG5mV9qcgz1/610x.jpg" alt="Bed net donation for GAMI: South African musician Yvonne Chaka Chaka--a Roll Back Malaria and UNICEF Ambassador, Ida Odinga--wife of the Kenyan Prime Minister, Ms. Sarah Obama--wife of US President Barack Obama's grandfather, and Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen, CEO of the Vestergaard Frandsen Group, celebrate the donation of 2,000 PermaNet bed nets to Ms. Obama's charity, Grandmothers Against Malaria Initiative. The donation was made near Kogelo, Kenya where Ms. Obama lives, on Tuesday, February 2, 2010." width="610" height="426" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Bed net donation for GAMI: South African musician Yvonne Chaka Chaka--a Roll Back Malaria and UNICEF Ambassador, Ida Odinga--wife of the Kenyan Prime Minister, Ms. Sarah Obama--wife of US President Barack Obama&#39;s grandfather, and Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen, CEO of the Vestergaard Frandsen Group, celebrate the donation of 2,000 PermaNet bed nets to Ms. Obama&#39;s charity, Grandmothers Against Malaria Initiative. The donation was made near Kogelo, Kenya where Ms. Obama lives, on Tuesday, February 2, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 517px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/08OK9vJfndeSL/x610.jpg" alt="Displaced Somali children board a bus to Liboi border near Dadaab refugee camps in northern Kenya January 29, 2010. Kenya has increased security on its porous desert border with Somalia ahead of an expected offensive by government forces there that could prompt hardline Islamist rebels to try and cross the frontier. Picture taken January 29, 2010." width="507" height="610" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Displaced Somali children board a bus to Liboi border near Dadaab refugee camps in northern Kenya January 29, 2010. Kenya has increased security on its porous desert border with Somalia ahead of an expected offensive by government forces there that could prompt hardline Islamist rebels to try and cross the frontier. Picture taken January 29, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0dAHbgMc8l75R/610x.jpg" alt="An African Bee sucks nectat from a flower in a garden in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010." width="610" height="495" /><p class="wp-caption-text">An African Bee sucks nectat from a flower in a garden in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/06jze0y1EGgLb/610x.jpg" alt="Paul Kipsiele Koech from Kenya wins the 5000 meters at the 5th EAA Athletics PSD Bank Indoor Meeting in Duesseldorf, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010." width="610" height="564" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Paul Kipsiele Koech from Kenya wins the 5000 meters at the 5th EAA Athletics PSD Bank Indoor Meeting in Duesseldorf, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010.</p></div>
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		<title>Ethiopian Airlines plane crash</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"> <img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0dl84KHgpd3vN/610x.jpg" alt="A relative of passengers who were aboard on an Ethiopian Airlines plane, which crashed into the Mediterranean sea on Monday morning, speaks on a phone as she rushes to Beirut international airport January 25, 2010. The plane with 90 people on board crashed shortly after taking off from Beirut in bad weather. Ethiopian Airlines CEO Girma Wake said he had no word of any survivors from the crash" width="610" height="421" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A relative of passengers who were aboard on an Ethiopian Airlines plane, which crashed into the Mediterranean sea on Monday morning, speaks on a phone as she rushes to Beirut international airport January 25, 2010. The plane with 90 people on board crashed shortly after taking off from Beirut in bad weather. Ethiopian Airlines CEO Girma Wake said he had no word of any survivors from the crash</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/05DgcgyeqC7Li/610x.jpg" alt="A Lebanese Red Cross ambulance arrives near the site where an Ethiopian plane crashed at Naameh village, south of Beirut, January 25, 2010. The plane with 90 people on board crashed shortly after taking off from Beirut in bad weather. Ethiopian Airlines CEO Girma Wake said he had no word of any survivors from the crash." width="610" height="406" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A Lebanese Red Cross ambulance arrives near the site where an Ethiopian plane crashed at Na&#39;ameh village, south of Beirut, January 25, 2010. The plane with 90 people on board crashed shortly after taking off from Beirut in bad weather. Ethiopian Airlines CEO Girma Wake said he had no word of any survivors from the crash.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/07AV8HM5a28bo/610x.jpg" alt="Relatives of passengers who were aboard on an Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed into the Mediterranean sea on Monday morning, cry as they arrive at Beirut international airport January 25, 2010. The plane with 90 people on board crashed shortly after taking off from Beirut in bad weather. Ethiopian Airlines CEO Girma Wake said he had no word of any survivors from the crash." width="610" height="448" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Relatives of passengers who were aboard on an Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed into the Mediterranean sea on Monday morning, cry as they arrive at Beirut international airport January 25, 2010. The plane with 90 people on board crashed shortly after taking off from Beirut in bad weather. Ethiopian Airlines CEO Girma Wake said he had no word of any survivors from the crash.