Iran Succeeds In Sending Monkey Into Space Prior To Its Manned Space Flight
In this undated image taken from AP Television, scientists in Iran surround a monkey ahead of a space launch. Iran said it had successfully sent the monkey into space on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, describing the launch as another step toward Tehran’s goal of a manned space flight. According to a brief report on state […]
India Successfully Blasts Off Ballistic Missile From Underwater Platform In The Bay Of Bengal
In this Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013 photo, India’s ballistic missile, with a range of 700 kilometers (435 miles), is launched in the waters off the Visakhapatnam coast, India. An Indian news report says India has successfully tested a medium-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile fired from an underwater platform in the Bay of Bengal. <AP Photo>
Female Giant Panda “Yaya” Climbs A Tree In Foping County, Northwest China
Three-year-old female Giant Panda “Yaya” climbs a tree in the Qinling Giant Panda Field Training Base in Foping County, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, Jan. 28, 2013. “Yaya” was brought here a month ago to get trained in food seeking and climbing in the wilderness. <Xinhua/Ding Haitao>
An Indian Man Stages Sit-In Seeking Separate Statehood To Telangana At The Indira Park In Hyderabad, India
An Indian man sits near a banner during a protest at the Indira Park in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Protests continued for the second day Monday after the central government postponed its decision on granting a separate statehood to Telangana. Banner reads, “Delhi do not delay, declare Telangana as separate state.” <AP Photo/Mahesh […]
U.S. Envoy For NK Shakes Hands With His Japanese Counterpart In Tokyo
U.S. envoy for North Korea Glyn Davies, left, poses with his Japanese counterpart Shinsuke Sugiyama prior to their talks at Sugiyama’s office in Tokyo on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Davies was in Tokyo on a four-day visit. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened top security and foreign affairs officials and ordered them to take […]
Egyptians Attend Funeral For Victims Of Violence In Port Said That Left 44 Dead
Egyptians attend the funeral of several Sunday victims of ongoing violence in Port Said, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. The worst violence in Egypt this past weekend was in the Mediterranean coastal city of Port Said, where at least 44 people died in two days of clashes. The unrest was sparked on Saturday by a […]
Japanese Lawmakers In Kimono Attend Opening Ceremony Of Ordinary Diet Session
Japanese lawmakers clad in kimono participate in the opening ceremony of the ordinary diet session at the upper house of parliament in Tokyo Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. About 80 lawmakers who belong to a non-partisan parliamentary group to promote the Japanese traditional attire customary attend the first diet session in the new year in kimono. […]
Bodies Of Nine People Killed In An Ambush By Gunmen Lie Along The Road In Central Philippines
In this Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013 photo released by the Philippine National Police Region 6 Public Information Office, the bodies of nine people, including civilians, village guards and police, lie along a dirt road after being ambushed by gunmen hiding in a sugarcane field in La Castellana township, Negros Occidental province in central Philippines. Officials […]
President Lee Myung-bak Talks With Aung San Suu Kyi At The Blue House In Seoul
Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, is greeted by Myanmarese who lives in South Korea upon her arrival at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Suu Kyi arrived in South Korea for her five-days trip to attend the opening ceremony of the 2013 Pyeongchang Special […]
Relatives And Friends Dance Next To The Coffin Of A Nightclub Fire Victim At Cemetery In Santa Maria
Relatives and friends dance and mourn next to the coffin during the burial of fire victim Tanise Cielo, at a cemetery in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. The city in southern Brazil started burying the 233 people killed in Sunday’s fire at the Kiss nightclub after the […]
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