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Reuters-Afghan policemen and foreign troops secure the area after a suicide attack in Kabul February 11, 2009. A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a government building in the Afghan capital on Wednesday while a gunbattle broke out near the presidential palace, police and witnesses said. REUTERS/Omar Sobhan |
Reuters-U.S. insurer American International Group (AIG) office building is pictured in Tokyo December 24, 2008. REUTERS/Yuriko Naka |
Reuters-Emergency workers inspect a house destroyed by bushfires in Steels Creek, about 46 km (29 miles) northeast of Melbourne, February 11, 2009. REUTERS/Craig Borrow/Poo |
Reuters-An empty car lot, once filled with General Motors automobiles from GMC, Buick and Pontiac, is shown in Daly City, California December 31, 2008, after the dealership closed for business. REUTERS/Robert Galbrait |
Reuters-Twenty-three-year GM employee Bob Pohlman performs an electrical component installation for the last time on a truck at the GM plant in Janesville, Wisconin December 23, 2008. REUTERS/Bill Olmstea |
Reuters-Workers walk past the offices of Merrill Lynch in London January 16, 2009. REUTERS/Toby Melvill |
Reuters-A couple embrace, as the Canary Wharf financial district is seen behind, in London January 22, 2009. REUTERS/Toby Melvill |
Reuters-A home for sale in the Noe Valley neighborhood is seen in San Francisco, California February 3, 2009. REUTERS/Robert Galbrait |
Reuters-CEO of Swiss bank Credit Suisse Brady W. Dougan addresses the company's annual news conference in Zurich February 11, 2009. Credit Suisse posted a worse-than-expected fourth-quarter net loss of six billion Swiss francs ($5.2 billion), taking it to its biggest-ever annual loss, due to poor trading and restructuring charges. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegman |
Reuters-Egypt's chief archaeologist Zahi Hawass speaks to the media about the newly discovered rare intact mummy, unearthed by Egyptian archaeologists from a sealed limestone sarcophagus, at the Step Pyramid of Saqqara, one of the earliest large stone structures in the world, February 11, 2009. The well-preserved mummy, covered by a thin layer of dust, is believed to contain up to 100 gold amulets in the folds of its linen wrappings, Egypt's chief archaeologist Zahi Hawass said. Egyptian archaeologists have found about 30 mummies and at least one unopened sarcophagus in a burial chamber about 4,300 years old, the government said. REUTERS/Mike Nelson/Poo |
Reuters-Actors Ando Masanobu, Zhang Ziyi, director Chen Kaige, Leon Lai and Chen Hong (L-R) pose during a photocall to promote the movie "Forever Enthralled" at the 59th Berlinale film festival in Berlin, February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY |
Reuters-Actress Demi Moore poses during a photocall to promote the movie 'Happy Tears' at the 59th Berlinale film festival in Berlin, February 11, 2009. REUTERS/Johannes Eisel |
Reuters-Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner outlines the Obama Administration's plans for the economy while testifying before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in Washington, February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downin |
Reuters-Christian Streiff, Chief Executive of French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen, listens to a speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris, February 9, 2009. REUTERS/Michel Euler/Poo |
Reuters-Beds lie empty in the emergency room of Tulane University Hospital in New Orleans February 14, 2006. REUTERS/Lee Celan |
Reuters-Richard Holbrooke, U.S. special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, attends a meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad February 10, 2009. Holbrooke began meeting Pakistani leaders on Tuesday at the start of a mission to protect Western interests in the region. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmoo |
Reuters-Pope Benedict XVI looks on as he celebrates his weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican February 11, 2009. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposit |
Reuters-Army General Nikolai Makarov Nikolai Makarov, the armed forces' chief of general staff, meets Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (unseen) in the Kremlin in Moscow June 3, 2008. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Poo |
Reuters-Policemen and soldiers carry one of 21 bodies after a shootout between drug hitmen and soldiers in the town of Villa Ahumada, some 130 km (80.7 miles) away from the border city of Ciudad Juarez February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Alejandro Bringa |
Reuters-A soldier unfurls the Chinese national flag as it is raised in front of the giant portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, October 15, 2007. REUTERS/David Gra |
Reuters-The remains of a house and car destroyed by bushfires is seen in the town of Flowerdale, 80km (50 miles) north of Melbourne February 11, 2008. REUTERS/Mick Tsika |