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cEM67J77K3ML/610x.jpg" alt="Cars arrive at Beirut airport in a stormy weather in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people crashed into the Mediterranean Sea early Monday just minutes after takeoff from Beirut, Lebanons transportation minister said. The cause was not immediately known. But police ruled out terrorism and said the crash was likely weather-related. Beirut has seen heavy rain and lightning since Sunday." width="610" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Cars arrive at Beirut airport in a stormy weather in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people crashed into the Mediterranean Sea early Monday just minutes after takeoff from Beirut, Lebanon&#39;s transportation minister said. The cause was not immediately known. But police ruled out terrorism and said the crash was likely weather-related. Beirut has seen heavy rain and lightning since Sunday.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/05HM5vp7L82gJ/610x.jpg" alt="Remains of seats from an Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed into the Mediterranean sea on Monday morning, are seen on the shore at Khaldeh, south of Beirut, January 25, 2010, as a helicopter flies above the crash site searching for survivors." width="610" height="410" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Remains of seats from an Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed into the Mediterranean sea on Monday morning, are seen on the shore at Khaldeh, south of Beirut, January 25, 2010, as a helicopter flies above the crash site searching for survivors.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/017u3VC4hE6Yy/610x.jpg" alt="A Lebanese soldier carries parts of an Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed into the Mediterranean sea on Monday morning, at Khaldeh, south of Beirut, January 25, 2010. " width="610" height="406" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A Lebanese soldier carries parts of an Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed into the Mediterranean sea on Monday morning, at Khaldeh, south of Beirut, January 25, 2010. </p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/009N3TUa5xdLS/610x.jpg" alt="Relatives of passengers who were aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed into the Mediterranean sea on Monday morning, cry as they arrive near the site of the crash at Khaldeh, south of Beirut, January 25, 2010." width="610" height="407" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Relatives of passengers who were aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed into the Mediterranean sea on Monday morning, cry as they arrive near the site of the crash at Khaldeh, south of Beirut, January 25, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/07gEaaD0S1b1d/610x.jpg" alt="A piece of wreckage is seen after an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed into the Mediterranean sea on Monday morning, on the shore at Khaldeh beach, south of Beirut, January 25, 2010. The plane with 90 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from Beirut in stormy weather. Ethiopian Airlines CEO Girma Wake has said he had no word of any survivors from the crash." width="610" height="412" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A piece of wreckage is seen after an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed into the Mediterranean sea on Monday morning, on the shore at Khaldeh beach, south of Beirut, January 25, 2010. The plane with 90 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from Beirut in stormy weather. Ethiopian Airlines CEO Girma Wake has said he had no word of any survivors from the crash.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01aSgXe7SH9tM/610x.jpg" alt="Ethiopian Airlines CEO Girma Wake speaks to journalists in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, Jan. 25, 2010 after an Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people caught fire and crashed into the sea minutes after taking off from Beirut, Lebanon early Monday. Wake told journalists in Addis Ababa that he had no information on the fate of those on board or about the cause of the crash. He said the aircraft had been serviced on Dec. 25 and passed inspection." width="610" height="419" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ethiopian Airlines&#39; CEO Girma Wake speaks to journalists in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, Jan. 25, 2010 after an Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people caught fire and crashed into the sea minutes after taking off from Beirut, Lebanon early Monday. Wake told journalists in Addis Ababa that he had no information on the fate of those on board or about the cause of the crash. He said the aircraft had been serviced on Dec. 25 and passed inspection.