Wednesday, May 23, 2012
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Bomb found at Argentine theater before Colombian ex-president's visit
Source: Xinhua Published: May 23, 2012 14:57
Argentinian policemen stand guard outside the Gran Rex theater in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 22, 2012. Police found a bomb in the theater where former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is scheduled to speak on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua
Free man
Source: AFP Published: May 23, 2012 10:02
Lebanese Islamist Shadi alMawlawi is welcomed by comrades and relatives following his release in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli Tuesday. His detention on May 12 sparked deadly sectarian clashes in Lebanon between proand anti-Syrian groups. Photo: AFP
Celebrating biodiversity
Source: Lu Yun Published: May 23, 2012 10:00
Visitors snap photos at the Shanghai Ocean Aquarium on International Day for Biological Diversity Tuesday. Photo: Lu Yun/GT
Road turns to river
Source: CFP Published: May 23, 2012 09:55
A flood strikes Tiaoshi town of Chongqing Tuesday, after torrential rain battered the region. Six districts and counties in the municipality have been affected, leaving one dead and one missing. Photo: CFP
Losing face
Source: AFP Published: May 23, 2012 09:40
A man puts the finishing touches on graffiti picturing the morphed faces of Egyptian ousted president Hosni Mubarak (right), military ruler Hussein Tantawi, presidential candidates Amr Mussa (center) and former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq (left), near Cairo's central Tahrir Square Tuesday. Photo: AF...
Feeling lucky
Source: CFP Published: May 23, 2012 08:57
A sports lottery ticket location in Shanghai. 23.58 billion yuan ($3.73 billion) worth of lottery tickets were sold in China during April, up 26.4 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Finance Tuesday. Photo: CFP
Melon mark
Source: CFP Published: May 23, 2012 08:50
Farmers look at watermelons and sweet melons in Pucheng county, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province Tuesday. The county is expected to harvest 450,000 tons of melons of more than 50 types this year. The local government announces melon prices on the Internet every two days to give guidance to farmers...
Cheerful charity
Source: AFP Published: May 23, 2012 08:46
Google CEO Larry Page and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) pose for a photograph after a news conference at the Google office on Monday in New York City. Google announced that it will allocate 22,000 square feet of space in its New York headquarters to CornellNYC Tech university free of cha...
Reach for the sky
Source: AFP Published: May 23, 2012 08:44
A woman and child stand opposite Dubai's recently constructed Princess Tower (center), which has set a new record in the Guinness World Records as the world's tallest residential building. The tower is 413.4 meters high and has 101 storeys above ground. Photo: AFP
Off the rails
Source: AFP Published: May 23, 2012 08:41
Local villagers watch as a heavy-duty railway crane lifts the mangled remains of a coach of the Bangalore-bound Hampi Express after it collided with a stationary goods train near Penneconda town in Ananthpur District, about 145 kilometers from Bangalore Tuesday. At least 25 people were killed and 45...
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