Reuters-An Iraqi soldier inspects a destroyed vehicle after a bomb attack in Baghdad February 11, 2009. REUTERS/Bassim Shat |
Reuters-A bodyguard (L) stands next to Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni as she delivers a speech at Kadima party headquarters in Tel Aviv, February 11, 2009. REUTERS/Baz Ratne |
Reuters-An Israeli border police officer aims his tear gas launcher during scuffles in the northern town of Umm el-Fahem February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Tomer Neuberg/JIN |
Reuters-North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (2nd R) visits the Hungnam fertilizer complex at the undisclosed place in North Korea, in this undated picture released by North Korea's official news agency KCNA February 7, 2009. REUTERS/KCN |
Reuters-Kyrgyzstan's President Kurmanbek Bakiyev speaks during a news conference in the Ala-Archa official residence near Bishkek February 11, 2009. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumato |
Reuters-Salmonella bacteria in an undated image courtesy of the CDC. REUTERS/CDC/Handou |
Reuters-A ferry aproaches Sydney's central business district February 3, 2009. REUTERS/Daniel Muno |
Reuters-A couple watches the sun set at Kuta beach on Bali October 3, 2005. REUTERS/Luis Ascu |
Reuters-Model Janica De Guzman gets her hair and makeup done backstage at the Oscars Designer Challenge at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, California February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Redmon |
Reuters-New York Yankees batter Alex Rodriguez points towards the outfield wall after he hit a ball that appeared to be a home run against the Baltimore Orioles in the sixth inning of their MLB American League baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York in this May 21, 2008 file photo. Rodriguez tested positive for two anabolic steroids in 2003 according to four independent sources, Sports Illustrated magazine reported on February 7, 2009. Rodriguez, known as A-Rod and the highest-paid player in baseball, won the American League Most Valuable Player award as a shortstop for the Texas Rangers that year. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine/File |
Reuters-Stump, a Sussex Spaniel, poses for photographers after winning Best in Show at the 2009 Westminster Dog Show in New York February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas Jackso |
Reuters-A worker of German toy maker Steiff punches the Steiff brand mark, a yellow banneret, into a teddy bear's ear in the southern German town of Giengen July 7, 2008. REUTERS/Alexandra Beie |
Reuters-Swishing.org is seen in this screengrab taken February 11, 2009. REUTERS/swishing.or |
Reuters-A sign advertising sales is seen as a woman window shops outside a jewelry store in New York November 18, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleto |
Reuters-A Coach handbag is seen as a woman stands on a subway platform in New York July 29, 2008. REUTERS/Brendan McDermi |
Reuters-Nadya Suleman (L), mother of the octuplets born January 26 in Bellflower, California, is shown being interviewed by NBC correspondent Ann Curry in this publicity photo from NBC released to Reuters February 6, 2009. Suleman said she had long craved a "huge family" and tried for years to get pregnant before conceiving her first child through in vitro fertilization. REUTERS/Paul Drinkwater/NBC/Handout NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS |
Reuters-Dolphins drift toward a fishing village in Pilar town, Bataan province February 10, 2009 in this video grab. Dozens of Philippine fishing boats tried to stop hundreds of disoriented dolphins from beaching themselves near the mouth of Manila Bay on Tuesday, officials said. REUTERS/ABS-CBN via Reuters TV PHILIPPINES OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN PHILIPPINES |
Reuters-An Egyptian worker brushes off the dust of a mummy unearthed by Egyptian archaeologists from a sealed limestone sarcophagus, at the Step Pyramid of Saqqara, one of the earliest large stone structures in the world, February 11, 2009. Egyptian archaeologists have found about 30 mummies and at least one unopened sarcophagus in a burial chamber about 4,300 years old, the government said. REUTERS/Asmaa Wagui |
Reuters-Accused swindler Bernard Madoff (C) exits the Manhattan federal court house in New York January 14, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermi |
Reuters-A skeleton discovered at a ruined pyramid in Tlateloco in Mexico City February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Daniel Aguila |
Reuters-Brad Paisley performs at the 42nd Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee November 12, 2008. REUTERS/Tami Chappel |
Reuters-San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili (20) and New Jersey Nets guard Devin Harris (R) leap for a ball as it goes out of bounds in the fourth quarter of their NBA game in East Rutherford, New Jersey, February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebin |