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0g4Y38gbiL0wO/610x.jpg" alt="A Lebanese soldier carries items found after an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed into the Mediterranean sea on Monday morning, at Khaldeh beach, south of Beirut, January 25, 2010." width="610" height="432" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A Lebanese soldier carries items found after an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed into the Mediterranean sea on Monday morning, at Khaldeh beach, south of Beirut, January 25, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0g9nfHR74Kd5B/610x.jpg" alt="Ethiopian religious leaders leave Bole International airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010 after consoling relatives of passengers on board an Ethiopian airline which crashed after taking off from Beirut airport. An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people caught fire and crashed into the sea minutes after taking off from Beirut early Monday. The cause of the crash was not immediately known. Lebanon has seen stormy weather since Sunday night, with crackling thunder, lightning and pouring rain." width="610" height="380" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ethiopian religious leaders leave Bole International airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010 after consoling relatives of passengers on board an Ethiopian airline which crashed after taking off from Beirut airport. An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people caught fire and crashed into the sea minutes after taking off from Beirut early Monday. The cause of the crash was not immediately known. Lebanon has seen stormy weather since Sunday night, with crackling thunder, lightning and pouring rain.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/063Sa1N09PeTc/610x.jpg" alt="A plastic doll lies amidst other debris collected from the sea by soldiers and other emergency personnel, following the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash, on Khalde beach south of Beirut, in Lebanon, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010." width="610" height="391" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A plastic doll lies amidst other debris collected from the sea by soldiers and other emergency personnel, following the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash, on Khalde beach south of Beirut, in Lebanon, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/071U1ZfajBbv0/610x.jpg" alt="Sheik Nabil Kaouk, right, Hezbollahs commander in south Lebanon, and Hezbollah legislator Hassan Fadlallah, left, attend the funeral of prominent businessman Hassan Tajeddine _ a very rich and influential Shiite family in southern Lebanon and a strong Hezbollah supporter _ who was one of few people so far identified from Mondays Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crash in the southern village of Hanaway near the port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. The pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea flew in the opposite direction from the path recommended by the control tower after taking off from Beirut in thunderstorms, Lebanons transportation minister said Tuesday." width="610" height="447" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Sheik Nabil Kaouk, right, Hezbollah&#39;s commander in south Lebanon, and Hezbollah legislator Hassan Fadlallah, left, attend the funeral of prominent businessman Hassan Tajeddine _ a very rich and influential Shiite family in southern Lebanon and a strong Hezbollah supporter _ who was one of few people so far identified from Monday&#39;s Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crash in the southern village of Hanaway near the port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010. The pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea flew in the opposite direction from the path recommended by the control tower after taking off from Beirut in thunderstorms, Lebanon&#39;s transportation minister said Tuesday.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/046s9GHb9Vdbl/610x.jpg" alt="The sister, left, of Ethiopian Airlines plane crash victims Fuad and Abbas Jaber, mourns as another relative carries their pictures as they walk on the beach in Khalde, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. A Lebanese army official says search crews were inching toward a beacon picked up from the black box of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines but cautions that the operation could take days." width="610" height="375" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The sister, left, of Ethiopian Airlines plane crash victims Fuad and Abbas Jaber, mourns as another relative carries their pictures as they walk on the beach in Khalde, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. A Lebanese army official says search crews were inching toward a beacon picked up from the black box of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines but cautions that the operation could take days.