Millions of Hindu pilgrims attend Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India
A young Naga sadhu or naked Hindu holy man sits with others during an evening prayer at their camp at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati , for Maha Kumbh, festival, in Allahabad, India , Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are attending the Maha Kumbh festival, which […]
Ahmadinejad visits Egypt amid warming relationship between the two nations
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to the media as he arrives at a press conference at the end of a two-day summit, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. The summit witnessed the first visit of an Iranian president to Egypt in more than three years, as Egypt’s Islamist government aimed for warmer relations with […]
Putin speaks with British head of World Curling Federation in Sochi
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks to World Curling Federation President Kate Caithness from Scotland, while visiting a curling center in a coastal cluster in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service>
Nothing accomplished but to have elected a new president
The title is “The governments’ accomplishments” and it shows a parrot saying the exact same thing which is the only accomplishent that was ever done through the past months which is “we have a new elected president” over and over again.
Egyptian PM put under criticism over his remarks about women in poor villages
In this Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012 file photo, Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Kandil talks during a press conference at his office in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt’s prime minister caused an uproar after blaming health problems for babies in poor villages on women who nurse them without cleaning their breasts. Critics say the remarks show Hesham Kandil […]
Pakistani people protest against recent U.S. drone attack that killed five people
Pakistani people from tribal areas shout slogans as they march during a rally in Peshawar to protest U.S. drone attack, on Feb. 7, 2013. At least five people were killed and many others injured on Wednesday afternoon as U.S. drone attacked in Pakistan’s north-western tribal region of North Waziristan. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Ahmad Sidique>
Bahraini anti-gov’t protesters take to a street waving images of those jailed or dead
A Bahraini anti-government protester carries a sign that reads: ‘we come out for the country,” as she walks to join a march in Manama, Bahrain, Thursday Feb. 7, 2013. Images of people who are jailed or have died in the past two years of a pro-democracy uprising seen on the wall. Bahraini anti-government protesters wave […]
EU commissioner meets with opposition, majority faction leaders in Kiev, Ukraine
EU Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule attends a meeting with opposition and majority faction leaders in Kiev, capital of Ukraine, on Feb, 7, 2013. Stefan Fule is on a two-day visit to Ukraine. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Sergey Starostenko>
Assassination of a leftist politician throws Tunisia into a political chaos
A family flees tear gas during a demonstration in Tunis, Thursday, Feb.7, 2013. The Islamist party dominating Tunisia’s ruling coalition on Thursday rejected its own prime minister’s decision to form a non-partisan technocratic government to try to appease critics, signaling that the political crisis brought on by the assassination of a prominent leftist politician is […]
Firefighters extinguish fire in west Jakarta that affected 2,284 residents
Firefighters try to extinguish the fire at Duri Selatan, Tambora, west Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 7, 2013. About 70 tenements were burnt in the fire, affecting 2,284 residents, according to Isnawa Adji, Head of the Subdistrict of Tambora. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Veri Sanovri>
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