Reuters-A koala named Bob (top), rescued from last week's deadly bushfires, puts his paw around new friend and fellow fire survivor Sam as she recovers from her burns at a wildlife centre near Melbourne February 11, 2009. A love story about two koalas rescued from Australia's deadliest bushfires has provided a glimmer of hope after days of devastation and the loss of more than 180 lives. REUTERS/Colleen Woo |
Reuters-A home under construction in Temecula, California, July 19, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Blak |
Reuters-Afghan policemen secure the area after a suicide attack in Kabul February 11, 2009. A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a government building in the Afghan capital on Wednesday while a gunbattle broke out near the presidential palace, police and witnesses said. REUTERS/Omar Sobhan |
Reuters-Afghan security personnel leave the area after a gun battle with Taliban attackers at the Afghan Justice Ministry in Kabul February 11, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmad Masoo |
Reuters-Cuban singers of the Buena Vista Social Club (L-R standing), Orlando"Cachaito" Lopez, Barbarito Torres, Juan De Marcos, Ibrahim Ferrer, (below) Compay Segundo and Omara Portunado are seen in this file photo taken in Mexico City, February 26, 2003. REUTERS/Henry Romero/Fil |
Reuters-A Wall Street sign is seen on the side of a building as people walk past in New York October 3, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleto |
Reuters-The U.S. Capitol Dome is seen through trees in Washington, February 3, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Youn |
Reuters-A man passes in front of a sign on Wall Street in New York, February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Eric Thaye |
Reuters-President Obama greets wellwishers upon his arrival at MacDill Air Force Base in Fort Myers, Florida, February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Ree |
Reuters-A boat carrying people from the naval ship HMAS Darwin (rear) travels through the waters of Garden Island Naval Base in Sydney after a Royal Australian Navy clearance diver was attacked by a shark during a joint navy and police training exercise February 11, 2009. REUTERS/Tim Wimborn |
Reuters-Nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan smiles at the media after his court verdict outside his residence in Islamabad February 6, 2009. REUTERS/Mian Khurshee |
Reuters-Actress Katherine Heigl poses at the premiere of the movie "Marley & Me" at the Mann Village theatre in Westwood, California December 11, 2008. The movie opens in the U.S. on December 25. REUTERS/Mario Anzuon |
Reuters-Singer Annie Lennox poses for a portrait in New York, February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Eric Thaye |
Reuters-Paul McCartney performs at the 51st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 8, 2009. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholso |
Reuters-British musician Graham Nash performs for a satellite radio show to promote his new retrospective boxed set in New York January 29, 2009. It took just 40 seconds, singing harmony with Stephen Stills and David Crosby, to convince Nash to take the musical step that led ultimately to the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame. REUTERS/Lucas Jackso |
Reuters-Residents try to guide a dolphin away from the shoreline in Orion city, Bataan province, north of Manila February 10, 2009. Dozens of Philippine fishing boats tried to stop hundreds of disoriented dolphins from beaching themselves near the mouth of Manila Bay on Tuesday, officials said. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoc |
Reuters-Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner waits to speak at a news conference in the Cash Room at the Treasury Department in Washington, February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downin |
Reuters-U.S. soldiers keep watch near a site where a captured roadside bomb exploded in Naad Ali district of the southern Helmand province February 8, 2009. REUTERS/Stringe |
Reuters-In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, a sign marks a closed-off area, at Camp Justice, the location of the U.S. Military Commissions court for war crimes, at the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 19, 2009. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/Poo |
Reuters-Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks during a press conference in Baghdad February 11, 2009. A change in U.S. foreign policy under President Barack Obama would be "happy news", Mottaki said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudan |
Reuters-Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari (R) gestures during a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart, Manouchehr Mottaki, in Baghdad February 11, 2009. A change in U.S. foreign policy under President Barack Obama would be "happy news", Mottaki said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudan |