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/018QeBA79daDx/610x.jpg" alt="School students throw flowers into the sea to mourn the victims killed in a plane crash on the beach in Khalde, South of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. A U.S. Navy vessel has detected the flight recorders from a crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet at some 1,300 meters (4,265 feet) under the sea, the Lebanese army said Thursday." width="610" height="389" /><p class="wp-caption-text">School students throw flowers into the sea to mourn the victims killed in a plane crash on the beach in Khalde, South of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. A U.S. Navy vessel has detected the flight recorders from a crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet at some 1,300 meters (4,265 feet) under the sea, the Lebanese army said Thursday.</p></div>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0a9c3Bx15x5jB/610x.jpg" alt="A Muslim protestor shouts slogans during a demonstration outside the Jamia Mosque in Kenyas capital Nairobi, January 15, 2010. Kenyan security forces shot in the air and fired tear gas at hundreds of people protesting in the capital on Friday against the detention of Jamaican cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal." width="610" height="367" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A Muslim protestor shouts slogans during a demonstration outside the Jamia Mosque in Kenya&#39;s capital Nairobi, January 15, 2010. Kenyan security forces shot in the air and fired tear gas at hundreds of people protesting in the capital on Friday against the detention of Jamaican cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal.</p></div>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0blI96H9g28YA/610x.jpg" alt="Kenyas Dennis Ndiso races in the Mumbai Marathon in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. Ndiso surged ahead Sunday to win the Mumbai Marathon outrunning the competition in a race that has traditionally been dominated by his countrymen. Ndiso clocked 2 hours, 12 minutes and 34 seconds in humid conditions but failed to improve on last years course record set by fellow Kenyan Kenneth Mugara at 2 hours, 11 minutes, 50 seconds." width="610" height="813" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Kenya&#39;s Dennis Ndiso races in the Mumbai Marathon in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. Ndiso surged ahead Sunday to win the Mumbai Marathon outrunning the competition in a race that has traditionally been dominated by his countrymen. Ndiso clocked 2 hours, 12 minutes and 34 seconds in humid conditions but failed to improve on last year&#39;s course record set by fellow Kenyan Kenneth Mugara at 2 hours, 11 minutes, 50 seconds.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01Ez2qveTmeGq/610x.jpg" alt="Environmentalists arrive for a tree planting session at the Kaptunga station of the Mau Forest complex in the Kenyan Rift Valley, January 15, 2010. Kenyas coalition government launched a tree planting exercise after relocating about 20,000 families from the Mau forest, the countrys biggest closed-canopy forest and a vital water catchment area." width="610" height="371" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Environmentalists arrive for a tree planting session at the Kaptunga station of the Mau Forest complex in the Kenyan Rift Valley, January 15, 2010. Kenya&#39;s coalition government launched a tree planting exercise after relocating about 20,000 families from the Mau forest, the country&#39;s biggest closed-canopy forest and a vital water catchment area.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0fqmgE99KK9pT/610x.jpg" alt="A Kenyan Wildlife Service (KWS) ranger stands guard on a tree stump during a tree planting session at the Kaptunga station of the Mau Forest complex in the Kenyan Rift Valley, January 15, 2010. Kenyas coalition government launched a tree planting exercise after relocating about 20,000 families from the Mau forest, the countrys biggest closed-canopy forest and a vital water catchment area." width="610" height="796" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A Kenyan Wildlife Service (KWS) ranger stands guard on a tree stump during a tree planting session at the Kaptunga station of the Mau Forest complex in the Kenyan Rift Valley, January 15, 2010. Kenya&#39;s coalition government launched a tree planting exercise after relocating about 20,000 families from the Mau forest, the country&#39;s biggest closed-canopy forest and a vital water catchment area.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cNf0GL3vUekg/610x.jpg" alt="A veiled Muslim gestures with scissors during a demonstration outside the Jamia Mosque in Kenyas capital Nairobi, January 15, 2010. Kenyan security forces shot in the air and fired tear gas at hundreds of people protesting in the capital on Friday against the detention of Jamaican cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal." width="610" height="779" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A veiled Muslim gestures with scissors during a demonstration outside the Jamia Mosque in Kenya&#39;s capital Nairobi, January 15, 2010. Kenyan security forces shot in the air and fired tear gas at hundreds of people protesting in the capital on Friday against the detention of Jamaican cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01z61dbbKQcA1/610x.jpg" alt="Anti-riot policemen run past an injured Muslim demonstrator near the Jamia Mosque in Kenyas capital Nairobi, January 15, 2010. Kenyan security forces shot in the air and fired tear gas at hundreds of people protesting in the capital on Friday against the detention of Jamaican cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal." width="610" height="386" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Anti-riot policemen run past an injured Muslim demonstrator near the Jamia Mosque in Kenya&#39;s capital Nairobi, January 15, 2010. Kenyan security forces shot in the air and fired tear gas at hundreds of people protesting in the capital on Friday against the detention of Jamaican cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0gRN8gLf7vd5n/610x.jpg" alt="The moon passes between the sun and the earth during an annular solar eclipse over the skies of the Rift Valley town of Nakuru, 160km (99 miles) west of Kenyas capital Nairobi, January 15, 2010. The annular eclipse of the sun, which will last for over 11 minutes during its maximum duration, will be visible from a 300-km wide track that passes half of the earth, according to NASA." width="610" height="388" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The moon passes between the sun and the earth during an annular solar eclipse over the skies of the Rift Valley town of Nakuru, 160km (99 miles) west of Kenya&#39;s capital Nairobi, January 15, 2010. The annular eclipse of the sun, which will last for over 11 minutes during its maximum duration, will be visible from a 300-km wide track that passes half of the earth, according to NASA.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00oLd1q8xU0DJ/610x.jpg" alt="A Kenyan Wildlife Service (KWS) ranger plants a seedling at the Kaptunga station of the Mau Forest complex in the Kenyan Rift Valley, January 15, 2010. Kenyas coalition government launched a tree planting exercise after relocating about 20,000 families from the Mau forest, the countrys biggest closed-canopy forest and a vital water catchment area." width="610" height="390" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A Kenyan Wildlife Service (KWS) ranger plants a seedling at the Kaptunga station of the Mau Forest complex in the Kenyan Rift Valley, January 15, 2010. Kenya&#39;s coalition government launched a tree planting exercise after relocating about 20,000 families from the Mau forest, the country&#39;s biggest closed-canopy forest and a vital water catchment area.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/089B4u06y41Mg/610x.jpg" alt="Anti-riot policemen beat up a Muslim demonstrator near the Jamia Mosque in Kenyas capital Nairobi, January 15, 2010. Kenyan security forces shot in the air and fired tear gas at hundreds of people protesting in the capital on Friday against the detention of Jamaican cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal." width="610" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Anti-riot policemen beat up a Muslim demonstrator near the Jamia Mosque in Kenya&#39;s capital Nairobi, January 15, 2010. Kenyan security forces shot in the air and fired tear gas at hundreds of people protesting in the capital on Friday against the detention of Jamaican cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00hx7PV4Lk0cQ/610x.jpg" alt="Muslims hold placards and posters of Jamaican Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal during a demonstration outside the Jamia Mosque in Kenyas capital Nairobi, January 15, 2010. Kenyan security forces shot in the air and fired tear gas at hundreds of people protesting in the capital on Friday against the detention of Faisal." width="610" height="378" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Muslims hold placards and posters of Jamaican Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal during a demonstration outside the Jamia Mosque in Kenya&#39;s capital Nairobi, January 15, 2010. Kenyan security forces shot in the air and fired tear gas at hundreds of people protesting in the capital on Friday against the detention of Faisal.</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 620px"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0dYw74jbfg9UL/610x.jpg" alt="A Muslim demonstrator holds a banner which reads None to be worshiped but Allah and Mohammed is his Prophet as Kenyan Muslims held a demonstration against the detention of radical Jamaican-born Muslin cleric Sheik Abdullah el-Faisal in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. A radical Jamaican-born Muslim cleric whose teachings influenced one of the 2005 London transport system bombers will stay in a Kenyan prison until authorities find a way to send him home, Kenyas immigration minister said. Otieno Kajwang said that Sheik Abdullah el-Faisal was jailed because he is a threat to the security of the country." width="610" height="434" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A Muslim demonstrator holds a banner which reads &#39;None to be worshiped but Allah and Mohammed is his Prophet&#39; as Kenyan Muslims held a demonstration against the detention of radical Jamaican-born Muslin cleric Sheik Abdullah el-Faisal in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. A radical Jamaican-born Muslim cleric whose teachings influenced one of the 2005 London transport system bombers will stay in a Kenyan prison until authorities find a way to send him home, Kenya&#39;s immigration minister said. Otieno Kajwang said that Sheik Abdullah el-Faisal was jailed because he is a threat to the security of the country.</p></div>
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