Reuters-TARP recipient financial institution leaders testify before House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 11, 2009. From left are, Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein, JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon, Bank of America's Ken Lewis, State Street's Ronald Logue, and Morgan Stanley's John Mack. REUTERS/Larry Downin |
Reuters-Ruslan Aushev speaks at a news conference May 16, 2000. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhi |
Reuters-Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev chairs a session discussing economic questions in Moscow's Kremlin February 9, 2009. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Dmitry Astakho |
Reuters-U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps delivers a speech at the 3rd Global Competitiveness Forum in Riyadh January 27, 2009. REUTERS/Fahad Shadee |
Reuters-Maria Amin, who turns six on Thursday, plays a computer game from her wheelchair in a rehabilitation hospital in Jerusalem August 29, 2007. REUTERS/Yannis Behraki |
Reuters-An archeologist works over a skeleton at a ruined pyramid in Tlateloco in Mexico City February 10, 2009. Archeologists have discovered a mass grave with four dozen neatly lined up human skeletons in the heart of Mexico City, revealing clues about the Spanish conquest that killed millions in battle and disease. The 49 bodies, all lying face up with their arms crossed over their chests, were discovered as investigators searched for a palace complex in the Tlatelolco area, once a major religious and political center for the Aztec elite. REUTERS/Daniel Aguila |
Reuters-Pedestrians walk across the street near Times Square in New York in this August 28 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File |
Reuters-Russia's head soccer coach Guus Hiddink gestures during a training session in Ernst Happel stadium in Vienna June 25, 2008. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bade |
Reuters-Russia's coach Guus Hiddink gestures during their Euro 2008 quarter-final match against the Netherlands at St Jakob Park stadium in Basel, June 21, 2008. REUTERS/Pascal Lauene |
Reuters-Jim Thorpe watches his tee shot on the 17th hole of the Jeld-Wen Tradition golf tournament of the Champions Tour in Aloha, Oregon on August 28, 2003. REUTERS/Steve Dipaol |
Reuters-Cleveland Cavaliers Mo Williams (2) lays in two of his game high 43 points during the first quarter of their NBA game against the Sacramento Kings in Cleveland, January 27, 2009. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczy |
Reuters-New York Jets quarterback Brett Favre leaves the field after throwing an interception in the first quarter of their NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins in East Rutherford, New Jersey, December 28, 2008. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebin |
Reuters-Serena Williams of the U.S.A returns the ball to Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic during their match in the Paris Open tennis tournament February 11, 2009. REUTERS/Jacky Naegele |
Reuters-San Jose Sharks center Joe Pavelski falls to the ice while trying to clear the puck against the Boston Bruins in the second period of their NHL game in Boston, Massachusetts February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Adam Hunge |
Reuters-Houston Astros third baseman Ty Wigginton smiles while pointing to a team mate during baseball spring training workouts in Kissimmee, Florida February 27, 2008. REUTERS/Scott Audett |
Reuters-Former American League MVP Miguel Tejada departs a federal courthouse in Washington, February 11, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Erns |
Reuters-Medical staff treat a Tamil child at a hospital in the eastern port of Trincomalee, about 257 km (160 miles) east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, February 11, 2009. The child was one of 260 sick and wounded people being ferried out of a makeshift hospital in Sri Lanka's northern war zone on a boat chartered by the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Tamil Tigers on Wednesday denied gunning down civilians streaming out of Sri Lanka's war zone, and the Red Cross said 16 patients had been killed in shelling. REUTERS/Stringe |
Reuters-A Tamil woman receives treatment at a hospital in the eastern port of Trincomalee, about 257 km (160 miles) east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, February 11, 2009. The woman was one of 260 sick and wounded people being ferried out of a makeshift hospital in Sri Lanka's northern war zone on a boat chartered by the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Tamil Tigers on Wednesday denied gunning down civilians streaming out of Sri Lanka's war zone, and the Red Cross said 16 patients had been killed in shelling. REUTERS/Stringe |
Reuters-A logo is pictured on a Credit Suisse bank building in Zurich February 9, 2009.REUTERS/Christian Hartman |
Reuters-The corporate logo hangs on a wall at Nokia world headquarters in Helsinki July 9, 2008. Picture taken July 9, 2008. REUTERS/Bob Stron |
Reuters-Tesla Motors Inc. CEO and Chairman Elon Musk stands in front of the Tesla Roadster electric vehicle as he addresses the media during press days of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan January 13, 2009. Tesla Motors Inc has been working with Daimler AG on an electric Smart car and expects to supply battery packs and chargers for 1,000 vehicles initially, Musk said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Rebecca Coo |
Reuters-A girl turns on her brand-new computer that her parents just bought in Havana, May 2, 2008. REUTERS/Claudia Dau |
Reuters-Serena Williams of the U.S. returns the ball to Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic during their match in the Paris Open tennis tournament in Paris February 11, 2009. REUTERS/Jacky Naegele |
Reuters-Asia's Ryo Ishikawa of Japan watches his shot on the second hole during the second day of foursomes competition against Europe at the Royal Trophy golf tournament in Chonburi province, near Bangkok, January 10, 2009. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplan |
Reuters-Alexis Lewis, 14, salvages belongings from her home after it was hit by a tornado in Lone Grove, Oklahoma February 11, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinald |
Reuters-A tornado watch released by the National Weather Service on February 10, 2009 covering a large part of eastern Texas, parts of eastern Oklahoma, parts of northwestern Louisiana and a large part of Arkansas. REUTERS/NOAA/National Weather Service/Handou |
Reuters-A scene from "Wall-E". REUTERS/Disney/Pixar/Handou |
Reuters-A Toll Brothers development in an undated image courtesy of the company. REUTERS/Handou |
Reuters-New cars are seen at a parking lot next to a Chrysler plant in Detroit, Michigan in this December 10, 2008 file photo. U.S. auto companies face a wall of problems these days as they scramble to meet terms of federal bailouts, cut thousands of jobs and struggle under mountains of debt. REUTERS/Carlos Barri |
Reuters-Shoppers are pictured in front of Mervyn's department store at the Glendale Galleria shopping mall in Glendale, California November 28, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Prouse |
Reuters-France's President Nicolas Sarkozy attends a news conference at the Bayan Palace in Kuwait City, February 11, 2009. REUTERS/Benoit Tessie |
Reuters-U.S. President Barack Obama is pictured during a town hall meeting in Fort Myers, Florida February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Ree |
Reuters-President Barack Obama and Virginia Governor Tim Kaine speak after a tour of a construction site at the Virginia Infrastructure Project in Springfield, Virginia, February 11, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Youn |
Reuters-Senator Max Baucus squints as he recalls exact numbers on a compromise deal to try to pass President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package at the Capitol in Washington February 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Erns |
Reuters-An American flag adorns the front of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street in New York, February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Eric Thaye |
Reuters-Accused swindler Bernard Madoff exits the Manhattan federal court house in New York January 14, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermi |
Reuters-Customers stand in line to pick-up prescriptions at a Wal-Mart in Leesburg, Florida October 6, 2006. REUTERS/Charles W Luzie |
Reuters-U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner testifies before the Senate Budget Committee during a hearing on "Policies to Address the Crises in Financial and Housing Markets" on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., February 11, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua Robert |
Reuters-A worker brings carts back into a Walmart store in Westminster, Colorado August 14, 2008. REUTERS/Rick Wilkin |
Reuters-New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez attends a baseball training session in an open camp in Boca Chica February 3, 2009. REUTERS/Eduardo Muno |
Reuters-U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall meeting in Fort Myers, Florida February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Ree |
Reuters-A combination picture shows (clockwise from top L) Josiah, Makai, Jeremiah, Nariyah, Jonah, Noah, Maliyah and Isaiah - the octuplets born January 26, 2009 in Bellflower, California in this undated handout photo released by NBC News. REUTERS/NBC News/Handou |
Reuters-Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during a rally in Caracas, February 2, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlin |
Reuters-A Research In Motion BlackBerry Storm is pictured in New York, November 20, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackso |
Reuters-A Sirius Satellite Radio unit is shown installed in a private vehicle in Washington February 20, 2007. REUTERS/Jason Ree |
Reuters-Zimbabwean opposition leader and Prime Minister designate Morgan Tsvangirai is pictured during a new conference in the capital Harare, February 10, 2009. REUTERS/Philimon Bulaway |
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